Back in the day in the 60s and 70s my dad would pick his load in person with no Brooker involved. Once he delivered the load the shipper would give him cash or a check. Way different now.
Double brokering is a big problem and is forcing prices for the drivers down. These jerks that double broker are setting up a broker authority under one company name then a carrier authority under a different company name and as usual screwing with factoring services. I see it all the time on the load boards. My company set up our Broker/Carrier Authority properly and we couldn't even double broker, screw over factoring services or insurance companies even if we tried. It's a pain in the ass to do it the right way but it's worth it.
@@brandonthefreightbroker No worries man thank you for what you do... Here in California it has gotten so bad our carrier is getting $1 a mile offers because the average is getting pushed down so hard. Just a couple weeks ago we were getting $3-$5 a mile offers and that was on LTF loads. It's ridiculous...
I was making 1k a week in 1994. 2020 I was making 1300 a week. 2021 I'm making 1900 a week. Big jump in pay. I believe we as drivers have been low balled for years.
Simply, if driver shortage was real. Pay and rates would be up. Example, Amazon have so many independent trucks on standby to keep rates low and suspended trucks at a whim.
people on the outside they never been out here on the road says it a driver shortage but what drivers see is 6hr wait times to get loaded or unloaded layovers you drop at a Walmart store and their stock room is packed of products but there shelves are empty Sam club the same loads being canceled by shipper farmers that have to destroy the rest of the crops be they couldn't find stores to purchase products brokers that want you to drive 750miles for 800 dollars when a flat tire on the road will cost you 600 to 800 dollars to fix let's fix the long wait times and how things get put up at these locations first its how we are doing things as a whole that needs to be addressed it all work together
The $1 a mile crap is because of double brokering which is forcing the 15 day average down. Also the "honest" brokers are taking up to 70% profit. They are really getting up to $8 - $10 per mile.
@@brandonthefreightbroker Yep I only know this because my company has broker and carrier access to the load boards such as DAT so I can see what's going on on both sides... It's terrible. The same lanes will get posted by three different sometimes more(double+)brokers at exceedingly lower prices while the shipper/origonal broker is offering good dollar per mile but the dishonest brokers will take a huge cut and give peanuts to the carriers. It takes awhile for me, I run the carrier side of the business, to weed out the double brokers and to get to the origonal broker who actually gives an actual honest rate. I won't be surprised if a lot of insurance companies and broker/carriers get busted soon.
The younger generations would rather just sit at home and make you tube videos watching us old folks working kinda like my kids watching other kids play lol.
Maybe to appear more professional or sell an image we literally see zero family on all sales/broker training. Awesome to see family. Def the best part of video was future broker. GL!!!
50% of drivers make only $1000 a week and they log 60 to 70 hours a week .You can make more money driving for door dash or Uber if you put those hours.
In a major city they could. Just remember door dash and Uber isn’t every where. Not everyone lives in a city. So to be able to make $1000+ a week outside of a city is good money to most. Also as a company driver is is very easy to make $1000+ a week. That Uber driver or door dash has to pay for fuel expenses and vehicle cost and insurance. The company driver just food cost to be able to do his job. Owner operators have truck payments, fuel, and insurance with other cost to be able to operate. But they also make $5000+ a week. So after fuel and vehicle cost that door dash and Uber don’t look that very promising.
@@c.s.walker5571 you are right, but there are alot of people who formerly had no options, using tech to their advantage and no longer have to live in a truck, flip burgers, or stock shelves.
They’ve been saying there was a shortage when I got my CDL in 2015…I think the mega carriers don’t have enough drivers but there’s no shortage on owner operators. I agree that this line of work isn’t for everyone. It’s definitely a lifestyle for the few, especially OTR company drivers.
As an independent carrier it is to my advantage to have a driver (truck) shortage since shipping costs increase. After 3 years in the business I am further convinced that adding a driver would be a huge pain in my ass. BTW, ain't nobody I know out here averaging $3.25/mile. My avg is well over $5/mile since mid August. I'm happy with $3.25 for longer trips but my deck gets rented for a lot more than that for day trips or I leave it parked. I no longer route myself across the country - the aggravation isn't worth it most of the time when I can make money in a few hundred miles of my house. Long Live Truckin!
I slightly disagree with this job not being fulfilling enough, depends on the person, What I noticed that changed is the quality and efficiency of road repairs, I have a RUclips channel documenting the vast majority of the roads in America, I am technically a third generation in the transportation industry , Now fuel is reaching the same price when President Bush was in office, When President Trump was in office during covid I was fueling up for $1,29 They are promising a barrel of oil to reach $100 Exciting time's ahead.
Between the DOT phisical, pay, clearing house etc. Are to blame. It's the Goverment who we should be blaming and that's why media are misleading so that they don't blame they sweet boy in office.
@@jermaineflowers8830 I assume you get paid a percentage of each load, which is why they send you the rate confirmation. Only way to really find out is to contact the broker directly to see what they are paying your company.
The truck industry is very complicated. I been in it for 17 years. It is full of misleading information, and manipulation. You just got to know what you getting in to.
If their is a shortage how do you explain truck parking? Remember theirs a shortage of people willing to work everywhere truck drivers pick up and deliver. This generation is just different.IMO
I have been driving 16 years and there has always been a driver shortage. Starting pay is a factor and the cost to get your training to get a cdl. Some training schools charge several thousands . And training companies starting pay for is about half what other companies pay for a little experience. I started at .27 cents a mile. Brokers were and always will be talked bad about. But they are needed. The main factor is starting pay compared to starting cost to get a license. Some companies do train you to get your license then train you to drive but you will be making really low pay when you start driving. Also you will be gone for several weeks at a time to only be home a couple days then go right back out. It’s not appealing of a job. 16 years later I do good but a lot of other trades pay just as good or better with a lot less cost to get it.
I live in Mississippi and I dont think anyone in the state lives more than 40 miles away from a community college that has a CDL school. I've never heard of anybody not getting to go for free that applied. I think the full cost of tuition is around $1600 even for out of state students that dont qualify for grants.
Hello, my husband is a new truck driver he needs some reassurance or advice from someone in the industry. He has his authority already and he is starting the IFTA application we will be driving up to Tallahassee for that. Do you or Someone you know can connect with us?
I think truck drivers have been given a horrible reputation, on top of that, the pay sucks and there’s a lot of monopoly that keep new owner operators get off the ground.
I think mega carriers just have a hard time retaining drivers because let’s be honest.. be away for months and months staring off into the road gets old quick. Showering at a truck stop sleeping on a twin, dealing with the elements. This life ain’t for everyone especially since you build brands and have work at home jobs with the internet
Bs we’re out here and trust me things are slowing down it’s not enough loads I could put you on a live with authority holders done with large fleets and everyone will tell you the same including myself
I was an new OTR driver in 1999. There was very high turnover back then and it is absolutely alot worse job now than it was then. Less money, less time off, and exponentially higher supervision. I was making 28 cpm with a real weekend, not just Saturday in 1999, and that wasn't a terribly high rate at the time. There are companies like swift, trans am, cr england that are still paying 29 to 32 cpm and dont give weekends off. They expect the driver to take 3 days off a month. I like your channel and respect your opinion, but you are wrong on this. Why would someone live in a truck, eat garbage, shower and poop in truck stops and very possibly not make 40k for the year when anyone with a regualar driver's license and 8k worth of credit can make more than that driving uber and door dashing, while being in their own bed, eating home cooked meals, have a chance to go to the gym and get to make their own schedule and not have a driver facing camera that records every facial expression and private phone calls if they're even allowed to make them? Which is more appealing to you? Some trucking companies have just recently started to bump pay up, but that doesn't even keep up with the inflation since there were any meaningful pay raises and doesn't negate the fact that alot of carrires are stuck in 2001 pay rates. Some rural people dont live in an area where uber is an option, but alot of people do. I've talked to enough uber drivers to know that 50k after expences is not an unrealistic goal if they treat it like a full time job. One thing that I forgot is the parking issue. It wasn't much of an issue except in metros and the northeast region 20 years ago. Now it's an issue everywhere. That contributes to saftey issues. Uber is just one example. Tech has been a huge disruptor in the job market and people who formerly had little to no options, now can easily make more than they would flipping burgers operating a cash register. Close to100k a year, a real weekend, and a safe place to park at the end of the day is what it will take to solve the "driver shortage". Till then, taxpayer funded CDL schools and work visas will keep the revolving door of warm bodies needed to keep wages and saftey on the decline.
Back in the day in the 60s and 70s my dad would pick his load in person with no Brooker involved. Once he delivered the load the shipper would give him cash or a check. Way different now.
wow!! how times have changed..
Double brokering is a big problem and is forcing prices for the drivers down. These jerks that double broker are setting up a broker authority under one company name then a carrier authority under a different company name and as usual screwing with factoring services. I see it all the time on the load boards. My company set up our Broker/Carrier Authority properly and we couldn't even double broker, screw over factoring services or insurance companies even if we tried. It's a pain in the ass to do it the right way but it's worth it.
appreciate you sharing this Drew!
@@brandonthefreightbroker No worries man thank you for what you do... Here in California it has gotten so bad our carrier is getting $1 a mile offers because the average is getting pushed down so hard. Just a couple weeks ago we were getting $3-$5 a mile offers and that was on LTF loads. It's ridiculous...
LMAO your little freight broker in training is cracking me up
check him out!! he's getting ready!!
Truck driving is very hard without making money.
no doubt! so is freight brokering and any other for profit business...a business must earn 💰
I was making 1k a week in 1994. 2020 I was making 1300 a week. 2021 I'm making 1900 a week. Big jump in pay. I believe we as drivers have been low balled for years.
wish you continued success Michael!!
It’s been 17 years. An apartment that used to cost $400 back then costs $1400.
Simply, if driver shortage was real. Pay and rates would be up. Example, Amazon have so many independent trucks on standby to keep rates low and suspended trucks at a whim.
ok...
people on the outside they never been out here on the road says it a driver shortage but what drivers see is 6hr wait times to get loaded or unloaded layovers you drop at a Walmart store and their stock room is packed of products but there shelves are empty Sam club the same loads being canceled by shipper farmers that have to destroy the rest of the crops be they couldn't find stores to purchase products brokers that want you to drive 750miles for 800 dollars when a flat tire on the road will cost you 600 to 800 dollars to fix let's fix the long wait times and how things get put up at these locations first its how we are doing things as a whole that needs to be addressed it all work together
The $1 a mile crap is because of double brokering which is forcing the 15 day average down. Also the "honest" brokers are taking up to 70% profit. They are really getting up to $8 - $10 per mile.
@@TheBuddilla really? That's interesting
@@brandonthefreightbroker Yep I only know this because my company has broker and carrier access to the load boards such as DAT so I can see what's going on on both sides... It's terrible. The same lanes will get posted by three different sometimes more(double+)brokers at exceedingly lower prices while the shipper/origonal broker is offering good dollar per mile but the dishonest brokers will take a huge cut and give peanuts to the carriers. It takes awhile for me, I run the carrier side of the business, to weed out the double brokers and to get to the origonal broker who actually gives an actual honest rate. I won't be surprised if a lot of insurance companies and broker/carriers get busted soon.
There's like 5 million people with a CDL who don't drive because it sucks
The younger generations would rather just sit at home and make you tube videos watching us old folks working kinda like my kids watching other kids play lol.
Maybe to appear more professional or sell an image we literally see zero family on all sales/broker training. Awesome to see family. Def the best part of video was future broker. GL!!!
thanks Greg!!
There's shortage of drivers who are willing to let mega carriers steal money from paychecks....
50% of drivers make only $1000 a week and they log 60 to 70 hours a week .You can make more money driving for door dash or Uber if you put those hours.
In a major city they could. Just remember door dash and Uber isn’t every where. Not everyone lives in a city. So to be able to make $1000+ a week outside of a city is good money to most. Also as a company driver is is very easy to make $1000+ a week. That Uber driver or door dash has to pay for fuel expenses and vehicle cost and insurance. The company driver just food cost to be able to do his job. Owner operators have truck payments, fuel, and insurance with other cost to be able to operate. But they also make $5000+ a week. So after fuel and vehicle cost that door dash and Uber don’t look that very promising.
@@c.s.walker5571 you are right, but there are alot of people who formerly had no options, using tech to their advantage and no longer have to live in a truck, flip burgers, or stock shelves.
You really don't get that much doing those types of things when you factor in overhead costs...
@@c.s.walker5571 not good...
They’ve been saying there was a shortage when I got my CDL in 2015…I think the mega carriers don’t have enough drivers but there’s no shortage on owner operators. I agree that this line of work isn’t for everyone. It’s definitely a lifestyle for the few, especially OTR company drivers.
appreciate you sharing your opinion!! topside!
Get rid of the eld that would help out us drivers alot
sounds like a plan...but not gonna happen🙄
As an independent carrier it is to my advantage to have a driver (truck) shortage since shipping costs increase. After 3 years in the business I am further convinced that adding a driver would be a huge pain in my ass. BTW, ain't nobody I know out here averaging $3.25/mile. My avg is well over $5/mile since mid August. I'm happy with $3.25 for longer trips but my deck gets rented for a lot more than that for day trips or I leave it parked. I no longer route myself across the country - the aggravation isn't worth it most of the time when I can make money in a few hundred miles of my house. Long Live Truckin!
wish you continued success!!
Stay outside home and work for free without getting paid..
I slightly disagree with this job not being fulfilling enough, depends on the person,
What I noticed that changed is the quality and efficiency of road repairs, I have a RUclips channel documenting the vast majority of the roads in America,
I am technically a third generation in the transportation industry ,
Now fuel is reaching the same price when President Bush was in office,
When President Trump was in office during covid I was fueling up for $1,29
They are promising a barrel of oil to reach $100
Exciting time's ahead.
thanks for commenting!! best wishes to you!!
your son in the back like he asked you for a cookie and you said hold on. He's like wheres my damn cookie
I know right!!😀😀
Your son make the video📹 more significant to watch
💯
😀😀😀
Between the DOT phisical, pay, clearing house etc. Are to blame. It's the Goverment who we should be blaming and that's why media are misleading so that they don't blame they sweet boy in office.
hmmm...ok.🤔🤔🤔
I think my carrier stealing from my rate confirmations, what can I do
what are they stealing?
@@brandonthefreightbroker I believe they're altering the rate con from the brokers, before emailing the rate con to me
so carriers are getting a load from a shipper and then double brokering to you??
@@brandonthefreightbroker no sir I'm a company driver, I think the carrier is changing the amount of the rate confirmation before they email it to me
@@jermaineflowers8830 I assume you get paid a percentage of each load, which is why they send you the rate confirmation. Only way to really find out is to contact the broker directly to see what they are paying your company.
The truck industry is very complicated. I been in it for 17 years. It is full of misleading information, and manipulation. You just got to know what you getting in to.
agree!!😀😀
If their is a shortage how do you explain truck parking? Remember theirs a shortage of people willing to work everywhere truck drivers pick up and deliver. This generation is just different.IMO
Insufficient parkimg??? 🤔🤔🤔
I think that one word " Insufficient " explains the supply chain.
@ Brandon Scott what about gas prices
There's always been a truck and driver shortage that's why I'm in the business...My trucks are spending way too much time at the warehouses...
Understand...
I have been driving 16 years and there has always been a driver shortage. Starting pay is a factor and the cost to get your training to get a cdl. Some training schools charge several thousands . And training companies starting pay for is about half what other companies pay for a little experience. I started at .27 cents a mile. Brokers were and always will be talked bad about. But they are needed. The main factor is starting pay compared to starting cost to get a license. Some companies do train you to get your license then train you to drive but you will be making really low pay when you start driving. Also you will be gone for several weeks at a time to only be home a couple days then go right back out. It’s not appealing of a job. 16 years later I do good but a lot of other trades pay just as good or better with a lot less cost to get it.
make sense!! thanks for sharing your perspective!!
I live in Mississippi and I dont think anyone in the state lives more than 40 miles away from a community college that has a CDL school. I've never heard of anybody not getting to go for free that applied. I think the full cost of tuition is around $1600 even for out of state students that dont qualify for grants.
Its a carriers market. They are jacking up prices and making it hard out here for brokers and shippers
thanks for sharing!! enjoy your weekend!!
🤣🤣
Not what I am seeing here in California...
Hello, my husband is a new truck driver he needs some reassurance or advice from someone in the industry. He has his authority already and he is starting the IFTA application we will be driving up to Tallahassee for that. Do you or Someone you know can connect with us?
What type of computer screen is that in the background? Is it a game screen?
I think truck drivers have been given a horrible reputation, on top of that, the pay sucks and there’s a lot of monopoly that keep new owner operators get off the ground.
understand...thx!
I think mega carriers just have a hard time retaining drivers because let’s be honest.. be away for months and months staring off into the road gets old quick. Showering at a truck stop sleeping on a twin, dealing with the elements. This life ain’t for everyone especially since you build brands and have work at home jobs with the internet
agree👍🏽
Bs we’re out here and trust me things are slowing down it’s not enough loads I could put you on a live with authority holders done with large fleets and everyone will tell you the same including myself
I hear you!!😀😀
Hahaha, blame the drivers.
blame is NOT the name of the game...😀
I was an new OTR driver in 1999. There was very high turnover back then and it is absolutely alot worse job now than it was then. Less money, less time off, and exponentially higher supervision. I was making 28 cpm with a real weekend, not just Saturday in 1999, and that wasn't a terribly high rate at the time. There are companies like swift, trans am, cr england that are still paying 29 to 32 cpm and dont give weekends off. They expect the driver to take 3 days off a month. I like your channel and respect your opinion, but you are wrong on this. Why would someone live in a truck, eat garbage, shower and poop in truck stops and very possibly not make 40k for the year when anyone with a regualar driver's license and 8k worth of credit can make more than that driving uber and door dashing, while being in their own bed, eating home cooked meals, have a chance to go to the gym and get to make their own schedule and not have a driver facing camera that records every facial expression and private phone calls if they're even allowed to make them? Which is more appealing to you? Some trucking companies have just recently started to bump pay up, but that doesn't even keep up with the inflation since there were any meaningful pay raises and doesn't negate the fact that alot of carrires are stuck in 2001 pay rates. Some rural people dont live in an area where uber is an option, but alot of people do. I've talked to enough uber drivers to know that 50k after expences is not an unrealistic goal if they treat it like a full time job. One thing that I forgot is the parking issue. It wasn't much of an issue except in metros and the northeast region 20 years ago. Now it's an issue everywhere. That contributes to saftey issues. Uber is just one example. Tech has been a huge disruptor in the job market and people who formerly had little to no options, now can easily make more than they would flipping burgers operating a cash register. Close to100k a year, a real weekend, and a safe place to park at the end of the day is what it will take to solve the "driver shortage". Till then, taxpayer funded CDL schools and work visas will keep the revolving door of warm bodies needed to keep wages and saftey on the decline.
tomorrow's vid, Think There's A Driver Shortage! Here's Why You're Wrong!
great topic!! thanks for your input!!