Will the truckload market be Y2KO'd?

You won't find any idle trucks waiting around for a load in these prosperous times. The eight-year business expansion has kept trailers full and rolling down the nation's highways. If it weren't for the fragmented state of the truckload market, with its horde of independent truckers ready and willing to challenge the big carriers for shippers' business, the heavy demand would have driven rates sky high.

Rate pressure, however, could still reach the bursting point late this fall if manufacturers and retailers begin stockpiling goods and components in anticipation of the