Outstanding. People can all relate to the familiar delivery trucking machines but need to know what THEIR perspective, needs and why that matters to THEIR quality of life and justice.
There is no driver shortage corporations just have to slow down their growth they're not allowed to just grow whatever way they want and make demands for more population that is not acceptable they have to only grow within the parameters of what is sustainable for the indigenous people of the land that procreate that's it
@@1109Harmony Time to be finding a new company. I've been out here OTR since 2000. If it's 2 things I've learned is: if you've got a yr OTR, you can go to 96% of the companies, and, never take a step backwards or sideways when you move jobs. ALWAYS a step forward. ALWAYS!
There is a shortage of Qualified drivers, I'm a former OTR refrigerated driver who can drive a manual transmission truck and who did it Before gps came out, Oh,and I've never rolled or topped a truck.
No shortage of qualified drivers , a shortage of suckerswho will work for peanuts who DO NOT speak ENGLISH. DON'T GIT IT TWISTED . Go work for WE ARE DIX TRUCKIN...
Make these canadian and mexican drivers go back across the borders when they come in to deliver their loads, instead of letting them go all over the country to pick up and deliver as they please.
@wilfredoWilleFaz I haul direct from mobile to Atlanta and back everyday, off on the weekends, drop and hook on both ends, I got better rates 10 years ago, I am still doing OK, but there are two many truckers out there today, that's what keeping the rates low
Shortage of feeling respected, listened to and NOT betrayed. Pandemic? Certainly a national problem but spotty bright exceptions need sunlight. Contrast computer programming, software tech workers 10 years ago to today with truck drivers of the 70s and today . Compare pharmacists (was BS now mostly PharD and MD) of the 70s-80s to today . Eg the golden years of being a Kaiser PERMANENTE physician (not Kaiser Hospital or Kaiser Health plan or non physician non upper management) to today. Surgery at Kaiser may be a best buy if you get the right team (sooooo much experience and numbers of procedures too) but NO two Kaisers are alike. People often avoid nearby facilities for ones much further away because they like it better for many reasons. Look at CVS today compared to ANY SUCCESSFUL community pharmacy today and 40 years ago. Once THE Frontline GO TO FIRST relatively free medical advice and treatment. Its practically illegal to do compounding of any drug UNLESS its entirely suits the likes of Pfizers, PBM and insurance oligopolies. Even promotion of services can be career ending. The online scam pharmacies simply overwhelm the Boards of Pharmacy. Yet why respect that profession or trust them or MDs. They can't protect their profession and they can't follow their oath, law or standards of practice or tradition. THEY let the military, wall street and political parties DICTATE what is and is not acceptable care for flu. In fact THEY caused and promoted the worst medical experiment in human history and largely failed to support THEIR OWN whenever they stood up (unless privately, hush tones and off record and out of public awareness) Privacy? Forget it. What's not done now by shady people on line or over a phone bypassing most checks, balances and intimacy within medicine. Patient physician trust? Forget about it . THEY likely don't KNOW you or want to. Practice by plausible deniability. THEY move to profit. Dermatology, vanity medicine, Pelosi style - Gilkuam's Brazil cosmetic surgery wasting our best surgery services to $$$ vain . The entire diabetes scam against children requires Pediatricians, obstetrics and their popularized association, like American Pediatric, to prove they deserve a job at all . Obviously they didn't protect children enoughas xs and sudden end of life stats show MIA in GOOD public health policy. Healthcare is this rotten thus ANY other industry as profitable is likely worse. IMHO, et al Break up PBM and distribution oligopolies McKesson, Cardinal & Bergen. McKesson is key to all drug scandals like opiates, generic frauds, price fixing, pay to play and collusion with Pharma, PBMs and major HMOS. DEA? There best attorneys and defenders against things like narcotic abused by Johnson & Johnson and Purdue WORK for them now. The DEA was key to perpetual amphetamine (ADD kids, adults) and opiate abuse and over prescription. The e patent process for drugs has been corrupted 6 ways to Sunday, as it is elsewhere where big $$$ and innovation is concerned.
There's not a shortage of pay. These immigrants are doing everything for pennies and now the economy is throwed off. Why pay more when you can you pay these foreigners less?? The competition is to great
If they pay better then it’s not bad as a local hourly driver. It’s not fun but it’s a manageable good paying career. Just relax and stay back. No need to tailgate or run fast. Slow down and enjoy it. It’s not for cowboys or outlaws anymore that’s for sure.
@@archiewilson4943 one company I used to want to work for. They told me during the interview, they will automatically fire you if the cam shows while driving, you use or TOUCH ELD,phone, headsets.
Yep no lie I went into debt being a truck driver the last two years. My highest check was $900 and I only saw that a couple times. My average check was $300 to $600 for the week. If I didn’t have a house or a truck to pay for then it would be a great gig. If I was homeless starting out then I’d have $300 and a roof over my head. But I have a mortgage and a truck payment.
Nobody wants to drive north east. I live in fl, and my checks are about the same as the guy above me. Plus cost of living makes north east worse than earning less and living in the south were it's way cheaper to live.
They are supposed to be doing that now. It is a Law that you must be able to read, write and communicate in English to hold an Interstate CDL job. Intrastate is up to the State. The problem isn't that there isn't a Law that regulates this, it's that it isn't enforced like so many others.
You failed to mention the drivers that don't read, write, speak or comprehend English. They don't care how much they're paycheck is, just as long as they get one
It's against the law to drive a truck and not read or write English and that's the law !!! If you don't believe look it up , I was told this years ago .
@johnnycray4427 No. I had 2 surgeries and a few trips to the er. The bills ruined my chance at schooling which I owe but have no way of returning. I wanted to be a prosthetist
@zeroshepard9513 I'm homeless now and I'm working a full time job. Because of all the fines and tickets I got when I was young I can't afford to do anything. ..hopefully things change after my 11th month...itnshpuld all be paid off by than
Indentured slave is the program for everyone. Nothing angers the institutions more than people with no need for their crap. Crap being debt, poor health.
We Need hackers that know how to shutdown these nanny cams. It just creeps me out that there is a camera 2 feet away from my face when you get into a truck cabin.
I drove back in the 90s and early 2000 . Back then it was the flood of all the mill workers where Regan, Bush , and Clinton had enacted NAFTA and all the manufacturing jobs went over seas . Occasionally you might see 3 or 4 Mexicans all piled up in an old 2nd Werner truck out west . I do not miss that life at all
The blaming of blacks and foreign drivers is really played out. The problem is a certain type of amerikkkan trusts the Republican Party to take care of them by constantly uttering racist rhetoric and hating others, when those same folks are the main ones ripping off the small guys and sending all of those jobs overseas all together! There is no “trickle down” economics…the top is just taking all the money and keeping it, and too many amerikkkans think being racist against anyone not white is the answer. How is that working out for yah? It aint working…only gettting worse! Stop blaming your failures on blacks and other minorities and learn the finger pointing to others without white skin is your primary problem.
If your "English" speaking slaves are not willing to do it for less, then don't blame when they bring in slaves that don't speak the language and willing yo work for much less.
I've been an owner operator since 1982. What this man says is true. I got trucking in my blood in the early 1970s when I got a job at a local trucking company washing trucks doing oil changes grease jobs all around anything the old guys would teach me I would do. I remember well deregulation and I remember a lot of good drivers retired or quit by the early 90s. Even Schneider ( which was Schneider trucking before deregulation) was a union firm. There was a genuine driver shortage around the time they changed the license from a chauffeurs license ( which I started out with) to a CDL. But then the mega carriers just started training and putting out inexperienced drivers every day. You can still make a living as an owner operator but you have to have a niche market that mega carriers don't go after. But with the new mandates and soon to be speed regulation ect I will honestly say I'm glad I can retire soon because it's not the job even I started out in
Maga carriers give an opronity to new drivers you ones were an unexpirence driver back then. That the thing that the experience driver forget that they were unexpirence before.
Unfortunately that is happening with all industries the more the government and One World Government is getting involved.Look at the medical industry?I would not advise anyone to go into the medical profession now because they can’t do what is needed for their patients because of too many rules, regulations and protocols! The government is ruining everything! You have multiple pages of documents to fill out now and weeks of waiting just to get a septic tank permit!There’s too much government overreach and the only way we are finding this out is by people like this on the internet and the government is now wanting to highly regulate the internet!
Trucking sucks cus you're micromanaged to hell and most of the folks in the office are either inexperienced idiots, or former drivers who were forced off the road and are still broke and miserable. It's a horrible industry honestly.
Didn't use to that way. I started in 1984 and in the 80s & 90s it was a noble profession & open roads. No camera's. No ELD's. No micromanaging. The industry is a royal cesspool now. Your in the minority if you speak English & actually wear shoes smh
Problem #1: It's estimated that approximately 20% of truckers in the U.S. are immigrants (many using false I.D. to obtain a CDL). Problem #2: Industry and safety standards are not being properly enforced. It's too easy to obtain a CDL and bad drivers are not being dealt with, which is why we have so many ignorant drivers with bad attitudes. Bad drivers force rates down and push good drivers out. Bad companies force rates down and push good companies out. Companies and drivers with below standard safety score should be shut down. DOT is inept. Problem #3: DOT regs have become too complex. Real safety rules that are very important are watered down by the thousands of nonsense rules that serve no real purpose. Problem #4: EPA regs have destroyed diesel engines. Massively increased purchase price and service cost, massively diminished reliability and eliminated the ability for owner/ops and small companies to repair their own equipment, forcing them to pay $200 dollar per hour shop labor and destroyed trade in value. It is also the reason diesel costs more than gasoline. Before the ultra-low sulfur rule and the creation of biodiesel; diesel was cheaper than gas, I'm sure some of you remember this. Problem #5: Democrats (this should probably be #1)
Addressing your (#1) point. In 2024 foreign born drivers significantly outnumber American drivers (who are predominately 40-60 years old and played out/ rendered useless) by a margin of 75%(+/-/+) to 25%(-/-). I deliver from TX to TN, KY and GA at dozens of mixed freight customers. From Oct 2023 to present, I've noticed and now keep tab that of 10 trucks at a given customer or Loves/TA/Speedco repair, 8 are foreigners with at least 3 of those not speaking acceptable American English. The trucking industry, including brokers and warehousing, are all predominately foreigners. Rates will not go back up until there is a desperate need of drivers by the shipper. And that will not be anytime soon!
I am a truck driver I have been for many years There are more truck drivers than ever!!!! There are so many truck drivers on the road that there is nowhere to park
When I drove for Knight trucking it was like their first and main goal was to get you as far away from home as absolutely possible!! And then keep you running for 3 weeks straight. It seems like their ultimate goal was to give you as little time off as possible!!
I was otr for last 10 years since 2014, i just took a job local to be around family more. Its not even worth it out there anymore. Most companies are paying you the same money you can make local. So the hell with it , tired of being away from my family 2&3 months at a time for crumbs
I remember an old man telling me he had a dispatcher that got his degree in dispatching and he laughed so hard, he told the kid, "Way to blow good money, son."
My son stopped driving OTR in September. When he first started driving in 2022 he was making good money. He had new pickups before he dropped. That started taking days to get a pickup. Noticed company was hiring alot of drivers. Started driving for a waste service company and is much happier.
Ok, so I’m gonna help you understand this. All of this is about Trump’s screw ups and his Tariffs, and COVID had some things to do with 2022, as well. So, prior to 2022 (excluding 2020, obviously), we companies were making a killing, and it was basically a situation where someone would call for a quote, we quoted, and immediately got the work. Then, Trump put in these ridiculous tariffs that have everything so expensive right now, which didn’t start until Biden’s Presidency. COVID happened, which halted shipments. Immediately after COVID, 2022 was INSANE…rates were sky high, folks were calling and begging me to do work, willing to pay me absolutely any amount I wanted for two reasons: 1. The COVID halt had demand very high, and 2. More importantly, all the shippers were trying to rush shipments in before Trump’s tariffs officially kicked in. 2023…BAM…hit us companies like a tons of bricks! They began requesting…no, DEMANDING “all in” rates, at amounts significantly lower than the lowest amount I’ve ever seen, IN HISTORY! Now, a huge issue is during the 2022 rush, tons of folks went out & opened a business, and when the 2023 demands came in, all those folks said “yes” to the ridiculous demands, instead of understanding proper pricing and the costs associated with running the business. So, now, we’ve got many of those folks who went right back out of business, but these mega carriers who hire owner operators who know better than to agree to those ridiculous terms have decided to offer them while ripping off the owner operators. The situation has absolutely nothing to do with most companies nor anything other than Trump’s Tariff’s creating a terrible situation and new carriers & the mega carriers who hire owner operators being stupid enough to say “yes”. Trump’s tariffs MUST cease ASAP, and the Owner Operators working for these mega carriers simply need to quit. It is very easy to fix the rates…we simply have to say “NO” to the bull$hit demands, but too many inexperienced folks and dumb owner operators saying “yes” is keeping the rates down.
Hi, ex OTR driver here. You are spot on with exactly why I no longer drive over the road. Even local is very very low pay. This industry has gone down the toilet.
The rates aren't low. You're just getting what's left over after every "made up" trucking related entity gets their sticky paws on the original fat pay. The driver is always late for the party. The Brokers #1, #2,#3, dispatchers, freight forwarders, ghost carriers, real carriers, et c etc all bust open the piñata. Quick grab! THEN, they call the driver in. Everyone leaves an empty busted pinata, and one lousy sticky carmel popcorn ball for the driver. Translation: original rate GOOD!! $2200. But to the driver; $650. (True story) (not the piñata 😅)
Hey Buddy, you're exactly right💯 I work for a Trucking Company / Brokerage they're passing the loads from one department to next- next next guy by the time they give the load to Dispatching is almost no money left for the poor Truck Driver
You have absolutely no idea what you’re talking about! The rates are the absolute LOWEST IN HISTORY! Drivers need to do less talking/complaining and more paying attention/listening! Trucking companies are not making any money today…they’re struggling just to keep their doors open, thanks to these stupid Trump Tariffs and the effects they’re having on the industry. Tons of Brokers are going out of business left and right also. The primary problem in our industry are: 1. The stupid Owner Operators & new companies who take rates way too low, and 2. The mega-carriers who hire owner operators and don’t care, because they only take their money off the top and keep it moving! You are smoking something serious if you don’t think the rates are low…we company owners have never gone through anything like this before. At this point, the company drivers are making more money than the actual companies. Why do you think so many huge companies are going out of business? Stop spreading this untruthful negativity, folks.
Otr is only worth it if you're in a position to stay out for months at a time. My miles are very consistent because they don't have to route me back home, and I work close to my 70 every week. If you live in the truck and don't have a car payment or rent, then otr is fucking awesome. I make a thousand a week after taxes going forward on the interstate for 10 hours every night and I get to save all of it. I understand this is not feasible for everyone, at least not long term, but if you can make arrangements to do that for only two years or so, you'll have life changing money at the end of it, assuming you work for a halfway decent company and you don't spend $50 a day on junk food and reserved parking. It's not all sunshine and roses, but some of us are very happy out here.
A thousand a week after taxes in 2024 is not good money especially after 70 hrs. That was good 15 years ago. You should be clearing $1500 after taxes and more by now.
@@Bbbbuut it’s not about how much you make, it’s about how much you keep. If you make $1000 a week and you spend $1001 a week on bills that’s a lost but if you make $1000 a week and you have no bills that’s a win. Then you take that $1000 a week and buy income producing assets generating 8%, 10%, 20% and more and do that consistently for decades.
i prefer working as a cashier for minimum salary then a $27 in hours job because it was a automatic truck, i did it only 6 days and i said, no, i prefer be happy, there are more reason too, like the log book, i was doing city drive under the 160 kilometers rules, that i do not need to put in my hours, but the company wanted me to use a stupid mobile phone that i hate with a passion.
24 years here. The first year was fun. You miss out on a lot at home. Not everyone can get use to not being at home so they quit and find something else to do.
@@CForged That can be the case but also a lot of the immigrants don’t mind living in a house together until they save up and each person is able to get their own home while Americans feel like they need to move out on their own and pay their own separate rent
@@TheShowOff2I yep, and you right immigrants are brokers at probably the highest levels ever in US history. That’s a problem when they’re dispatching from Eastern Europe. It should be illegal.
As a retired truck driver, my opinion is that trucking companies should be required to pay by the hour (no agricultural exemption), with time and a half at 40-60 hours and double time at 60+ hours. No more pay by the mile- it creates hurry which runs in conflict with ELDs and HOS regulations. Pay should start at $40 per hour adjusted annually for COLA.
There is no driver shortage. Swift and JB hunt can not keep their drivers at all. That is what they call driver shortage. Drivers leave big carriers, and become owner operators. Then, freight rate is becoming lower. If there is driver shortage, rate should go up. You got to go to southern states, and see how many trucks are shutting down. Do not even think about English test for CDL. Many Indian and african people speak English, and they come to US market through Canadian immigration process. They are coming from south America based on false assumption of driver shortage, or trying to reduce inflation front of transportation on purpose
Indian and African? ROFL…oh dear…the racial nonsense in this country and constantly pointing fingers elsewhere to cover racist ignorance. 🤦♂ this answer is totally incorrect! There really has been a driver shortage for quite a few years now, and none of this has anything to do with the racist stuff you said above. Too many amerikkkans keep blaming non-whites for everything for their failures. This is really about policy and Trump’s Tariff’s more than anything.
@@TheScorpionKing69 Yes NEW drivers right through school ...Does anyone know a carrier with inhouse school etc took in people from HATI and got gov benefits and carrier got tax benefits subs .GOV paid for this bull shit ..FACTS and after no the HATI people are on a temp work visa and pay NO TAXES FACTS like it or not ..If you say racist guess what I tell you this thats getting old also is that the best yo got ..People that are born in USA get shit on all the time getting to pay the bill and pay again on the highways with the un trained unsafe steering wheel holders
I was an owner operator, this is the most thankless job on the Earth. Besides cleaning latrine. Dispatchers are A-holes,the bookies are stealing from the drivers. And the drivers get blamed for all the mistakes dispatchers make. They can all eat it. I ran for 20 years,zero infractions,road and scale.They pushed out the best,that's for sure.
Mega carriers don’t have 4 drivers per truck. I worked at CR England and Covenant and all the mega carriers do is force a team up. CR England had a driver ready to go in every corner of the country and Covenant being smaller forced drivers to wait in their HQ in Chattanooga Tn. With two drivers their trucks run 22 hrs a day with breaks and driver changes. There’s also private ELD providers outside of the US that actually fix the clocks of small trucking contractors. However mega carriers don’t utilize this. They prefer the legal route because they are the ones benefiting from it. At the same time there are those who I call Illinois companies that cut the prices, put one driver per truck and force them to run double shifts. I got into an accident working with one of them and now I can’t drive anymore due to my record.
And because your accident was caused by illegally forcing double shifts, how is it They arent being penalized and you are? That sounds like more corrup to the highest degree!
The driver facing cameras is insulting. The automatic braking systems are more of a hazard than safety. All of the unqualified drivers the big box carriers hire and put behind the wheel are dangerous as hell. They are completely destroying an industry!
Yea that automatic braking scared the shit outta me the other day. It sensed being close to a collision with no one in front of me and broke hard for no reason. SMH
You're absolutely right. I'm a 40+ year otr driver. I saw all of this coming over 30 years ago. It was written on the wall when Jimmy Carter de regulated the industry 😊
I'd like to chat if you're willing. Do you have an email? I would greatly appreciate some pointers on getting into a company with no tanker experience. I have Hazmat, tanker, doubles, triples, and my TWIC. having hell of a time finding something other than dry van for mega carrier. Thanks
I’ve been in the game for ten years now. I make 130k a year with excellent benefits and I’m home everyday. Use these mega carriers to get your cdl and experience and then bounce. They are good for nothing and have ruined the trucking industry. Get into some king of specialty, tanker, cars, heavy haul, anything but door swinging. Good luck trucking is still an excellent job you just have to know what you are doing and have the motivation to be the best.
How is this possible in today's trucking environment? This seems to be some type of mythical unicorn that I have been unable to find. I'd like to chat if you're willing. I'm a hardworking American citizen with English as my first language. I have hazmat, tanker, triples, doubles and my TWIC with a clean driving record. What am I missing?
@@SKMtanklife You have tunnel while you drive. That is your problem. You look straight ahead without paying attention to the hundreds of different companies that are passing you by everyday. What I'm seeing is, you don't know the industry and the companies out there that offer the greatest money making opportunities. Search and you shall find. That's all you have to do. You just read what he said. Find a specialty company or private fleet that pays well. There are many. It's that simple. I've made over 100k plus as a driver the last 4 years and on pace to 100k this year. There is plenty of money to be made. Don't overcomplicate it just go get it.
Awesome video. Good job explaining it. You hit a key point which is the high turnover. Hopefully things change because I am a one truck owner and right now it the time I have struggle the most. 2023 and 2024 have been my worst that I am thinking just hanging the towel and go company. Just sucks that my decade of experience is not even considered anymore. Good job on the video.
There are too many people from brokers, the dot, and usless employees at companies. These people contribute nothing and should be reduced 50 percent. Everyone has thier hands in the pot
I’ve been driving for over 14 years. You hit the nail on the head with all the useless people in the offices who do absolutely nothing, not to mention the incompetence of the dispatchers .
Buddy I work for a Brokerage/Trucking Company you're exactly right 💯💯💯 they're passing the loads to next dept next dept next dept by the time the Trucking Co gets the load is not much money left to deal with drivers....The poor truck driver has no money left in the load 😢 😢😇😇😇😭
We need to unite, & get a class action lawsuit going for unfair business practices, lack of adequate parking, & a system (ELD) that isn't working. We can do it
Small companies are just as bad as large companies . They pay by percentage and the driver never knows what the load pays . A percentage driver pay doesn't go up by much . Small companies do like big companies they spend their money on their life style . Trucking is all about greed .
FACTS!!! Percentage pay is just another smoke screen to cover up crap pay. I worked for a small company where the owner and operations manager, drives a brand new King Ranch truck. I found it so insulting when the owner said he appreciated everything I did. The operations manager swore he took good care of his drivers. Yet we heard at least 3 or 4 drivers quitting every two to three months. Trucking is now no better than working at Walmart.
@@TheWrangler2024Its ALWAYS about greed anymore! I Always gave a 100% + days work until no raise, no benefits, the bills counted out on payday turned into change. Not even 1/2 xtra holiday pay. Nothing! U R called in to wait on call and 5,6 hr waits, not a lousy buck! Food expense was LOWERED to $7.00 a day under 2 yrs ago, frm $11. No matter where/what, its working into the street! Driving? Scary! Keep an eagle eye on other drivers and u r still risking it all. But its become every type of work, job, out there. Still. Maybe we can step up. A good profit yes! Ripping off to impoverish your employees? NOPE!
If we had a driver shortage brokers wouldn’t be fighting for who can sell the cheapest Loads. There’s too much cheap truck drivers who refuse to say no to cheap shit
The ATA need to be recatagorized, as a disinformation agency. There is no shortage of drivers, I've been driving for over twenty five years, and I can't count how many times, I've had to haul or sit under a load, so somebody didn't have to pay inventory tax. Enough already. I can make money working on trucks, lumping freight, cleaning trailers out, or just simply driving a truck. The industry is so full of lies, and misconceptions, and for what.....
Hard to convince mega carrier drivers to unionize when they dont work much more than a year at the place. Besides I've been a teamster driver for 12 yrs. And it gets political once you get up the ranks inside the union. Unions are a business to.
Important Notice: FMCSA Drug & Alcohol Clearinghouse Rule Update Starting November 18, 2024, State Driver’s Licensing Agencies (SDLAs) will be required by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) to revoke the commercial driving privileges of individuals listed with a “prohibited” status in the Drug & Alcohol Clearinghouse. This change could impact approximately 163,000 drivers, as CDL license downgrades begin. Drivers are advised to ensure compliance with FMCSA regulations to avoid losing their commercial driving privileges. Read more: 163K Drivers Risk Losing Their CDL
That sounds like a good plan to me. Weed out the higher-risk drivers so the good drivers can survive. We need more enforcement of laws, rules, and regs.
Just locate the nearest industrial park, that's one of the best kept secrets out there. Also, try parking where new warehouses are being built. It's better than parking on a interstate off ramp any day! Good luck and be safe out there! Deuces! ✌🏽💯🤎🚛💪🏽🙏🏽
SCREWED BY, INSURANCE, TOWING COMPANIES, MECHANICS, DOT, SHIPPERS, RECEIVING, LUMPERS, BROKERS, MY BROTHER ALLWAYS SAID, TRUCKER IS LIKE A DOG, PEE ON THE TIRE, SLEEPS ON A LITTLE HOUSE, EATS REMAININGS FROM RESTAURANTS AND ANYBODY CAN KICK HIS ASS
i was a driver for 2 years 2001 to 2002. it was absolutely miserable. i got tired of working for nothing and was able to escape. but get this 20 years later i was contacted by one of those letters that tells you to freeze your credit if needed??? well one of the truck companies i was with in utah {mormon} salt lake city ????sold my drivers license number to the dark web. a person bought my number and tried to buy an audi car with it. but luckily for me he got caught and didnt succeed with it. i was notified and no damage done and i got a new drivers license number just in case. so they rip you off coming and going. true story.
I agree with you 💯 👍 everything you've said is true I've been involved with trucking all my life I still love trucking but it is getting harder to enjoy your self out here
I make around 50k a year as a trucker but I’m pretty picky about my routes and hours in the day I am willing to work, ie I’m not a night driver….. The only reason I’m able to survive on this wage is because I paid off a house out in the countryside in a small town with low taxes and have a paid off 15 year old car….. Most people just can’t or won’t do what I’ve done….. I came from Minneapolis and Seattle so I know what I’m talking about here 👍
i got out of the truck in 08.the BS just isnt worth it after 22 years.theres NEVER less BS. but theres ALLWAYS more to pile on the drivers while pay is stagnant.
Every damned corp/rip off co. in the country is going to be fighting him like rabid jackals. These low-lifes want slaves, no benefits, bonuses. In many areas boycotts would make a huge diff, but w untraineds over the borders, dont know. Again, lots of accidents thus courts and payout lawsuits, ignorance of language, non-maintnance into thousands, insur. costs, etc, might work. Its the being able to stick together point which theyve mngd to destroy the last yrs too! What is your opinion? thx
There is a shortage of pay. There is too many drivers who treat our roads and parking spaces like a third world country. They leave a mess everywhere they go and now we are getting kicked out of places to rest. This makes for tired drivers and more accidents. ELDs are causing more stress because of parking shortages! Vicious Cycle
I used to drive a truck. I left because it was impossible to make a living with all the crime, worthless companies, and truck stops filled with immigrant drivers who work for cheap. You can make more money with two drivers having the truck moving all the time. But your living in a moving capsule all year and burning out your life. The golden days of Truck Driving are over.
A job honestly doesn’t gives you the time, space and opportunity to chase your dreams and achieve your goals. From personal experience i can tell you working a serious job is modern day slavery. they pay you a small amount for doing a significant amount of work and promises you promotion. Best advice make investments and take calculated risks that would guarantee your success.
This is really not as difficult as many people presume it to be. It requires a certain level of diligence, no doubt, which is something ordinary investors lack, and so a financial advisor often comes in very handy. That is how people are able to make such huge profits in the market.
The best course of action if you lack market knowledge is to ask a consultant or investing coach for guidance or assistance. Speaking with a consultant helped me stay afloat in the market and grow my portfolio to about 65% since January, even though I know it sounds obvious or generic. I believe that is the most effective way to enter the business at the moment
Annette Christine Conte is the licensed advisor I use and i'm just putting this out here because you asked. You can Just search the name. You’d find necessary details to work with to set up an appointment.
The biggest issue is there's not enough truck stops for the truckers to rest. I wrote to the White House in the email to the White House to get the migrants to build new truck stops and repair all the roads.
The big problem is Drivers don't stick together!!! If the Drivers would just shut down for 3 or 4 days I promise you things would change but they won't do it. Without trucks the world would stop but Drivers haven't realize this I appreciate videos like this but its not getting Drivers anywhere Until the trucks shut down or another emergency situation happen its going to stay this way. And its going to get worse. You should make a video about solving the problem because the drivers are getting robbed without a Gun!!
Im living proof,i had 26 years driving big trucks,and i wasn't a steering wheel holder,i drove and worked on my truck.I ended up having a medical emergency and was in and out the hospital for 2 and 1/2 years and they wouldn't let me renew my cdl,they wanted me to start from the bottom in a school,talk about a kick in the balls,now I don't have an income and have to do what I can to get by,and people wonder why good people turn bad.
I'm a truck driver. The shortage is because frankly trucking is kind of a crappy job. Long hours, hard on your health, away from home and dangerous. Plus we're earning the same pay we did almost 20years ago. Also the schooling is expensive, and alot of companies won't hire you unless you have two years of experience, so lots of new guys are blocked from getting in the industry, the new guys that do get in, start with these ruthless companies that chew emm up and spit em out.
They have no trouble finding drivers,they just have trouble finding QUALIFIED DRIVERS.when i first started trucking,in the 80s,it was a damn good paying job.
Owning a trucking company there is no shortage of drivers. Major companies are doing layoffs because there is not enough fright. I met drivers from major companies sitting at a truck stop up to 10 days waiting for a load.
So many drivers are in groups undercutting the markets bringing the rates way down. Why pay 6 a mile when someone will take 3 or even 1.50 it's insane...
This is so true! My father was in the business since the 70's and heard all the stories about when everything de-regulated. And times are hard right now. My husband took over my FIL's business back in 2005 I believe and kept him on as a consultant. We've seen a lot o changes and more expenses. Insurance rates keep on rising and we're doing our best to hold on but the future is unsure at the moment. I'm glad I found your channel.
The other thing not talked about in regards to work conditions is the number of violently aggressive drivers has increased dramatically, and if one of them causes an accident, the Truck Driver gets the blame automatically and companies do NOT usually pay for driver legal fees to defend themselves. I've had my truck shot at, loada damaged by thrown objects, and people cut me off by inches and slam on breaks just for being a truck driver.
It all boils down to the real root, the issue people appear to be dodging: greed. The 1970s was a different world. We knew plenty of guys were made great livings as truckers. Trucking companies were making money, so what was the problem?--greed. They saw they could make more, squeeze harder, make more, squeeze harder, make more. We're now buried in a nation driven on this principle of squeezing more, making more money for the idle wealthy, known as investors. Meanwhile, everyone involved in the process is working harder, earning less. Until we reverse course on greed, this, like all other issues, is only going to get worse.
Good Morning, Excellent video. I started in 96’, made more money in 99’, than many company drivers make nowadays. I do believe the mega-carriers are going to have a problem hiring drivers relatively soon for the reasons you stated. We have many problems in our industry and the regulations are out of control and only going to become worst and more costly to small trucking companies. I believe the ELD mandate was more for the, “control”, because if I control someone’s time I own them. Also if an entity regulates your time they also control your income. The ELD has actually done the opposite and allowed drivers more time and control of their clock vs paper. Remember with paper you have to log in 15 min increments and the ELD allows you to log in real-time. The speed limiter rule will ruin/alter the trucking industry for the small carriers and owner operators forever. This will be the most catastrophic regulation to do date. The speed limiter will do what many hoped the ELD would accomplish and that is control your time. The ELD was sold to everyone that it was a safety measure needed in our industry, not true. The ATA and mega-carriers want to eliminate competition from small carrier or single operators, the ELD hasn’t worked, hence the speed limiter regulation to come soon. Most regulations in our industry have nothing to do with safety, hell most scales are closed 50% of the time. If it was truly about safety the scales would never close nationwide. If you’re young stay away from trucking not worth it anymore, trucking is a bottom feeder job at best. Stay safe.
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Bro. You need to do your homework before posting such crap. There are way too many truck drivers on the road. You know nothing.
@@bobbydee1187AGREED.........BEEN AT IT 33 YEARS. DRIVERS OF TODAY are NOT OF THE SAME QUALITY. YOU ARE CORRECT. DUDE KNOWS NOTHING.
@@bobbydee1187AGREED.........BEEN AT IT 33 YEARS. DRIVERS OF TODAY are NOT OF THE SAME QUALITY. YOU ARE CORRECT. DUDE KNOWS NOTHING.
Outstanding. People can all relate to the familiar delivery trucking machines but need to know what THEIR perspective, needs and why that matters to THEIR quality of life and justice.
There is no driver shortage corporations just have to slow down their growth they're not allowed to just grow whatever way they want and make demands for more population that is not acceptable they have to only grow within the parameters of what is sustainable for the indigenous people of the land that procreate that's it
Meh!
There's no driver shortage, there's a shortage of companies that care about their drivers.
U not lying about that. I'm sitting 2 hours away from my house and can't go home and my route for the week is done
@@1109Harmony I would totally go home lol.
@Libertad59 i really wish I could. They told me I can't leave the truck there's a camera in here and I have 4 kids at home
@@1109Harmony
Time to be finding a new company. I've been out here OTR since 2000. If it's 2 things I've learned is: if you've got a yr OTR, you can go to 96% of the companies, and, never take a step backwards or sideways when you move jobs. ALWAYS a step forward. ALWAYS!
Absolutely
Shortage would lead to higher pay, that by itself proves there's no shortage.
There is a shortage of Qualified drivers, I'm a former OTR refrigerated driver who can drive a manual transmission truck and who did it Before gps came out, Oh,and I've never rolled or topped a truck.
No shortage of qualified drivers , a shortage of suckerswho will work for peanuts who DO NOT speak ENGLISH. DON'T GIT IT TWISTED . Go work for WE ARE DIX TRUCKIN...
@@RiverRatWA57elaborate on qualifications?
@1lowtrade Being able to read and understand English would be a good start.
Actually being able to competently operate a Semi would help as well.
@@RiverRatWA57 looks like youre speaking about foreigners who come here without education or care for public safety
There is no driver shortage, there are to many truck drivers on the road that's why rates are so shitty
Also because Brokers have no incentive to pay the drivers more
Make these canadian and mexican drivers go back across the borders when they come in to deliver their loads, instead of letting them go all over the country to pick up and deliver as they please.
❤🎉❤ Don't work with a lower rate. I have more than 2 years with no more than 25k/yes. (Business Owner, eqpmnt, etc.expenses. I'm)
Do you have to go Tru a broker
@wilfredoWilleFaz I haul direct from mobile to Atlanta and back everyday, off on the weekends, drop and hook on both ends, I got better rates 10 years ago, I am still doing OK, but there are two many truckers out there today, that's what keeping the rates low
Ain't no driver shortage there's shortage of pay
Absolutely agree with it.
right on
Shortage of feeling respected, listened to and NOT betrayed. Pandemic? Certainly a national problem but spotty bright exceptions need sunlight.
Contrast computer programming, software tech workers 10 years ago to today with truck drivers of the 70s and today .
Compare pharmacists (was BS now mostly PharD and MD) of the 70s-80s to today .
Eg the golden years of being a Kaiser PERMANENTE physician (not Kaiser Hospital or Kaiser Health plan or non physician non upper management) to today.
Surgery at Kaiser may be a best buy if you get the right team (sooooo much experience and numbers of procedures too) but NO two Kaisers are alike. People often avoid nearby facilities for ones much further away because they like it better for many reasons.
Look at CVS today compared to ANY SUCCESSFUL community pharmacy today and 40 years ago.
Once THE Frontline GO TO FIRST relatively free medical advice and treatment.
Its practically illegal to do compounding of any drug UNLESS its entirely suits the likes of Pfizers, PBM and insurance oligopolies. Even promotion of services can be career ending.
The online scam pharmacies simply overwhelm the Boards of Pharmacy.
Yet why respect that profession or trust them or MDs. They can't protect their profession and they can't follow their oath, law or standards of practice or tradition. THEY let the military, wall street and political parties DICTATE what is and is not acceptable care for flu. In fact THEY caused and promoted the worst medical experiment in human history and largely failed to support THEIR OWN whenever they stood up (unless privately, hush tones and off record and out of public awareness)
Privacy? Forget it.
What's not done now by shady people on line or over a phone bypassing most checks, balances and intimacy within medicine.
Patient physician trust? Forget about it . THEY likely don't KNOW you or want to. Practice by plausible deniability.
THEY move to profit. Dermatology, vanity medicine, Pelosi style - Gilkuam's Brazil cosmetic surgery wasting our best surgery services to $$$ vain .
The entire diabetes scam against children requires Pediatricians, obstetrics and their popularized association, like American Pediatric, to prove they deserve a job at all . Obviously they didn't protect children enoughas xs and sudden end of life stats show
MIA in GOOD public health policy.
Healthcare is this rotten thus ANY other industry as profitable is likely worse.
IMHO, et al
Break up PBM and distribution oligopolies McKesson, Cardinal & Bergen.
McKesson is key to all drug scandals like opiates, generic frauds, price fixing, pay to play and collusion with Pharma, PBMs and major HMOS.
DEA? There best attorneys and defenders against things like narcotic abused by Johnson & Johnson and Purdue WORK for them now. The DEA was key to perpetual amphetamine (ADD kids, adults) and opiate abuse and over prescription.
The e patent process for drugs has been corrupted 6 ways to Sunday, as it is elsewhere where big $$$ and innovation is concerned.
There's not a shortage of pay. These immigrants are doing everything for pennies and now the economy is throwed off. Why pay more when you can you pay these foreigners less?? The competition is to great
Half of last year.
The electronics and cameras make company driving absolutely miserable.
If they pay better then it’s not bad as a local hourly driver. It’s not fun but it’s a manageable good paying career. Just relax and stay back. No need to tailgate or run fast. Slow down and enjoy it. It’s not for cowboys or outlaws anymore that’s for sure.
@@CForged its people exactly like you that have ruined the industry. Just comply. You are pathetic like most drivers now.
@@archiewilson4943 one company I used to want to work for. They told me during the interview, they will automatically fire you if the cam shows while driving, you use or TOUCH ELD,phone, headsets.
My co has cameras, records non stop, literally beeps if I just get a drink of water,I hate everything about trucking
@@davidmcdaniel5929 you’re at the wrong company. That’s horrible I would definitely quit.
There's no shortage. They're just looking for new victims to take advantage of.
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There's no overall driver shortage. It's just a shortage of drivers who are willing to run cheap freight.
You should elaborate some.
Migrants taking jobs and working for less, much less
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Lmao new drivers that dont know what the pay should be. And people coming from other countries.
@@JeremiahMolyneaumost companies /drivers owner op cant survive with these rates
Were not short on drivers. People quit because its a shitty paying job and a fucked up one at that. The problem is keeping them.
Yep no lie I went into debt being a truck driver the last two years. My highest check was $900 and I only saw that a couple times. My average check was $300 to $600 for the week. If I didn’t have a house or a truck to pay for then it would be a great gig. If I was homeless starting out then I’d have $300 and a roof over my head. But I have a mortgage and a truck payment.
@BigRigJeffro where do you live and what company did you work for? Here in Jersey we have local positions paying 100k plus.
@@BigRigJeffro yeah your not making anything unless your putting in 60 hours + a week.
It all fun and games until you get a ticket.
Nobody wants to drive north east. I live in fl, and my checks are about the same as the guy above me. Plus cost of living makes north east worse than earning less and living in the south were it's way cheaper to live.
Get language test mandated for all cdl holders. Rates will go up significantly.
Then you would only have Canadian drivers!!
They are supposed to be doing that now. It is a Law that you must be able to read, write and communicate in English to hold an Interstate CDL job. Intrastate is up to the State. The problem isn't that there isn't a Law that regulates this, it's that it isn't enforced like so many others.
And passport holders
@@KadiddlehopperClemmost Canadian Driver can't speak English either😂😂
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One look at ANY truck stop or rest area at dusk tells you the answer to whether there's a driver shortage. Lol.
Truth is that the driver's are treated like shit.
You failed to mention the drivers that don't read, write, speak or comprehend English. They don't care how much they're paycheck is, just as long as they get one
How do they get their CDL if they can read or speak english?
*can't
There are apparently trucking “schools” that are literally just handing them out for the $$. Looks Iike everyone is being paid off at every level.
It's against the law to drive a truck and not read or write English and that's the law !!! If you don't believe look it up , I was told this years ago .
This kind of jerk is killing every industry. The immigrants
Thought this would get me out of homelessness. Now Im some sort of indentured slave.
You are bad with money. Probably on a lease program
@johnnycray4427 No. I had 2 surgeries and a few trips to the er. The bills ruined my chance at schooling which I owe but have no way of returning. I wanted to be a prosthetist
@@zeroshepard9513 my apologies, hope you are doing well. God bless 🙏
@zeroshepard9513 I'm homeless now and I'm working a full time job. Because of all the fines and tickets I got when I was young I can't afford to do anything. ..hopefully things change after my 11th month...itnshpuld all be paid off by than
Indentured slave is the program for everyone. Nothing angers the institutions more than people with no need for their crap. Crap being debt, poor health.
Dude you spoke exactly what's going on. I'm really impressed someone did their proper research. Keep up what you are doing man. I love seeing this
We Need hackers that know how to shutdown these nanny cams. It just creeps me out that there is a camera 2 feet away from my face when you get into a truck cabin.
The flood of foreign drivers that speak or read no English is the biggest problem
Half of Trumpers can;t read
I drove back in the 90s and early 2000 .
Back then it was the flood of all the mill workers where Regan, Bush , and Clinton had enacted NAFTA and all the manufacturing jobs went over seas . Occasionally you might see 3 or 4 Mexicans all piled up in an old 2nd Werner truck out west .
I do not miss that life at all
Sounds like if monkeys can do your job you don’t deserve higher wages.
The blaming of blacks and foreign drivers is really played out. The problem is a certain type of amerikkkan trusts the Republican Party to take care of them by constantly uttering racist rhetoric and hating others, when those same folks are the main ones ripping off the small guys and sending all of those jobs overseas all together! There is no “trickle down” economics…the top is just taking all the money and keeping it, and too many amerikkkans think being racist against anyone not white is the answer. How is that working out for yah? It aint working…only gettting worse! Stop blaming your failures on blacks and other minorities and learn the finger pointing to others without white skin is your primary problem.
If your "English" speaking slaves are not willing to do it for less, then don't blame when they bring in slaves that don't speak the language and willing yo work for much less.
I've been an owner operator since 1982. What this man says is true. I got trucking in my blood in the early 1970s when I got a job at a local trucking company washing trucks doing oil changes grease jobs all around anything the old guys would teach me I would do. I remember well deregulation and I remember a lot of good drivers retired or quit by the early 90s. Even Schneider ( which was Schneider trucking before deregulation) was a union firm. There was a genuine driver shortage around the time they changed the license from a chauffeurs license ( which I started out with) to a CDL. But then the mega carriers just started training and putting out inexperienced drivers every day. You can still make a living as an owner operator but you have to have a niche market that mega carriers don't go after. But with the new mandates and soon to be speed regulation ect I will honestly say I'm glad I can retire soon because it's not the job even I started out in
Maga carriers give an opronity to new drivers you ones were an unexpirence driver back then. That the thing that the experience driver forget that they were unexpirence before.
Unfortunately that is happening with all industries the more the government and One World Government is getting involved.Look at the medical industry?I would not advise anyone to go into the medical profession now because they can’t do what is needed for their patients because of too many rules, regulations and protocols! The government is ruining everything!
You have multiple pages of documents to fill out now and weeks of waiting just to get a septic tank permit!There’s too much government overreach and the only way we are finding this out is by people like this on the internet and the government is now wanting to highly regulate the internet!
Trucking sucks cus you're micromanaged to hell and most of the folks in the office are either inexperienced idiots, or former drivers who were forced off the road and are still broke and miserable.
It's a horrible industry honestly.
Mostly yes. We don't run that way but most outfits are horrible.
Didn't use to that way. I started in 1984 and in the 80s & 90s it was a noble profession & open roads. No camera's. No ELD's. No micromanaging. The industry is a royal cesspool now. Your in the minority if you speak English & actually wear shoes smh
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Last best year was 2008, & I'm sure that was only the last tolerable year...
I agree I stopped driving when they issued the E l d mandate
They want to hire new migrants to hire for less money
That's the excuse that many companies have, "We have a shortage of American workers so we'll have to hire migrants (for less money)"
Want to. Or already doing so.
So that means in 2025 they will get their jobs back?
True almost every driver I see is some dude from India
Even for H1B1 Visa holders,
(7 years ago)
they were only paying them 12 bucks an hour ! *granted the company was paying for their food ; housing.
I've been a truck driver now for over 28 years and I've been hearing this for years,there's no driver shortage!
There is a qualified driver shortage.
There is actually a tremendous driver shortage. It got really bad in about 2018-2019, and continues to get worse.
@@shanesanders4730 where are you getting your info from?
Problem #1: It's estimated that approximately 20% of truckers in the U.S. are immigrants (many using false I.D. to obtain a CDL).
Problem #2: Industry and safety standards are not being properly enforced. It's too easy to obtain a CDL and bad drivers are not being dealt with, which is why we have so many ignorant drivers with bad attitudes. Bad drivers force rates down and push good drivers out. Bad companies force rates down and push good companies out. Companies and drivers with below standard safety score should be shut down. DOT is inept.
Problem #3: DOT regs have become too complex. Real safety rules that are very important are watered down by the thousands of nonsense rules that serve no real purpose.
Problem #4: EPA regs have destroyed diesel engines. Massively increased purchase price and service cost, massively diminished reliability and eliminated the ability for owner/ops and small companies to repair their own equipment, forcing them to pay $200 dollar per hour shop labor and destroyed trade in value. It is also the reason diesel costs more than gasoline. Before the ultra-low sulfur rule and the creation of biodiesel; diesel was cheaper than gas, I'm sure some of you remember this.
Problem #5: Democrats (this should probably be #1)
Yep, democrats got away with doing what democrats do. They have been on a suicide mission for a long time. Time to change
Addressing your (#1) point. In 2024 foreign born drivers significantly outnumber American drivers (who are predominately 40-60 years old and played out/ rendered useless) by a margin of 75%(+/-/+) to 25%(-/-). I deliver from TX to TN, KY and GA at dozens of mixed freight customers. From Oct 2023 to present, I've noticed and now keep tab that of 10 trucks at a given customer or Loves/TA/Speedco repair, 8 are foreigners with at least 3 of those not speaking acceptable American English. The trucking industry, including brokers and warehousing, are all predominately foreigners. Rates will not go back up until there is a desperate need of drivers by the shipper. And that will not be anytime soon!
20 percent???? It's more like 85 or 90.
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This is why our borders are open. Corrupt and evil and calculated.
I am a truck driver
I have been for many years
There are more truck drivers than ever!!!!
There are so many truck drivers on the road that there is nowhere to park
When I drove for Knight trucking it was like their first and main goal was to get you as far away from home as absolutely possible!! And then keep you running for 3 weeks straight. It seems like their ultimate goal was to give you as little time off as possible!!
Hahaha they be like "Ok, you live in Texas, gotcha. Well we got a load going up to New England 2,700 miles. And well have you back home in 3 days" 😂😂
I was otr for last 10 years since 2014, i just took a job local to be around family more. Its not even worth it out there anymore. Most companies are paying you the same money you can make local. So the hell with it , tired of being away from my family 2&3 months at a time for crumbs
Ya that’s the reason why I don’t want to be far away either. Better to be close to home instead of living like your homeless.
I just got back in the Texas oilfields to make good money. I'd rather be home every day but those jobs pay 1,400-1,500/wk max.
Shortage Of Parking!NOT Drivers
I KNOW THE DRIVER SHORTAGE IS A LIE!!!! There are actually MORE trucks on the road today than EVER!!
That’s part of the problem. Dispatching courses 😂
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I remember an old man telling me he had a dispatcher that got his degree in dispatching and he laughed so hard, he told the kid, "Way to blow good money, son."
My son stopped driving OTR in September. When he first started driving in 2022 he was making good money. He had new pickups before he dropped. That started taking days to get a pickup. Noticed company was hiring alot of drivers. Started driving for a waste service company and is much happier.
I considered local waste drving they pay 22-27/hr. Just can't be around trash all day 😂
Ok, so I’m gonna help you understand this. All of this is about Trump’s screw ups and his Tariffs, and COVID had some things to do with 2022, as well. So, prior to 2022 (excluding 2020, obviously), we companies were making a killing, and it was basically a situation where someone would call for a quote, we quoted, and immediately got the work. Then, Trump put in these ridiculous tariffs that have everything so expensive right now, which didn’t start until Biden’s Presidency. COVID happened, which halted shipments. Immediately after COVID, 2022 was INSANE…rates were sky high, folks were calling and begging me to do work, willing to pay me absolutely any amount I wanted for two reasons: 1. The COVID halt had demand very high, and 2. More importantly, all the shippers were trying to rush shipments in before Trump’s tariffs officially kicked in. 2023…BAM…hit us companies like a tons of bricks! They began requesting…no, DEMANDING “all in” rates, at amounts significantly lower than the lowest amount I’ve ever seen, IN HISTORY! Now, a huge issue is during the 2022 rush, tons of folks went out & opened a business, and when the 2023 demands came in, all those folks said “yes” to the ridiculous demands, instead of understanding proper pricing and the costs associated with running the business.
So, now, we’ve got many of those folks who went right back out of business, but these mega carriers who hire owner operators who know better than to agree to those ridiculous terms have decided to offer them while ripping off the owner operators. The situation has absolutely nothing to do with most companies nor anything other than Trump’s Tariff’s creating a terrible situation and new carriers & the mega carriers who hire owner operators being stupid enough to say “yes”. Trump’s tariffs MUST cease ASAP, and the Owner Operators working for these mega carriers simply need to quit. It is very easy to fix the rates…we simply have to say “NO” to the bull$hit demands, but too many inexperienced folks and dumb owner operators saying “yes” is keeping the rates down.
Hi, ex OTR driver here. You are spot on with exactly why I no longer drive over the road. Even local is very very low pay. This industry has gone down the toilet.
Just said this. I haul oilfield sand, gone for 3 weeks. I'd rather work a Home Daily job but they pay crap as well. It's a lose-lose 😂
FACTS FACT TALK ABOUT DANGEROUS. PUTTING A LOCOMOTIVE IN THE HANDS OF A 18 YRS OLD.
Thank BootieJuice for that one.
Talk about the dangers of giving somebody who doesn’t even speak or read English a CDL
i knew a driver in the 70s that made over 100k a year driving 4days a week.i saw his w2 form 102k. drivers should be making 250k a year in 2024
The rates aren't low. You're just getting what's left over after every "made up" trucking related entity gets their sticky paws on the original fat pay. The driver is always late for the party. The Brokers #1, #2,#3, dispatchers, freight forwarders, ghost carriers, real carriers, et c etc all bust open the piñata. Quick grab!
THEN, they call the driver in. Everyone leaves an empty busted pinata, and one lousy sticky carmel popcorn ball for the driver.
Translation: original rate GOOD!! $2200. But to the driver; $650.
(True story) (not the piñata 😅)
😂😂😂 best analogy ever!
Hey Buddy, you're exactly right💯 I work for a Trucking Company / Brokerage they're passing the loads from one department to next- next next guy by the time they give the load to Dispatching is almost no money left for the poor Truck Driver
Quittttttttt 😊😊😊
You have absolutely no idea what you’re talking about! The rates are the absolute LOWEST IN HISTORY! Drivers need to do less talking/complaining and more paying attention/listening! Trucking companies are not making any money today…they’re struggling just to keep their doors open, thanks to these stupid Trump Tariffs and the effects they’re having on the industry. Tons of Brokers are going out of business left and right also. The primary problem in our industry are: 1. The stupid Owner Operators & new companies who take rates way too low, and 2. The mega-carriers who hire owner operators and don’t care, because they only take their money off the top and keep it moving! You are smoking something serious if you don’t think the rates are low…we company owners have never gone through anything like this before. At this point, the company drivers are making more money than the actual companies. Why do you think so many huge companies are going out of business? Stop spreading this untruthful negativity, folks.
The pay issue is brokers and these spam calling dispatchers.
Otr is only worth it if you're in a position to stay out for months at a time. My miles are very consistent because they don't have to route me back home, and I work close to my 70 every week. If you live in the truck and don't have a car payment or rent, then otr is fucking awesome. I make a thousand a week after taxes going forward on the interstate for 10 hours every night and I get to save all of it. I understand this is not feasible for everyone, at least not long term, but if you can make arrangements to do that for only two years or so, you'll have life changing money at the end of it, assuming you work for a halfway decent company and you don't spend $50 a day on junk food and reserved parking. It's not all sunshine and roses, but some of us are very happy out here.
Yep, that's how I do it
Juicy! 🎉money
A thousand a week after taxes in 2024 is not good money especially after 70 hrs. That was good 15 years ago. You should be clearing $1500 after taxes and more by now.
@@Bbbbuut it’s not about how much you make, it’s about how much you keep. If you make $1000 a week and you spend $1001 a week on bills that’s a lost but if you make $1000 a week and you have no bills that’s a win. Then you take that $1000 a week and buy income producing assets generating 8%, 10%, 20% and more and do that consistently for decades.
Who do you work for?
Whenever you arrive at a truck stop there is always a line for the shower
If you can even find a place to park.
It's all about timing! Drive at night and arrive at truck stop midmorning and you have a problem
i prefer working as a cashier for minimum salary then a $27 in hours job because it was a automatic truck, i did it only 6 days and i said, no, i prefer be happy, there are more reason too, like the log book, i was doing city drive under the 160 kilometers rules, that i do not need to put in my hours, but the company wanted me to use a stupid mobile phone that i hate with a passion.
Been driving for 31 years and they have been saying that the whole time. Not driver shortage, that's a bunch of crap
Only driver shortage is...for GOOD truck drivers
24 years here. The first year was fun. You miss out on a lot at home. Not everyone can get use to not being at home so they quit and find something else to do.
I’m 💯 with this guy!
You’re a 100% right! I say this all the time in my channel about the pay & work. Keep pumping out the fire! 🔥
Driver shortage? That is because most of the people who drive trucks today are not actually truck drivers.
Oh brother, another corny overused statement.
@User37717 maybe it is over used because it is true.
There is an immaggration issue in trucking… good info thanks
What does that have to do with Brokers taking most of the load?
Maybe more immigrants are brokers now?
They’re being exploited for cheap labor driving down the rates.
@@TheShowOff2Ibecause they will work for less than minimum wage. That’s why brokers get away with low rates being taken
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That can be the case but also a lot of the immigrants don’t mind living in a house together until they save up and each person is able to get their own home while Americans feel like they need to move out on their own and pay their own separate rent
@@TheShowOff2I yep, and you right immigrants are brokers at probably the highest levels ever in US history. That’s a problem when they’re dispatching from Eastern Europe. It should be illegal.
If there's a shortage, then how do truck companies have multiple drivers for one truck?
My company only has one driver for my truck... me!
As a retired truck driver, my opinion is that trucking companies should be required to pay by the hour (no agricultural exemption), with time and a half at 40-60 hours and double time at 60+ hours. No more pay by the mile- it creates hurry which runs in conflict with ELDs and HOS regulations.
Pay should start at $40 per hour adjusted annually for COLA.
There is no driver shortage. Swift and JB hunt can not keep their drivers at all. That is what they call driver shortage. Drivers leave big carriers, and become owner operators. Then, freight rate is becoming lower. If there is driver shortage, rate should go up. You got to go to southern states, and see how many trucks are shutting down. Do not even think about English test for CDL. Many Indian and african people speak English, and they come to US market through Canadian immigration process. They are coming from south America based on false assumption of driver shortage, or trying to reduce inflation front of transportation on purpose
Facts swift keeps sending me a we miss u text come back
That is a shortage. Meaning they don’t have enough new drivers to cycle through. This is wild.
Indian and African? ROFL…oh dear…the racial nonsense in this country and constantly pointing fingers elsewhere to cover racist ignorance. 🤦♂ this answer is totally incorrect! There really has been a driver shortage for quite a few years now, and none of this has anything to do with the racist stuff you said above. Too many amerikkkans keep blaming non-whites for everything for their failures. This is really about policy and Trump’s Tariff’s more than anything.
@@TheScorpionKing69 Yes NEW drivers right through school ...Does anyone know a carrier with inhouse school etc took in people from HATI and got gov benefits and carrier got tax benefits subs .GOV paid for this bull shit ..FACTS and after no the HATI people are on a temp work visa and pay NO TAXES FACTS like it or not ..If you say racist guess what I tell you this thats getting old also is that the best yo got ..People that are born in USA get shit on all the time getting to pay the bill and pay again on the highways with the un trained unsafe steering wheel holders
I was an owner operator, this is the most thankless job on the Earth. Besides cleaning latrine. Dispatchers are A-holes,the bookies are stealing from the drivers. And the drivers get blamed for all the mistakes dispatchers make. They can all eat it. I ran for 20 years,zero infractions,road and scale.They pushed out the best,that's for sure.
Mega carriers don’t have 4 drivers per truck. I worked at CR England and Covenant and all the mega carriers do is force a team up. CR England had a driver ready to go in every corner of the country and Covenant being smaller forced drivers to wait in their HQ in Chattanooga Tn. With two drivers their trucks run 22 hrs a day with breaks and driver changes. There’s also private ELD providers outside of the US that actually fix the clocks of small trucking contractors. However mega carriers don’t utilize this. They prefer the legal route because they are the ones benefiting from it. At the same time there are those who I call Illinois companies that cut the prices, put one driver per truck and force them to run double shifts. I got into an accident working with one of them and now I can’t drive anymore due to my record.
And because your accident was caused by illegally forcing double shifts, how is it They arent being penalized and you are? That sounds like more corrup to the highest degree!
The driver facing cameras is insulting. The automatic braking systems are more of a hazard than safety. All of the unqualified drivers the big box carriers hire and put behind the wheel are dangerous as hell. They are completely destroying an industry!
Yea that automatic braking scared the shit outta me the other day. It sensed being close to a collision with no one in front of me and broke hard for no reason. SMH
AMEN TO THAT!!!!!
Auto braking has sacred me multiple times. Depending on the truck it can pull you towards a different lane and you have to react quickly.
@@CriticaLLout I’ve had mine brake for an overpass or even just an overhead sign
Like it brake checks you for cars 1 mile away in the OTHER LANE 😂😂
You're absolutely right. I'm a 40+ year otr driver. I saw all of this coming over 30 years ago. It was written on the wall when Jimmy Carter de regulated the industry 😊
Carter did not deregulate trucking. Reagan deregulated trucking.
@1Surt bullshit. It was carter.. Reagan didn't get In office till 81.
@1Surt Need to know your facts snowflake! Carter signed the Motor Carrier Act of 1980, Regan was not President in 1980!!
Reagan did it when the airport workers when on strike
@kelvintorrence5994 bullshit. Carter ditch it. In 79. Reagan fired those fuckers in the 80s
Plenty of cdl drivers but rates are bad and smart truckers aren't doing it. Enter illegal immigrants. More slaves and more money in companies pockets
Hazmat Tanker. 160K this year. It's my 2nd year as a driver.
How's the taxes?
I'd like to chat if you're willing. Do you have an email? I would greatly appreciate some pointers on getting into a company with no tanker experience. I have Hazmat, tanker, doubles, triples, and my TWIC. having hell of a time finding something other than dry van for mega carrier. Thanks
@omni1omni244 too high imo. But I still net around 120K.
@SKMtanklife where do you live? You need to go look around bigger cities.
I’ve been in the game for ten years now.
I make 130k a year with excellent benefits and I’m home everyday.
Use these mega carriers to get your cdl and experience and then bounce.
They are good for nothing and have ruined the trucking industry.
Get into some king of specialty, tanker, cars, heavy haul, anything but door swinging.
Good luck trucking is still an excellent job you just have to know what you are doing and have the motivation to be the best.
How is this possible in today's trucking environment? This seems to be some type of mythical unicorn that I have been unable to find. I'd like to chat if you're willing. I'm a hardworking American citizen with English as my first language. I have hazmat, tanker, triples, doubles and my TWIC with a clean driving record. What am I missing?
@@SKMtanklife You have tunnel while you drive. That is your problem. You look straight ahead without paying attention to the hundreds of different companies that are passing you by everyday. What I'm seeing is, you don't know the industry and the companies out there that offer the greatest money making opportunities. Search and you shall find. That's all you have to do. You just read what he said. Find a specialty company or private fleet that pays well. There are many. It's that simple. I've made over 100k plus as a driver the last 4 years and on pace to 100k this year. There is plenty of money to be made. Don't overcomplicate it just go get it.
Awesome video. Good job explaining it. You hit a key point which is the high turnover. Hopefully things change because I am a one truck owner and right now it the time I have struggle the most. 2023 and 2024 have been my worst that I am thinking just hanging the towel and go company. Just sucks that my decade of experience is not even considered anymore. Good job on the video.
There is no driver shortage.
There are too many people from brokers, the dot, and usless employees at companies. These people contribute nothing and should be reduced 50 percent. Everyone has thier hands in the pot
I’ve been driving for over 14 years. You hit the nail on the head with all the useless people in the offices who do absolutely nothing, not to mention the incompetence of the dispatchers .
Buddy I work for a Brokerage/Trucking Company you're exactly right 💯💯💯 they're passing the loads to next dept next dept next dept by the time the Trucking Co gets the load is not much money left to deal with drivers....The poor truck driver has no money left in the load 😢 😢😇😇😇😭
We need to unite, & get a class action lawsuit going for unfair business practices, lack of adequate parking, & a system (ELD) that isn't working. We can do it
Small companies are just as bad as large companies . They pay by percentage and the driver never knows what the load pays . A percentage driver pay doesn't go up by much . Small companies do like big companies they spend their money on their life style . Trucking is all about greed .
FACTS!!! Percentage pay is just another smoke screen to cover up crap pay. I worked for a small company where the owner and operations manager, drives a brand new King Ranch truck. I found it so insulting when the owner said he appreciated everything I did. The operations manager swore he took good care of his drivers. Yet we heard at least 3 or 4 drivers quitting every two to three months. Trucking is now no better than working at Walmart.
@@TheWrangler2024Its ALWAYS about greed anymore! I Always gave a 100% + days work until no raise, no benefits, the bills counted out on payday turned into change. Not even 1/2 xtra holiday pay. Nothing! U R called in to wait on call and 5,6 hr waits, not a lousy buck! Food expense was LOWERED to $7.00 a day under 2 yrs ago, frm $11. No matter where/what, its working into the street! Driving? Scary! Keep an eagle eye on other drivers and u r still risking it all. But its become every type of work, job, out there. Still. Maybe we can step up. A good profit yes! Ripping off to impoverish your employees? NOPE!
Haha I came here looking for the "New pickup Truck" 😂😂 like my current 2 bosses. 2 nice, shiny new trucks. I get percentage pay and it's 💩💩
If we had a driver shortage brokers wouldn’t be fighting for who can sell the cheapest Loads. There’s too much cheap truck drivers who refuse to say no to cheap shit
The ATA need to be recatagorized, as a disinformation agency. There is no shortage of drivers, I've been driving for over twenty five years, and I can't count how many times, I've had to haul or sit under a load, so somebody didn't have to pay inventory tax. Enough already. I can make money working on trucks, lumping freight, cleaning trailers out, or just simply driving a truck. The industry is so full of lies, and misconceptions, and for what.....
Only Shortage is Good Drivers on the Road today.
Every single driver should organize and bring in the teamsters union
Unions are outdated and not needed anymore in America. We have OSHA we don't want our union dues going to the woke Democrats .
As an owner operator, I agree . Company drivers get shit on with these companies.
That won't happen. If it didn't happen in the past, then there's no chance it'll happen today.
Hard to convince mega carrier drivers to unionize when they dont work much more than a year at the place. Besides I've been a teamster driver for 12 yrs. And it gets political once you get up the ranks inside the union. Unions are a business to.
Unions dont care, there also in it for themselves. 42 yrs retired
They gotta explain why they keep letting people across the border. There's no shortage of drivers.
Has absolutely NOTHING to do with that…NOTHING! This is pure ignorance.
Important Notice: FMCSA Drug & Alcohol Clearinghouse Rule Update
Starting November 18, 2024, State Driver’s Licensing Agencies (SDLAs) will be required by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) to revoke the commercial driving privileges of individuals listed with a “prohibited” status in the Drug & Alcohol Clearinghouse.
This change could impact approximately 163,000 drivers, as CDL license downgrades begin. Drivers are advised to ensure compliance with FMCSA regulations to avoid losing their commercial driving privileges.
Read more: 163K Drivers Risk Losing Their CDL
That sounds like a good plan to me. Weed out the higher-risk drivers so the good drivers can survive. We need more enforcement of laws, rules, and regs.
My comment exactly! I heard about the new Clearinghouse rule. Which will account for 160,000+ drivers downgraded CDLs. 😱
If there are shortage of drivers. Why can't you find parking past 5 pm
try noon…
Good point.
Just locate the nearest industrial park, that's one of the best kept secrets out there. Also, try parking where new warehouses are being built. It's better than parking on a interstate off ramp any day! Good luck and be safe out there! Deuces! ✌🏽💯🤎🚛💪🏽🙏🏽
SCREWED BY, INSURANCE, TOWING COMPANIES, MECHANICS, DOT, SHIPPERS, RECEIVING, LUMPERS, BROKERS, MY BROTHER ALLWAYS SAID, TRUCKER IS LIKE A DOG, PEE ON THE TIRE, SLEEPS ON A LITTLE HOUSE, EATS REMAININGS FROM RESTAURANTS AND ANYBODY CAN KICK HIS ASS
Don't forget the pay for parking lots.😂😂😂
i was a driver for 2 years 2001 to 2002. it was absolutely miserable. i got tired of working for nothing and was able to escape. but get this 20 years later i was contacted by one of those letters that tells you to freeze your credit if needed??? well one of the truck companies i was with in utah {mormon} salt lake city ????sold my drivers license number to the dark web. a person bought my number and tried to buy an audi car with it. but luckily for me he got caught and didnt succeed with it. i was notified and no damage done and i got a new drivers license number just in case. so they rip you off coming and going. true story.
Government regulations are keeping drivers away.
They are pushing this shortage in order to get autonomous trucks. No salary, no HOS.
I miss the money but don't miss the headaches....
I agree with you 💯 👍 everything you've said is true I've been involved with trucking all my life I still love trucking but it is getting harder to enjoy your self out here
The shortage is politicians with a spine that will stand up to the mega carriers their bullshit.
'find a way to make yourself more valuable...no one is coming to save you'.. Thats Right! Great Quote Sir.
I make around 50k a year as a trucker but I’m pretty picky about my routes and hours in the day I am willing to work, ie I’m not a night driver….. The only reason I’m able to survive on this wage is because I paid off a house out in the countryside in a small town with low taxes and have a paid off 15 year old car….. Most people just can’t or won’t do what I’ve done….. I came from Minneapolis and Seattle so I know what I’m talking about here 👍
i got out of the truck in 08.the BS just isnt worth it after 22 years.theres NEVER less BS. but theres ALLWAYS more to pile on the drivers while pay is stagnant.
Trust me. There's no driver shortage rates will go up soon now that we have Trump in office. 2025 will be a better year for us
Every damned corp/rip off co. in the country is going to be fighting him like rabid jackals. These low-lifes want slaves, no benefits, bonuses. In many areas boycotts would make a huge diff, but w untraineds over the borders, dont know. Again, lots of accidents thus courts and payout lawsuits, ignorance of language, non-maintnance into thousands, insur. costs, etc, might work. Its the being able to stick together point which theyve mngd to destroy the last yrs too! What is your opinion? thx
He did say, "Drill, baby Drill". I'm a oilfield worker all I heard was 💰💰💰
@LangstonKinderhook yessirrr lol
There is a shortage of pay. There is too many drivers who treat our roads and parking spaces like a third world country. They leave a mess everywhere they go and now we are getting kicked out of places to rest. This makes for tired drivers and more accidents. ELDs are causing more stress because of parking shortages! Vicious Cycle
I been saying this for years now and you hit the target on this
costs are out of control. fuel/insurance/equipment/taxes.
I used to drive a truck. I left because it was impossible to make a living with all the crime, worthless companies, and truck stops filled with immigrant drivers who work for cheap. You can make more money with two drivers having the truck moving all the time. But your living in a moving capsule all year and burning out your life.
The golden days of Truck Driving are over.
A job honestly doesn’t gives you the time, space and opportunity to chase your dreams and achieve your goals. From personal experience i can tell you working a serious job is modern day slavery. they pay you a small amount for doing a significant amount of work and promises you promotion. Best advice make investments and take calculated risks that would guarantee your success.
This is really not as difficult as many people presume it to be. It requires a certain level of diligence, no doubt, which is something ordinary investors lack, and so a financial advisor often comes in very handy. That is how people are able to make such huge profits in the market.
The best course of action if you lack market knowledge is to ask a consultant or investing coach for guidance or assistance. Speaking with a consultant helped me stay afloat in the market and grow my portfolio to about 65% since January, even though I know it sounds obvious or generic. I believe that is the most effective way to enter the business at the moment
@@Olsontim21 Could you kindly elaborate on the advisor's background and qualifications?
Annette Christine Conte is the licensed advisor I use and i'm just putting this out here because you asked. You can Just search the name. You’d find necessary details to work with to set up an appointment.
The biggest issue is there's not enough truck stops for the truckers to rest. I wrote to the White House in the email to the White House to get the migrants to build new truck stops and repair all the roads.
The big problem is Drivers don't stick together!!! If the Drivers would just shut down
for 3 or 4 days I promise you things would change but they won't do it. Without trucks the world would stop
but Drivers haven't realize this I appreciate videos like this but its not getting Drivers anywhere Until the trucks
shut down or another emergency situation happen its going to stay this way. And its going to get worse.
You should make a video about solving the problem because the drivers are getting robbed without a Gun!!
Im living proof,i had 26 years driving big trucks,and i wasn't a steering wheel holder,i drove and worked on my truck.I ended up having a medical emergency and was in and out the hospital for 2 and 1/2 years and they wouldn't let me renew my cdl,they wanted me to start from the bottom in a school,talk about a kick in the balls,now I don't have an income and have to do what I can to get by,and people wonder why good people turn bad.
We do have a shortage of drivers but not for steering wheel holders
if trucking companys did not lie so much and pay a decent wage and respect their drivers itv would go a long way to end the problems
What you said is what I’m experiencing, 1 year contract horrible pay, ready to call it quits
I'm a truck driver. The shortage is because frankly trucking is kind of a crappy job. Long hours, hard on your health, away from home and dangerous. Plus we're earning the same pay we did almost 20years ago. Also the schooling is expensive, and alot of companies won't hire you unless you have two years of experience, so lots of new guys are blocked from getting in the industry, the new guys that do get in, start with these ruthless companies that chew emm up and spit em out.
Unions suck ,period. The government needs to get out of the way. And get these foreign drivers out as well as Mexican trucking companies
And Russian and Serbian too but who's counting right?
Mexican drivers are good
@bighorn9119 in Mexico they are.
thank you for being so concise! this video is so accurate and people need to know.
They have no trouble finding drivers,they just have trouble finding QUALIFIED DRIVERS.when i first started trucking,in the 80s,it was a damn good paying job.
Owning a trucking company there is no shortage of drivers. Major companies are doing layoffs because there is not enough fright. I met drivers from major companies sitting at a truck stop up to 10 days waiting for a load.
They are waiting for a load that pays.
So many drivers are in groups undercutting the markets bringing the rates way down. Why pay 6 a mile when someone will take 3 or even 1.50 it's insane...
This is so true! My father was in the business since the 70's and heard all the stories about when everything de-regulated. And times are hard right now. My husband took over my FIL's business back in 2005 I believe and kept him on as a consultant. We've seen a lot o changes and more expenses. Insurance rates keep on rising and we're doing our best to hold on but the future is unsure at the moment. I'm glad I found your channel.
Push it to the new President. He isn’t that fool running Canadas trucking industry into the ground.
The other thing not talked about in regards to work conditions is the number of violently aggressive drivers has increased dramatically, and if one of them causes an accident, the Truck Driver gets the blame automatically and companies do NOT usually pay for driver legal fees to defend themselves.
I've had my truck shot at, loada damaged by thrown objects, and people cut me off by inches and slam on breaks just for being a truck driver.
Good now the prices can go up
It all boils down to the real root, the issue people appear to be dodging: greed.
The 1970s was a different world. We knew plenty of guys were made great livings as truckers. Trucking companies were making money, so what was the problem?--greed. They saw they could make more, squeeze harder, make more, squeeze harder, make more. We're now buried in a nation driven on this principle of squeezing more, making more money for the idle wealthy, known as investors. Meanwhile, everyone involved in the process is working harder, earning less.
Until we reverse course on greed, this, like all other issues, is only going to get worse.
Good Morning, Excellent video. I started in 96’, made more money in 99’, than many company drivers make nowadays.
I do believe the mega-carriers are going to have a problem hiring drivers relatively soon for the reasons you stated.
We have many problems in our industry and the regulations are out of control and only going to become worst and more costly to small trucking companies.
I believe the ELD mandate was more for the, “control”, because if I control someone’s time I own them.
Also if an entity regulates your time they also control your income. The ELD has actually done the opposite and allowed drivers more time and control of their clock vs paper.
Remember with paper you have to log in 15 min increments and the ELD allows you to log in real-time.
The speed limiter rule will ruin/alter the trucking industry for the small carriers and owner operators forever. This will be the most catastrophic regulation to do date.
The speed limiter will do what many hoped the ELD would accomplish and that is control your time.
The ELD was sold to everyone that it was a safety measure needed in our industry, not true.
The ATA and mega-carriers want to eliminate competition from small carrier or single operators, the ELD hasn’t worked, hence the speed limiter regulation to come soon.
Most regulations in our industry have nothing to do with safety, hell most scales are closed 50% of the time.
If it was truly about safety the scales would never close nationwide.
If you’re young stay away from trucking not worth it anymore, trucking is a bottom feeder job at best.
Stay safe.
There's no shortage of CDL A licensed drivers. Just a shortage of pay and respect.
There is NOT A SHORTAGE . THEY WANT CHEAP DRIVERS FOR CHEAP FREIGHT. THERE'S A DRIVER RETENTION