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Texas freight lanes and the seasonal swings nobody warns you about
Houston to DFW, Austin, San Antonio and the Golden Triangle: how each lane behaves, when rates spike, and how to plan bulk corrugated purchasing around it.
Dwayne Okafor · 7 min
July 16, 2024Why your boxes arrive crushed, and whose fault it usually is
Crushed deliveries are almost always a securement problem, not a box problem. The five loading mistakes that cause them and what to write into your inbound requirements.
Dwayne Okafor · 6 min
April 9, 2024Rail versus truck for bulk corrugated, and why rail almost never wins
Rail is cheaper per ton-mile and worse at almost everything else bulk corrugated needs. The four conditions under which rail makes sense, and why vibration is the reason octagons exist.
Dwayne Okafor · 6 min