I leased onto mag carriers and ran spot mkt dryvan in 2019-20 back when getting a load back to Houston was like $1.80mi if you were lucky.
So I quit and took shelter in Tanker/Haz. Fast forward to our new Admin who has shed light on just how saturated trucking has been with cheap illegal labor bloated with fraud. Two friends thought the covid rates were so good they added extra trucks and reefers only to go bankrupt after the hype.
This time feels different?? or at least for the next 3yrs.
Will load rates be good for a couple years??
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Lol, what feels different?
Just bought a turbo speed sensor $250 one hundred more than the last time I got one.
Picking up a water pump tomorrow morning $517 Have to do it myself in a truck stop parking lot because two dealerships want me to leave the truck with them for two days minimum. Myself I can do it in 3 hours doing it slow and methodically. One hour with a couple Red Bulls
Now costing me a $100 more to fill my tanks than it was yesterday..$200 more than 6 months ago.
Still seeing Bozo’s grab loads out of Washington for $1.50 lol, even less.
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