On 3/31/2008 9:53 AM, T. David Yarnes wrote:
I want to know exactly where it is
all the way to the destination. The tracking systems used by FedEx and
UPS pretty much guarantee your package won't get lost.
Ummmm.... I've shipped and waited for quite a number of packages via
UPS Ground and the FedEx equivalent. Being railroad oriented, I can
usually determine which railroad it is on (yes, the Ground services ship
by rail) by the terminal involved, but quite often the only scans are
when the container is transferred from one rail carrier to the next.
Example - a package headed here will be scanned at origin and the first
intermodal rail terminal, then at a transfer point near Chicago, then
"silence" for three days until it arrives in Portland (OR) which is the
intermodal terminal serving this area. I do know the transit times if
all is in order, but if the train sits out in the middle of nowhere for
a day or two or three for any of several reasons that are proffer to
cover that eventuality (been there, done that, eight summer hours in the
Mojave Desert at one time because of a derailment ahead and the crew
having to be relieved), the tracking site will not show it until the
destination terminal scan.
With that said, I use USPS and the ground services of UPS and FedEx as
appropriate.
73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane
Elecraft K2/100 s/n 5402
From a Clearing in the Silicon Forest
Beaverton (Washington County) Oregon
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