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The Blitz Is Over. The Trucks Coming Back Are Not the Ones the Market Parked.

CVSA Brake Safety Week wrapped August 29. Historically ~1 in 7 inspected trucks goes out of service — and this week they re-enter in a lump, right into a Labor Day short week. The board will look looser. It isn't. Dry van printed $2.21 on Aug 26, the fourth straight weekly slide, and the contract-reset window is wide open. Here is how to work the aftermath.