Got sent this alert from my company today, apparently guys are doing some down low things to trailers of the Mega’s. I understand the frustration of competing against behemoths but remember I’m just pulling this cheap freight until I can get my own company off the ground.
-Stay safe TTR family
Seriously? Guess things are getting cutthroat
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Nothing new, been going on since trucking started.Opus, WildTiger1990, WrightTrucker33 and 4 others Thank this. -
Cuz Fakebook always has legit rumors. LOL
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Two things ... first, not that it really happens that often, but why screw with another companies trailer. In the end you're not really impacting the company to any degree. But you will be making some otherwise innocent driver's day miserable. Maybe even impacting their career.
Second don't kid yourself. The megas don't haul cheap freight. They get just as much or more than anyone else on the premium lanes. But what they do that no one else does or likes to do is pull the cheap lanes. Why, because they have to service their large national accounts. Accounts that have locations where nobody goes or wants to go.JolliRoger, John Joel Glanton, Dave_in_AZ and 5 others Thank this. -
From my understand, Swift JB hunt and other Mega’s don’t haul for less the $4 per mile on average. -
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Just based on some conversations I have had. Some trailers are also being stolen. Then have the numbers painted over and used as storage buildings! I was recently part of a recovery at a local business that bought such a trailer! Most of these trailers were taken when loaded and once unloaded sold! It's estimated that at least 25% of all trailers used for storage are stolen!
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Some people are scumbags. No matter how dirty a company does me I would never pull someone’s pin. People can die from that. But something also tells me it could also be a lazy rookie not checking if he high hooked and trying to save face by blaming someone else.
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