Trucking Industry Poll

Dont have time to write more, but thats my opinions.

 

1. What do you think is the main problem/concern facing the trucking industry today?

*Truck Parking w/Facilities & HOS Regulation & CSA Scoring

2. Are you in support or opposition of the current HOS regulations?

*Support
But, I am in opposition to the limit on 34 hour restarts/2 periods between 0100-0500/30 minute "rest" break

3. Should Electronic On-board Recorders become mandatory?
*Yes

4. What is the main influence for driver turnover?

*Compensation/benefits
*Home Time
*Equipment and equipment maintenance
*Respect/Communication/Problem Resolution in the work environment
.... It's a combination of all of these...

5. In the next 6 months, do you see LTL pricing:
*Increasing

6. In the next 6 months, do you see Truckload pricing:
*Increasing

7. In the next 6 months, do you see LTL capacity:
*Remaining the same

8. In the next 6 months, do you see Truckload capacity:
*Remaining the same

 

There is no driver shortage. There is just a "lousy job" surplus with diminishing unemployment in the rest of the private sector. Overburdensome rules HOS, nitpicky inspections, PSP, CSA all add up to "IT JUST NOT WORTH IT" for many with some actual expertise in the field. So, what you might be seeing is a skilled driver shortage. Add in the potential for one truck OOs to be required to have an EOBR, and you'll have a stampede for the door, leaving the high turnover bottom feeder sector to carry on.

 

1) Hos and fuel prices
2) Opposition because needs to be tweaked.
3) No
4) all them. Mostly not being home.
5) don't know much bout ltl side.
6) staying the same.
7) see 5
8) decreasing slows down in winter.

 

I understand that there are alot of lousy jobs out there and alot of companies that just wanna throw meat in a seat... But as far as driver shortage goes... It'll get worse, with the baby boomers retiring and alot of my generation not seeming to wanna grow up and get a job and be fathers and husbands like they're supposed to they're setting the next generation up to be just like em or worse... I'm just telling you its going to get worse... Much worse than what it already is. Companies like swift are going to go under most likely because they won't have the drivers to fill their trucks, heck that's already happening.. Swifts stock fell 14% because they didn't have and still don't have enough drivers to fill there trucks. Don't believe me? Look it up...

 

I would think they would be struggling if their business model tries to operate on a +/- 100% turnover rate for new hires.

 

Polls....................ugh. It's hard to boil down the issues at play in terms that neatly fit the choices given in the poll; so...........guess I'll pass.

 

I hear you on that. It's more like a questionnaire anyway. OP is asking questions germaine to very different sections of the industry.

 

"The got dang Germans got nuthin' to do wit it!"

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