Current rates are now below fleet operating costs! It's official!

ya but your not going around telling all 23 nieces and nephews your pulling $3 or more in this market like they are, are you?

 

Zombie truckers. They didn't know they were already dead.

 

I was driving for my old boss back then pulling flatbed. I think we were running 13 or 14 trucks then. We had an 8 month stretch where every day during the week (M-F) at least one truck was sitting somewhere out on the road without a load. My worst week was delivered Seattle early in the week and didn’t reload out until Friday.

 

Still have dopes on YouTube raving about having a good week in such hard times. Why? Why would you discuss what you are earning in a competitive field, when times are good OR bad? Just keep your mouth shut and do your job. When you go around blabbing it to everybody it's no wonder why they're are too many trucks out here.

 

You were spotted I35 in Iowa! Turn up the mic up a little. Truck looked great!

 

It was bad. Low point was $3400 week, dry Van. Almost half spent on fuel. Lucky to make $2000 after fuel. It slowly got better. Little bit at a time. .10 cpm. Shop Labor rates fell back under $100 per hr. Dealerships also cut back on hours. Like in 2000, no more 24 hr. Freightliner Dealers. Trucks were cheap. Auctions full. 2-3 yr old Trucks selling for 50% of equivalent new models. Everything depended on whether someone was over leveraged, or had cash. Credit was frozen. Cash was king. I could have bought a brand new dry van in 2009 for $19,999. It sat for months with a huge sign on it outside the Dealership. Cash only, or own credit source. Dealer couldn’t help get credit.

 

I think you meant relative?

 

My antenna is on the back of the bunk so that’s about as good as it gets. Lol.

 

Well said. The guys I know that have good hauls for steady customers sure don't advertise it. You won't see them on YouTube either.