Jack Cooper looses Ford Traffic

richardson918 · Feb 8, 2025

@Banker apparently it’s all true on that attachment you got up there I honestly thought 100 percent we would grab GM out of mesquite but usal definitely got it

Banker · Feb 8, 2025

richardson918 said: ↑

@Banker apparently it’s all true on that attachment you got up there I honestly thought 100 percent we would grab GM out of mesquite but usal definitely got it
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That freight is cheap compared to the other freight I have hauled out of GM plants. You did well getting Ft Wayne if you can haul 6.

richardson918 · Feb 8, 2025

Banker said: ↑

That freight is cheap compared to the other freight I have hauled out of GM plants. You did well getting Ft Wayne if you can haul 6.
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Depends on the lanes tho but your 100 percent correct Mesquite doesn’t bother me cause I live in Oklahoma so I’m used to that if I have a lazy day & wanna be home everyday I run that normally

EvertonP · Feb 8, 2025

Banker said: ↑

That freight is cheap compared to the other freight I have hauled out of GM plants. You did well getting Ft Wayne if you can haul 6.
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ugh we got 400 units out of FT Wayne too. I knew I shouldn’t have turned on my work phone

Banker · Feb 9, 2025

richardson918 said: ↑

To our Jack Cooper family:

It is with extraordinary sadness that we are writing to let you know that after 97 years in business, Jack Cooper will be closing our doors in the near future.

The loss of Jack Cooper’s Ford business earlier this year was a devastating and unexpected harm to our business and operations. It appears that loss has now led our largest customer, General Motors, to likewise seek alternative capacity to move its product.

For the past several weeks Jack Cooper has negotiated in good faith with General Motors to agree on a continued business relationship. Jack Cooper and General Motors have been in business together since 1928, and Jack Cooper has proudly won GM’s “Supplier of the Year” award three times in the last fifteen years. Nevertheless, on Thursday, February 6th Jack Cooper learned that GM instructed its teams to stop providing vehicles to Jack Cooper for hauling.

Yesterday, Friday February 7th, General Motors informed Jack Cooper that it would pull all business with Jack Cooper, rejecting all proposals that were then on the table to continue working together. Sadly, General Motors requested that certain services end as soon as today (February 8th). Jack Cooper remains ready, willing, and able to negotiate with General Motors regarding a continued business relationship. Jack Cooper has made additional offers to General Motors and awaits its response.

Given the loss of our Ford revenue and General Motors’ unilateral decision, Jack Cooper’s management and Board of Directors are faced with no choice but to ask that our employees not return to work, unless contacted by management. A few employees will be asked to remain on staff for the next several weeks to ensure an orderly wind-down of Jack Cooper operations.

A representative of Jack Cooper will be reaching out to the individual employees who are being asked to assist in the wind-down of Jack Cooper’s final business operations. If you are not contacted, please do not report to yo

ur work location this weekend or next week. You will be contacted with additional details about a termination as soon as we have more information.

For nearly a century, Jack Cooper has set the standard in finished vehicle logistics. We have been proudly Women-Owned, union and family-operated. We have won numerous industry awards, given back to the communities where we live and work, and proudly employed generations of employees across the country. Each of you has been a key part of that legacy, and your work is deeply appreciated.

It has been my honor, and that of the entire Riggs family, to be a part of the Jack Cooper team. In so many moments, Jack Cooper beat the longest of odds – from a financial crisis and auto industry chaos in 2008-2009, to a global pandemic and supply chain crisis. Through it all, we moved the cars that connect Americans to their loved ones and communities, with grace and professionalism.

Thank you for being a part of Jack Cooper; it was an honor to work alongside each of you.

Sincerely,

Sarah Amico
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I really hate to see them go out of business as they were one of the premier Carhaul companies for many years. I owe Jack Cooper for my start in Carhauling and excellent training to become a professional carhauler. Because of Jack Cooper and a whole lot of hard work I am fortunate to be where I am today. While times will likely be great financially for several years, long enough to carry me into retirement I really hope this industry is as good in 10 years for the next generation of professionals hauling cars.

snicrep · Feb 9, 2025

Banker said: ↑

I wouldn’t count on that. Whether you like Ford vehicles or not they are still a solid company with generally reliable products. Nothing is cheap anymore, but most things are relative.
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What Ford and GM are producing now, makes Chrysler look good. GM has gone downhill. I have a 2000 Silverado with way over 200000 and I wouldn't trade it even for a new one.

snicrep · Feb 9, 2025

Otr Traveler said: ↑

This is going to hurt! Ford drops auto hauler Jack Cooper after 40 years in business together
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That's what started this thread bub

snicrep · Feb 9, 2025

tadpolly1966 said: ↑

No way Cassens can cover all this. A large part of this will probably be going on the AHX platform where it will be gobbled up by random carriers who think $1.87 per mile is making bank.
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Wouldn't they just buy up a lot of extra trucks, and hire unemployed jack cooper drivers?

Banker · Feb 9, 2025

snicrep said: ↑

What Ford and GM are producing now, makes Chrysler look good. GM has gone downhill. I have a 2000 Silverado with way over 200000 and I wouldn't trade it even for a new one.
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I have a 23 Sierra with a Duramax Diesel and it’s the best truck I have ever owned! Nearly 30 MPG for a 4 wheel drive when driven right.

NorthEastTrucker · Feb 9, 2025

So they lost the GM contract too? I believe this is going to be worst year for Trucking.

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