Freight demand decline continues...

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  2. fairshake

    fairshake Road Train Member

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    Doom and gloom bro
     
  3. 201

    201 Road Train Member

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    I don't care, WHERE'S MY SALTINE CRACKERS?? A little AC/DC music please, "We're on a highway to hell",,,I'd post a video, but I can't stand them.
     
  4. Atlanta trucker

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    Oh no !!!!!
    I might need to go on vacation if this keeps up.
     
  5. Atlanta trucker

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    Love the AC/DC !!!
    Best wake up music in the world fore sure ,!!!!
     
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  6. Lunatic Fringe

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    Stagflation - stăg-flā′shən noun 1 Sluggish economic growth coupled with a high rate of inflation and unemployment.

    It doesn't take a rocket surgeon to figure out if consumers are paying a lot more for fuel and food they have less money to spend on other stuff. Less stuff bought means less stuff moved. Less stuff to move and too many trucks to move it means rates go down.

    Don't look for rates to go up again until all the debt-laden O/O who got into the game with $250k in debt go out. Once the herd thins rates will stabilize but they won't go up again until the Mad King is gone. Once we open up domestic oil production again, stop paying for a war we have no part of (I missed the bit where arms dealers stopped accepting euros, apparently they only accept US tax dollars now), stop spending trillions on things that are optional at best (UBI, climate corps, equity programs, etc.) things will get back to normal (about 4 years).
     
  7. Midwest Trucker

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    No worries, consumers will be getting our quarterly money here soon and be spending like crazy again. lol jk kinda

    The article says $2800 per family on average.
     
  8. Lunatic Fringe

    Lunatic Fringe Medium Load Member

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    Except this article says they're paying an extra $296/mo. ($3,552/yr) just to keep eating, going to work and heat or cool their homes
     
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  9. Accidental Trucker

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    Just because it's worse, doesn't mean it's bad.....

    Yet?
     
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  10. LameMule

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    Why am I getting phone calls and emails for $3-$4/mi. loads all day? Haven't these people heard we're in a recession yet?
     
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