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Truck Load Rates Halt 8 Week Slide 2.0

Discussion in 'Freight Broker Forum' started by Scooter Jones, Mar 7, 2020.

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  1. Nov 12, 2020 #3491
    Midwest Trucker

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    I hear yah only on reefers. I have 2019 and 2021 vans if you want to pay a premium. lol ;)
     
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  3. Nov 12, 2020 #3492
    Ruthless

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    I know somebody that’s got some coming in in the next week or so, I think he said one is not spoken for. I’ll find out later today and I can let you know?
     
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  4. Nov 12, 2020 #3493
    DUNE-T

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    That sounds great!
     
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  5. Nov 12, 2020 #3494
    Midwest Trucker

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    Hope it works out. In all seriousness I’d let one, maybe two of my 2019’s go if you need them. Same to you Ruthless.
     
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  7. Nov 12, 2020 #3495
    Scooter Jones

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    Well, looks like I'll jump back onto the other wave on Monday.

    Back to home every night and my wife's 6 course meals, of course.

    At least all next week anyways...
     
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  8. Nov 13, 2020 #3496
    Scooter Jones

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    Ubered over to a nice hotel for the night yesterday after I unloaded. Figured I might as well use some of those AMEX rewards I've had banked on my account.

    Ubered back over to my truck this morning. Real nice older dude, older than me. Told me he used to run his own truck until fuel prices jumped several years ago, so he got out.

    He seemed concerned when he saw my Volvo truck, first thing he asked was "what kind of motor is in it?" My reply that it was a Volvo D13 didn't seem to sit well with him.

    I mean after all, he ran a Detroit 60 series for years...

    When he asked what kind of fuel mileage I get (7.25 lifetime) his response was, "well, I never got better than 5 mpg with my Detroit."

    He commented, "certainly you must have had a lot of issues running that 'blue fluid stuff'?"

    To which I replied, "no, none yet on 456,000 miles."

    Hmmm. Well certainly, "those super singles you're running can't be a good thing, is it?"

    "Well, I've never had any issues."

    Like I said, he was a nice Uber Driver.
     
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  9. Nov 13, 2020 #3497
    Midwest Trucker

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    LOL, guess we know why he drives an Uber now. ;)
     
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  10. Nov 13, 2020 #3498
    TallJoe

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    It could be his age too. I can imagine that a lot of things changed not to his liking and for many other older guys like him. Culturally. Ethically. Ethnically. Genderly. Regulatorily. Technologically... Even during my tenure since early 2000s things look and feel much different.
     
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  11. Nov 13, 2020 #3499
    Dino soar

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    Me too.

    I put the big cam Cummins in my 95 Freightliner and it has been the greatest thing ever.

    I have no desire for anything else.

    No computers. No wires. No sensors. No Multiplex wiring. No expensive injectors or variable turbochargers. No trips to the dealer.

    Just fuel, air, and compression - the way that God meant it to be.

    If and when they outlaw it, that will probably be it for me.

    I don't see myself buying a used truck and spending 10 or $15,000 on an emission problem, or searching through a zillion wires and fuses and codes to try to figure out why my truck simply won't start. Or chasing crazy intermittent problems with my electrical tester.

    And I don't see myself buying a brand new truck.

    I think it will be time then to just move on to something else.
     
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  12. Nov 14, 2020 #3500
    Scooter Jones

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    Well, I'm not a mechanic and happen to live next door and transact business in a state that has the strictest emissions rules in the country, so there's that.
     
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