Will this help or push rates into the crapper?

Your right lots of Immigrants but still got some of us good old Americans out here you'll find us at Peterbilt and Kenworth dealers

 

It's pretty interesting actually. Looks like if you put a 1999 rebuilt Volvo for sale for $40k, people will laugh at you, but if you try to sell the same year Pete, your phone will be blown off, even though a 99 Volvo and 99 Pete have the same engine, transmission, rear ends e. t. c.

 

I hear ya.
Trends and contract freight is how you suceed in trucking . You dont see MEGAs on the loadboards.
When the tide goes out were gonna see who is swimming naked. Cause the markets are gonna drop more its a TREND ( There's that word again)after the 4th of July every single yr. You gotta be prepared and adjust your business model or you go down. People wanna know whats the best app . When you should be putting a game plan together to weather a storm thats coming. Knowledge of trends help you . And apparently some trends offend people as noted earlier

 

God did this thread get stupid fast.

 

I've found the ignore button is a very useful tool if needed.

 

How many new locations has Neiman-Marcus opened in the last 20 years? How many have they closed?

What about Sears, BonMots, Macys, Marshal Feilds, Yonkers, etc, etc, etc? Or the hometown clothing store?

Load boards have allready changed the marketplace, and will continue to do so. As long as Lyft, Uber, Amazon and the like are allowed to sell services below cost it is a risk to the free market.