Talk:Ryder

POV?

This article sounds like it was written by Ryder. Can someone please make it a little less POV? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.192.3.47 (talk) 17:17, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

What is POV?—Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.72.98.110 (talk) 16:09, 2 December 2006

See [[1]] "> NPOV (POV) article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.11.186.233 (talk) 02:31, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

I've more or less completely rewritten the article. Hopefully it's better now. —/Mendaliv/^2¢/_Δ's/ 03:40, 8 August 2008 (UTC)

James A. Ryder

Does anyone know why the James A. Ryder article was deleted? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.72.98.110 (talk) 16:11, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

It doesn't seem that there ever was such an article, unless it was by a different name than either "James A. Ryder" or "James Ryder". —/Mendaliv/^2¢/_Δ's/ 01:15, 9 August 2008 (UTC)

Expand

I tagged this article with {{expand}} after mostly rewriting it. There was a lot of junk that needed pruning, and in any case, the content was rather small compared to other large businesses. I'm going to try to expand it a bit myself, but this article isn't in my main area of interest; I usually just do infoboxes for companies. Hope someone can help out. I think the article needs all-around expansion, but here are some particular areas:

• Company history: Everything thus far is from the "official history" page. Specifically I think there should be coverage of the post-Oklahoma City bombing and post-1993 World Trade Center bombing era.
• International involvement: Personally, I had no idea that Ryder had business outside of the U.S. I think this is something that should be expanded and elaborated upon.

Maybe there's more, but I can't think of anything at the moment. I'll add whatever comes to mind. —/Mendaliv/^2¢/_Δ's/ 03:47, 8 August 2008 (UTC)

There's no mention that Ryder rented trucks to consumers throughout the 1970s and 80s, until about 1998. Those trucks were yellow in color [see http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~jeffrey/dpics/20020713-moving-kynthia/08-ryder-truck.jpg]. In the mid-90s Ryder introduced the white trucks for corporate rentals. Maybe 3-5 years later, in 1998 or so, they abandoned the consumer market. Rental lots that had trucks in both colors now only had white trucks. Not a smart move in my book; they were the #2 competitor to U-Haul in Florida and in Philadelphia. They should have spun it off and signed a deal to keep the yellow trucks on the lots and available to consumers. The trucks were newer and in much better condition than U-Haul. Dtvjho (talk) 00:50, 7 October 2010 (UTC) Ryder abandoned the iconic yellow color to distance itself from the Oklahoma City Bombing, in which its yellow consumer rental trucks were used. — Preceding unsigned comment added by DredRum (talk • contribs) 17:56, 16 September 2019 (UTC)

Pacific Intermountain Express connection

Didn't they have some kind of partnership with Pacific Intermountain Express for a while? I've seen trucks with both Ryder and P.I.E. on the trailers. ---------User:DanTD (talk) 20:15, 7 November 2015 (UTC)

No, different company. There was an issue with the name that was settled long ago. See: chicagotribune.com