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Post by onetruck on Mar 15, 2013 21:22:55 GMT -5
i keep hearing this along with an increasing driver shortage but does anyone see a limited supply of drivers out here? i sure hope the predictions are correct. i cant take another year of dog eat dog mentality which we currently have now. i witnessed four guys fighting over same load the other day without first one knowing how much it paid. it was going in the direction they wanted to run. we are basically working with idiots out here daily  |
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Post by twostick on Mar 15, 2013 22:34:49 GMT -5
i like it when the agents ask me how much i need to move the load. i give them a reality check price. many drivers are lost when they ask this question because they are used to being told what to take it for. i find only three out of ten drivers can tell you how much they have to have per mile to make a profit. very sad indeed!
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Post by guest on Jun 8, 2013 6:14:20 GMT -5
load boards for the most part have been mostly junk left over the carriers can't move. recently i am seeing more decent paying loads posted so that is a good sign. everyone seems to think by end of this year trucking will start to do a turn around. hang in there fellow truckers. don't buy anything foolish. perhaps soon we will see light at the end of this tunnel. i hope so for everyone.
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Post by largecar on Jun 8, 2013 6:51:03 GMT -5
For me freight is still all over the place weekly like a drunken driver. Trucking rates are the same way. I also hope by years end the dark cloud we have been struggling under will move on.
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Post by dieseljockey on Jun 8, 2013 16:58:51 GMT -5
this is going to be another tricky year for everyone in our business. i would not think about doing any trading up unless a really special deal popped up. i'm talking bargain priced. keeping my truck in good shape is about as far as my spending plans will go. steady at the wheel will get us through.
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Post by ilovdieselsmoke on Jun 8, 2013 23:39:41 GMT -5
well shaping up to be another not so great year. hang in there drivers. it will get better. the current driver force will never keep up with the freight demand if the economy ever starts to recover at a faster clip. right now one week the brokers can't find enough trucks then for two weeks there are enough trucks to cover the loads. when they need trucks they pay, supply and demand. at least once a month the spot rates go up for a few days then the cheap haulers run low on work , return grabbing what they can back to working for fuel and food. building is starting to increase and oklahoma has added to that spike. now not to wish anything bad but pretty good odds someone will get a big hurricane before fall complicating the peak season so be prepared for any such break to take advantage of a peak in transportation..
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Post by Roadrunner on Jun 12, 2013 14:25:18 GMT -5
:)You will have to park the trucks to win this fight. If no trucks go in the port they are shut down.
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Post by primetime on Jun 12, 2013 16:07:45 GMT -5
i say one do a month, everyone save your money/du 2 ports at one time.charleston- savannah other ports will join in. drivers are mad everywhere.i talked to drivers in virginia last week when i dropped of box there in norfolk. they have had it with crap to. we light the fuse. the explosion will be felt in atlanta. hit them in september or october everywhere.
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