America is now facing a "food shortage" crisis.

What food shortage?

 

If there was a shortage, rates would be higher..

 

Or maybe the brokers just have an influx of drivers who are ok running for cheap. I tend to think that at times that impacts rates.

 

Business as usual. Truckers are twisting shipper's arms also when there is an actual demand.

 

There is truth in what you say but loads posted to the spot market fell. Loads available and tricks available ratio was unfavorable. Things have picked up though recently.

 

It's only because of the blitz and the holiday. I believe the next two weeks will paint a more accurate picture.

 

Mexicans ,look on California with their open immigrant policy...

 

We already are paying well. It's not enough. A lot of truck drivers, and workers in other "blood and sweat" professions are making more than college grads.

I don't have kids, but from my observation it's a two-way street. We've been lying to them and enabling them. We told them that they have to go to college if they want to make something of themselves, which is not true. We also told them they can be whatever they want to be, which filled their heads with unrealistic fantasies.

OTR trucking definitely isn't for everyone, or even most people. But it's a good opportunity for a young man or woman to save some money. All that money that gets spent every month on rent and utilities can be saved/invested.

Not all truck drivers are poor. That's a rumor that gets spread around by all of those drivers that don't make it past their first year.

The snowflakes are too be expected. That's the inevitable result of living in a comfortable society. Teddy Roosevelt commented way back that people were going to start becoming weak as men flocked to office jobs for the first time.

I talked to an old, retired truck driver who worked flatbed for over 30 years. When I told him about my air conditioning always breaking, he told me he didn't have air conditioning for a lot of years. But now that he's used to having it, he can't go without it.

That's true for me. As long as the AC works in my truck, I will haul AC units. And I do haul those Trane units sometimes. I like those. They are easy to secure and they ride well. They give good miles, too.