Probably closer to 600 trucks 10%.... Broke down, wrecked, or no heartbeat to put behind the wheel.
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I primary drive in the state of Texas, I've been thru more scales with truck inspections going on 2025 than the last 5 years combined. Texas...
In Houston a couple of days ago I seen a hold load of crushed cars tied down with 4 in nylon straps. (No strap protectors anywhere)
Grand Junction has 20 plus linehaul drivers. Everybody seems to want to go West, no one wants to go East in the winter. (FYI)
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Search Rewarding Careers and Jobs in Logistics at Saia LTL Freight Saia is always hiring line haul out West in the wintertime a lot of Chaining Up.
Be careful what you wish for.....
Swift & Knight back in the early 2000's had some Texas Walmart Dedicated 59 foot long / 14-foot height high cube trailers. Always had plenty of...
Back in the 1990's the company I work for hauled #45000 single coils out of Inland Steel to Houston, TX on flatbeds. The rolls of paper are not...
Stevens Transport passed me one morning; I told him there is scale half down the hill. Needless to say, they were out looking at his smoking...
Barite, Hematite, and Bentonite (Oilfield) is what I hauled in pneumatics in the 1990's....Eating chicken one week & feather's the next week....
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Any tote tank / ICB 119 gallons or greater require bulk placards full or empty unless it's been cleaned. Bulk vs. Non-Bulk: In hazardous...
Just wait until a flood, hurricane, or freeze. When freight gets backup then everything is out the window.
You are correct, but "When you pay peanuts, you get monkeys".
After 30 plus years of driving I tell young people to go to tech school and be truck technician (mechanic) not a driver. The company I work for...
In most cases it's just recruiter's wanting to make their commissions for providing qualified driver. (Not a "Good Driver".)
Did the same thing in WV following a coal bucket.... I was to dumb at the time to know any better. “Thank the Lord” I'm still here today.
