It’s really hard for people not to want truck drivers. It’s getting worse than ever before. Both foreign drivers and Americans. The foreign...
I throw a baseball hat on the dash to block the glare. Only get the glare occasionally.
That 7.5% is not gonna pay for a freight claims, lawsuits, and settlements. If you’re in trucking and having guys lease on. -You’re gonna have...
If I started over as an owner operator again, what would I do different? When getting started with new customers, I would have been less choosy on...
If you want to stay away from issues.. know your fuel and equipment. Up north, especially in the great lakes and northern prairie fuel is treated...
I would ask Mercer. In the end, they are your customer. What do they need help with the most at this time? They would know…
When I was a O/O that’s what I thought. Made sense to me. But apparently about half the states have rules on out of state carriers picking up and...
We have a Texas dot and are interstate. Texas requires you to have a Texas dot if you pick up a load and drop off in the state. Since we do this...
I saw one last year in Edinburg, TX. So, I think there still might be some.
You’re not wrong about what you’re saying. They are already illegal. They’re just gonna work until they’re finally deported.
Yeah, they need to start confiscating all equipment and cargo hauled by non-US citizens that would fix it quickly. Send all the equipment to...
I email/call at 45 days. If I don’t get a favorable response, I file on bond. If bond company is shady I call Baxter Bailey. I have not done any...
Rough story. Heart goes out to that family.
No mention of the over overcapacity. Also no mention of the influx of foreign Trucking companies setting up shop in the US disrupting the normal...
I find that number surprisingly low as well. Go to any truckstop and see how many white Volvos with air dryers going off every minute with derka...
I’ll be starting my third season with my potato customer. They set the rates At the beginning of the season and I accept or reject the rate. If I...
That mentality that I have got me my own customers now. I don’t have to fully rely on brokers anymore. Imagine that. I do not charge layover or...
Trader Joe’s is part of the Aldi conglomerate.
Not prime but Amazon. Mist likely foreign company, - that’s Amazon’s preferred carriers. Cheap…
I guess he never heard of dirty hands make clean money.
