You're just mad I let the cat out of the bag! Don't get me started I'm from south Texas I know how it all works. Seen it all first hand.
Why is FREIGHT SO CHEAP??
Discussion in 'Ask An Owner Operator' started by samjward, May 20, 2016.
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Well, this about covers 75% of the Mega drivers.....6wheeler Thanks this. -
that's pretty sad. The third world is moving into the USA, and it is to late to do anything about it.
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What is cheap freight .
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Why would anyone stay you say well some people were making a decent wage 1800-3500 for local and 4000-5000 weekly for otr. Thats the reason i stood as soon as it turned soar I left. And yes i worked in njFLCRACKER Thanks this. -
Carriers are to blame 100%. If carriers along with o/o's would come up with a respectable base frieght charge then things would change(kind of like a minimum wage for frieght and the trucking industry)
It certainly does not help that truck drivers are still classified as unskilled agricultural workers(it is what the industry was labeled as when the labor department came to be because most "truckers" just hauled produce/meat/poultry from farms to markets)
I said this in as another thread, untill we as drivers can get on the same page notbing will change...o/o or company or l/p it doesn't matter. Trucking industry rates and wages have been stagnet for 25 years. Wages are just now starting to creep up(very slowly I might add).
I am not one of those guys that says to strike or do some invasion of bobtail trucks in DC. But we do have numbers and there is power in numbers through the legislative process but we are to busy talking #### about and to each other to band together and work at making things better.jbird05031126, chimbotano, RERM and 1 other person Thank this. -
Hate to say it.. because I know that there are some good brokers out there who play fair... but anymore... by and large... they're the bottom feeders undercutting everyone and have no clue what it costs to run a trucking business.
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It's such a competitive industry. What's so hard about driving a truck, getting your authority and moving freight from point a to point b? Many more will do it and will provide mediocre service, cheaper. There will always be a truck or carrier available for that next load.
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OK let's start with one issue, the fact that CDLs need to be limited by a harder testing and harder requirements to meet.
Then we need to tackle the crackerjack authority to stop the marginal owners and carriers from trying just to make a buck. Maybe means testing every year would be a good thing, maybe a tougher entry with higher fees could help.
Then we need to force real disclosure laws - not regulations - to be put in place for brokers, a simple one would be disclosure of the originating party (and broker) for a shipment which means no more blind or third party shipments from brokers who just scrap and post at an adjusted rate.rollin coal and Chasingthesky Thank this. -
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