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Truckers Strike Forum We all hear of a trucker strike. Let's put all the trucker strike threads in here, please so they will more organized. What do YOU think of a trucker strike due to outrageous fuel prices? The April 1st strike fizzled as expected. $5/gal. or more MAY make truckers stand together...if even then.

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Trust me if we all turned down cheap freight for ONE DAY they would pay more the next day! JB, SWIFT, ETC. will NEVER EVER have enough trucks/trailers to haul that cheap freight.
The only way this would happen is if we all shut down the same day. Or better yet, shut down UNTIL this problem is fixed.
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Why shut down when there is plenty of good paying frieght out there? Shut down when yuo have to (when nothing but cheap frieght is availble) I do not want the governement regulating my freight cost, I think I can do a better job then them of what to charge. I strike everyday when offered cheap freight!
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Why shut down when there is plenty of good paying frieght out there? Shut down when yuo have to (when nothing but cheap frieght is availble) I do not want the governement regulating my freight cost, I think I can do a better job then them of what to charge. I strike everyday when offered cheap freight!

And what do you haul that is so great that pays a lot?...

And you say that you strike everyday when your offered cheap freight..You my friend will be ######## like the rest of us..

So what I am saying is that your green grass might just turn brown
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And what do you haul that is so great that pays a lot?...

And you say that you strike everyday when your offered cheap freight..You my friend will be ######## like the rest of us..

So what I am saying is that your green grass might just turn brown
Want to know what I haul? I run a dry van hauling general freight through a broker that is negiotable on EVERY LOAD and I am not under contract. I am over $2 a mile right now with the fuel prices the way they are.

So is it better to not haul cheap freight and lose my ##### or haul it and still lose my ##### and screw the rest of the guys out there? You guys can strike all you want, but waht exactly are you striking for? Ill be out there making the big bucks while the rest is striking because there will be a DEMAND for trucks.
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Want to know what I haul? I run a dry van hauling general freight through a broker that is negiotable on EVERY LOAD and I am not under contract. I am over $2 a mile right now with the fuel prices the way they are.

So is it better to not haul cheap freight and lose my ##### or haul it and still lose my ##### and screw the rest of the guys out there? You guys can strike all you want, but waht exactly are you striking for? Ill be out there making the big bucks while the rest is striking because there will be a DEMAND for trucks.


So what your saying is that you would not support your fello Truckers.

I really don't think that you will have to many friends that way
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Why should I support my fellow truckers who are striking for a handout? I dont' need a handout, nor am I struggling with my business. Be smart about it and find a way to make money without a free handout.
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Why should I support my fellow truckers who are striking for a handout? I dont' need a handout, nor am I struggling with my business. Be smart about it and find a way to make money without a free handout.

Tell me where there asking for a free hand out? Explain that one....What about the consumer that there heating bills went through the roof and the Elderly that are on fixed incomes that..They have to figer out weather if there going to stay warm or eat..

Not everyone has green grass and you need to realizes this...
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Tell me where there asking for a free hand out? Explain that one
Uh... they want the government to bail them out for the pizz poor business decisions they made....
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Uh... they want the government to bail them out for the pizz poor business decisions they made....

No thats not what the want..They just want the Oil companys stop raping people..Good god.
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