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Originally Posted by Hersbird
Maybe, they need 180k just to replace the completely broken 30 year old trucks, then they need another 50k to replace the now 15 year old Ford mail trucks and at that point (10-12 years from today) they will need 50k more to replace the now 1-5 year old minivans and Promasters. At that point the all new design ones they built in 2021 will need to be replaced so they dont end up in the same boat they are in now. Also 50k rural routes using private vehicles with a massive per mile reimbursement could be assigned a mail truck if there were actually more trucks available.
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The contract to replace the LLV is 180,000 vehicles over 5-7 years. The USPS has delayed the decision until 2020 and has said it may split the award between multiple companies. Replacement step vans, and Promasters would be separate from that contract and hasn’t even started.
Even if for some reason the USPS decides to order 500,000 vehicles AND award all the business to one company that company does not require a factory capable of making 300,000 vehicles per year .