Dont go OTR if you have a CDL

its a big scam..but those are the rules of the game

 

Its a communist plot. LOL

 

It absolutely is a scam. We local guys are doing the same things, except for multiple times a day, compared to once a day, if that for the OTR guys. In my opinion, you get more experience in local, in most aspects, than you do OTR.. We are backing more, loading and unloading more, in the city more.

 

That's a really good point.

Ethan

 

http://ops.fhwa.dot.gov/freight/publications/fhwaop03004/today.htm

Jesus H Christ.

 

Unless rail has increased over tenfold, trucks still move more freight than rails.

 

Don't worry, these are the newest government numbers from DOT/RITA

Truck

Trucking continued to dominate the U.S. commercial freight industry in 2002.

Trucking's share of all commercial freight activity in the United States for 2002:

Value—63.7 percent
Weight-58.2 percent
Ton-miles—32.1 percent
Trucking, both for-hire and private, continued its dominance of the freight industry in 2002 in value, weight, and ton-miles. From 1993 to 2002, value increased to $6.7 trillion—up from $4.7 trillion. And trucks moved about 58 percent of the total freight tonnage in 2002, up from 54 percent in 1993. During this time period, truck ton-miles grew by 56 percent as rail ton-miles increased by 30 percent and water declined by 7 percent (see table). A decade earlier trucks moved about 26 percent of ton-miles, rail about 27 percent, water about 24 percent and pipeline about 16 percent.

http://www.bts.gov/publications/freight_shipments_in_america/html/table_02.html

 

That survey likely includes all trucks. OTR, dedicated, local, LTL, etc. I singled out OTR in my statement for a reason.

 

The numbers are still from 2002.. Once again, that is over a decade ago, a lot of things can happen in that amount of time. Also, like I said, one of our presidents tried pushing freight towards rails at one point in time. Could be before these numbers or after, I can't remember.

 

Who in their right mind pays $5000 - $6000 to obtain a CDL ???