Skyline Transportation

It's a scary time in Trucking. When fleets are going under after 70 years in business you got to wonder how many are really succeeding in the Trucking business? I've been catching some lucky breaks but definitely feeling the squeeze of the entire spot market now. Brokers don't care about you fuel costs and seem to holding strong after that average closer to $2 per mile and a few brokers are starting to complain about how many Customers are squeezing them on the other end. I'm thinking most of us under 10 or 1 truck carriers are surviving off of the less capacity when these larger fleets shutdown? It's questionable for those extra loads left on the boards? However, still unfortunate after 70 years in business to.have to shutdown.

 

Website permanently closed and FMCSA showing inactive.

 

We just went thru lane bids with a customer, found out a broker won two lanes we previously had from Indy to Laredo and Indy to San Antonio, they underbid us by $1,000 on each lane.

 

And I bet that broker has to now low ball the rate for a carrier running a older truck ducktaped up with their decals on a piece of cardboard written with a marker. Sad but true.

It's a major cutthroat business these days that's a guarantee.

 

They will get a someone who needs home loads down that way to run it I'm sure and still make a couple hundred bucks, I've seen loads from former customers on CH Robinson lately and they are offering it at half of what we ran it for or less in some cases. With one load they are offering Dayton to Houston for $1,200 and we were running it for $2,400-$2,600 3-4 years ago. It's amazing what rate you can quote when you don't have to pay for trucks, fuel, drivers, insurance, repairs.

 

This makes me think of Landstar. One agent says 2.06 a mile for a load, another posts the same load at 1.00 a mile. Complete nonsense. But as someone already said, there will be some noodle brained driver with a duct taped truck hauling these loads you speak of. Wouldn't be surprised if the driver can't speak a lick of english either.

 

Lotta noodle brained drivers never learn to set up the Landstar board to not show the bottom feeder/double brokered junk

 

I heard you left, no?