The Recession

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  1. Dave_in_AZ

    Dave_in_AZ Road Train Member

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    The boards are OMINOUSLY slow this morning for a Monday. Fuel is leaping. Rates are dropping.

    Hope everyone has squirreled away a few nuts to pay their taxes, and purchase extra masks.
     
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  3. DUNE-T

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    I would not say there is no freight on the boards, but there is a great push by brokers to hold the rates down, kinda like in February
     
  4. Blue Zombie Trucker

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    It's just a deep state liberal china wuhan conspiracy.

    The chemtrails stole all of the suitcases full of ballots from dead illegal aliens, thereby causing the Founding Fathers to write the parts of the Constitution that REALLy matters, in disappearing ink.

    Ivanka and Jared are the only ones smart enough to see what was written in that disappearing ink, but, luckily for all of us, they are whispering in the ear of El Dunce, so it will all be ok.

    Hillary shot Abe Lincoln from the Dallas Book Suppository, and Fidel Castro secretly funded and trained her. Jack Ruby actually shot JFK at a play in 1866, so do NOT believe what you see in the mews.
     
  5. tadpolly1966

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    Wait....what? The sky is falling already?
     
  6. Dave_in_AZ

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    Depends on what kind of umbrella you have.

    Amidst years of cries " THIN THE HEARD, " those making the plea didn't realize they would be the ones not to get to pick and choose who gets to stay, and who gets to go.

    Transportation sees things way before the rest of the sheeple.

    Rates are still good, but down. And fuel is sky rocketing. I always liked it when rates were sky rocketing and fuel was down, but I never was that smart.
     
  7. tommymonza

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    I’m staying at my buddies house who owns a 5 man brokerage.

    We refrain talking business come 5 o’clock during ####tail hour but I’ll get some intel.

    I know past couple weeks it has been hard to move open deck that he specializes in because of lack of trucks .
     
  8. tadpolly1966

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    I wouldn't read too much into the rates being down a bit. Brokers and customers are always going to push back on rates.

    I myself am not seeing any signs of slowing. I have brokers calling me daily with freight they can't get covered. This has been going on since BEFORE the holiday rush even set in. We will be fine until the Covid vaccine has been widely distributed and accepted here in the US. As that time gets closer, I would certainly expect the rates to head toward the bottom within 1-3 months of that happening. After all, the door swings both ways.
     
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  9. Dave_in_AZ

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    I've wanted to take some time off for six months. But everyone was throwing money. I know there's lots of guys that aren't going to be real motivated unless it's for some exceptional coin for awhile.
     
  10. 062

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    Low fuel prices and high rates are what draws in the ones that will drive the rates down.
     
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  11. tommymonza

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    I know your probably getting a little burned out but I think I would keep pushing to the bitter end for now.

    Than plan on buckling down.

    The Scamdemic inflation on everything has to slow down the economy .

    My brother owns a high end residential construction company.

    The house he built last year and just sold for 700 thousand he can’t even begin to build for that price today.

    Only thing that is keeping the economy on fire is 30 year loans on boats and rvs with %2 .

    The rest of the sheep wont even realize they are being swallowed by inflation and new taxes.
     
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