During the last recession 2008-2009 which we still have not fully recovered from imo I read on here freight was rather bad. How was it compared to this pandemic? worse equal. I wasn’t driving trucks back then I stated 2 years ago. Like most drivers I had better miles before all this bs.
Recession 2008-2009
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I was driving during that recession and the recession didn't affect me at all or the company I drove for.
The reason is, we pulled refrigerated freight and specialized in food.
Food and medicine have to keep moving.born&raisedintheusa, Deere hunter, Wargames and 2 others Thank this. -
This one is worse because everything closed.
Last one was largely a banking crisis.WildTiger1990, Deere hunter, ronjeremyjr and 3 others Thank this. -
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We recovered from the last one 3 years ago. When blondie took over.
He's done the best job ever. According to him.
And he did it with only 200% inflation.
You can't compare this recession to the last one. The 2 aren't even on the same page.
But I'll say this. Local jobs and wages went to crap. Otr freight was still paying a living.
Back then.Last edited: May 29, 2020
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2008 I was a company driver pulling flatbed. We had about 15 trucks and I think we had a 7 month stretch where at least one truck was sitting for a day somewhere out on the road during the week. But we were still working and we’re still getting home for the weekend.
Current: We were still fairly busy in mid-April when I parked my truck. Everyone says it’s still pretty steady.Deere hunter, D.Tibbitt, Rideandrepair and 1 other person Thank this. -
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Recession???
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