How Fast Freight Keeps a Drum Plant Running

One of the services we offer is charter, air charter.

And when you're talking about...

Well, first of all, it's the fastest way to ship known to man.

There's no other...

There's no faster way to do it until they invent a teleporter.

But we're talking about a dedicated airplane.

Let's say you've got...

this one part and i'll just give an example um because the value of the freight is not even a concern at that point i had a company in i think it was texas they had a machine down and just like you said they're doing the math they're going to be losing 10 to 20 thousand dollars an hour once they go down um there's a five dollar box of very very specific screws that they need in new jersey and they're going to be going down in three hours um That's where a charter comes into play.

And again, don't wish that upon you.

Hope that does not happen with you.

But again, you're looking at a $20,000 or $30,000 price tag for the shipment versus being down for a whole day if you wait for an overnight shipment.

So the math is really, sometimes it's easy, even though that price tag is so high for a charter.

Have you, just out of curiosity, have you ever been involved in one of those where you guys had to charter anything? No,

I

don't think we have.

We did a motor overseas.

Automotives, we used to.

Oh, and automotives, yes.

We did do some over.

Of all the industries that don't mess around, that's the one is automotive.

They are so harsh all the way down the line to their supplier, and then they're harsh to their supplier.

It's like a very cutthroat world.

One of the services we offer is charter, air charter.

And when you're talking about...

Well, first of all, it's the fastest way to ship known to man.

There's no other...

There's no faster way to do it until they invent a teleporter.

But we're talking about a dedicated airplane.

Let's say you've got...

this one part and i'll just give an example um because the value of the freight is not even a concern at that point i had a company in i think it was texas they had a machine down and just like you said they're doing the math they're going to be losing 10 to 20 thousand dollars an hour once they go down um there's a five dollar box of very very specific screws that they need in new jersey and they're going to be going down in three hours um That's where a charter comes into play.

And again, don't wish that upon you.

Hope that does not happen with you.

But again, you're looking at a $20,000 or $30,000 price tag for the shipment versus being down for a whole day if you wait for an overnight shipment.

So the math is really, sometimes it's easy, even though that price tag is so high for a charter.

Have you, just out of curiosity, have you ever been involved in one of those where you guys had to charter anything? No,

I

don't think we have.

We did a motor overseas.

Automotives, we used to.

Oh, and automotives, yes.

We did do some over.

Of all the industries that don't mess around, that's the one is automotive.

They are so harsh all the way down the line to their supplier, and then they're harsh to their supplier.

It's like a very cutthroat world.