Can this be a great thing moving forward?

I feel like drivers will work more br paid more, but inflation is coming and it’s gonna offset those gains

 

No thanks.

I'll tell you why.

Amazon for one.

I would be a O/O myself. Break free from the crappy .50 cents a mile company pay. Come on that's so 2001. If rates are so fantastic pay me a dollar a mile. No it's not worth it for me. Too expensive. Let's hire three immigrants at .32 a mile and three trucks at those wonderful rates. KACHING in the money.

In the past I have spent years counseling new company puppies from going O/O simply because they don't know trucking. I even bought a truck to become a O/O once in the 90's (Long story...) but isnt the right time. It sure is now. Especially if I can get a older Iron I can understand without the emissions fluid crap that burns em up really easily or get away from that ELD essentially a Govt installed box that says no....

I wouldn't care if I got 5 miles to gallon. I'll be free. With the exception of Dear Uncle Sam who will want his 1099 taxes once in a while. Combine that with medicines worth a million in that trailer with next morning delivery with cardboard back to Memphis? The money will take care of itself for the next oh, 35 years or so as our Aging population needs more medicines.

I might buy 5 trucks. 10, 100 and so on. If done right I wont need to be bothered at night at home. I have people in the office to take care of the common sniffles among the weaker of the drivers. We will deal with them in the morning after I get there and have had coffee and read the night dispatch problems.

 

Since you've been a broker for 7 years, when was the last time that you saw rate this high in your region?

 

He said he has "never seen them this high".
I have seen $10,000 west coast to east coast produce loads in the 90's now they are under $8000. Rates are better than most have seen them.

 

As the economy takes off, I remember the 80's, rates will go up. Supply and demand. Many of us drivers are just a few years from retirement or death. Not much new blood out here like in our day, young people are avoiding the industry for many reasons, pay is at the top of that list I would imagine, along with being snowflakes.

The reason you see so many foreigners out here, which is not a good thing as these guys tend to run the rates down to keep their trucks moving. I'm not talking about the lone owner operator, but the Chicago types. Fifty trucks and only hire their own, dispatch the trucks out of Bosnia and have to keep the mooks rolling or they rebel. What do you do?

Yeah, I would jump into it, I don't see things slowing down any time soon. Almost through in framing the truck, hopefully will start it today.

 

Well from our perspective, its not a good thing. My hubby works for a union shop and for the past 6 months, he has been not working full weeks. The reason ; the company seems to have raised its prices to prove that they cannot afford increases as their union contract was up for renewal. For the past 3 months, its been 2-3 day weeks. That's just not sustainable at all. He has worked for this company for over 2 years without a paid vacation week.

 

Sounds like Holland...

 

Nope. Not Holland. Its a local P&D company.