Anyone else being “starved out” of trucking?

When times get tough--I don't think people really stop eating.

Instead--they bargain hunt.

Some of those customers have probably switched to a cheaper version/brand of the same product....or stopped buying that product, entirely...and are buying something else, instead.

Despite all that's going on out there--consumers in the US still have a lot of food-buying options.

-- Lual

 

It's freight armageddon out here, contracts are not safe either.



We are currently in a race to the bottom.

I don't want to hear the whole supply and demand bs, that only goes so far.
If all trucking companies would set a bottom line of what NOT to haul for we'd all be in better shape.
More and more people just willingly going along to haul for fuel money, it's getting out for control.

 

. I resemble that remark.

 

I’m just going to throw this out here. It may or may not be the case. This private carrier may be cutting your miles because it’s become far cheaper to load this freight on an outside carrier that is will to haul it for peanuts than it is to run their truck. It’s not a slow down in shipping, but let’s face it. If you can ship it 30% cheaper it’d be bad business to not take advantage. Another case of cheap freight haulers hurting everyone.

 

That’s quite a thought. They reached a threshold where it’s still cheaper to outsource even with assets not being utilized and starving out a good portion of their work force and naturally having attrition to a degree. I’m sure all factored into the equation.

I wouldn’t want to be the person making that call, that’s for sure. Not sure I could work for a company where my job is to only factor in money and that’s the end all being all. Actually, I’m certain I couldn’t and wouldn’t.

 

I’m not saying that is what’s going on. But it is plausible.

 

Very plausible I agree, likely even given he described as hauling their own product and it being a good item that really shouldn’t slow down much

 

A couple of our customers that run some company trucks are doing the same thing. Went all out paying drivers a few years ago, now just running the short loads out and most times DH back.

 

Can't pay drivers .70 a mile, fuel and etc and running for peanuts per mile.
Might as well do shorter runs.