Truck Load Rates Halt 8 Week Slide 2.0

Well, the old thread looks like it's gasping for it's last breaths.

Everyone must be busy as a one legged man in a freight broker a s s kicking contest! LOL

Where are you owner operators keeping all this gold you've discovered?

 

Btw, is it safe to go out in public without a mask again? Just askin' for a friend of mine.

 

"2 weeks to flatten the curve"

"Masks aren't necessary"

"Masks are necessary"

"Goggles and masks might be better"

"2 masks work better"

"Masks might be required in perpetuity"

"I feel great about the CDC lifting most of the mask requirements"

 

So are you guys up to $10 a mile average yet? I've mulled around the idea of putting a driver in my truck and just lining up loads and dispatching him/her myself, but I've hesitated to do it because of all this talk of a massive drive shortage.

 

So what's the deal then? Are there lots of guys who would normally be jumping into the O/O game because of the high rates, who currently can't now because of equipment scarcity? Thus, exacerbating the price of freight even higher right now?

I wonder what the company drivers are thinking looking from the inside out, realizing that the carriers they are hauling for are experiencing unprecedented (in some cases) rate increases, and yet their wages aren't moving accordingly.