the trucking economy

Might better stay where you are at for now. Thats my opinion anyway...

 

If you want to go into trucking.... Then you should be worried about finding a job. Right now there are 1000's of experienced drivers who can't find work... Companies are being selective of who they hire...

The economy sucks... When they economy sucks, no one buys stuff... When no one buys stuff, that means there is less product that needs to be replaced... Less product to be replaced, means less trucks needed to haul that product!

Make sense?

 

You're going to hear that a lot right now hold on to what you've got....and they're right.
It's not only the economy but there's also a trend going on where the railroad is taking over a lot of freight.
I think companies are getting tax breaks now for using the rr to ship their freight.

 

The railroad isn't hauling anymore freight then what they always hauled... The reason why there is little freight is because of the lack of consumers. Like I said above, if they don't buy.... We don't haul!

 

Yeah I don't think people realize how bad the ecnomy is right now. For example, I work at a medium size Super Wal-mart right now. These guys are hitting about $75,000-$90,000 less net than projected PER DAY. That just shows you how people are spending a lot less even compared to this time last year

If your job depends on consumers it's not a good time. Trucking is one of those jobs.

 

last year was differnt than this year, theres always alot of job offers while youre in school but remember the recruiters are gonna bs ya about alot of things. There is no steady pay checks in this industry anymore one week you could make $800 and the next week only $100, its all supply and demand

 

everyone is right, and not only that, but you have not driven a truck, so you have no exp. you have been out of school for almost a year. those two things are bad, you would have to go back to school and take a re-fresher course, then, you would be lucky to get into a below decent company. you would have to get on with a " bottom feeder " unless, coming from a family of truckers, someone can get you a job with a decent company..

 

In early 2007, MWV was transporting all of its paperboard
rolls from the Covington mill by truck to the
Port of Virginia in Newport News - 250 miles away.
MWV's Packaging Resources Group, in collaboration
with the corporate Supply Chain group, wanted
to know how this method of transportation compared​

with the cost, efficiency, and environmental advantages

of railroad transportation.​

Reduced environmental impact - according to the

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, trucks emit
three times more nitrogen oxides and particulate
matter than locomotives
Decreased congestion on Virginia roads - more
than 400 trucks per week were removed from
Virginia's roads
Distinguished MWV's supply chain strategy from
competitors - without sacri​

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ficing timely, economical​

shipments MWV permanently adopted the program in late

2007. As a result, half of the 22,000 tons of paperboard
shipped each month in 2008 from Covington
to Newport News went by rail, signi​

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ficantly reducing​

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emissions. The team didn't stop there, however....... etc.etc.​

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I believe a lot of bigger corporations are looking at this,with all the "going green" hype and stuff nowadays.

That's why I can't help thinking that this kind of change in transportation has got to be effecting the trucking industry to some degree.
Plus the CSX commercials on tv now hauling all those trailers and "freeing up the highways".​

(Sorry bout the caps,don't know how that happened.)​

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