I bought my first Truck in 1994. I leased on to a local company. My Truck was paid 1$ per mile EVERY MILE loaded or empty in 1994. Had tons of work 2500 to 3000 miles every week. Fuel was 1$ per Gallon. Made dam good money I was 27 years old. Most money I had ever made. HOW IN THE WORLD CAN YOU HAUL FOR THESE RATES 30 YEARS LATER ??????
I love these videos because: A. It confirms for me that it's still smarter to stay a company driver B. It dissuades me from ever switching to become a dispatcher and C. reinforces my appreciation and sympathy for the good dispatcher I have
Start as a company driver and save all your money than buy a truck in full and you wont have all the cost related to it. + you could book your own freights directly with the business instead of the DOUBLE broker. If you can find a dedicated route with a truck paid in full. GOLD you are making hundreds of thousands a year. You can't have nothing good in life by accepting defeat before even starting.
That well will eventually run dry. At the rate that things are going, the brokers are the only ones winning right now. When Trump was in office things were much better
@@maximecaron1969 I’m currently a company driver I’ve been doing it for 2 years now I have CDL CLASS A, I’m trying to buy a truck to become man owner operator m, how do I get good loads by myself, I live in Virginia! Thanks
@@JuanMartinez-ly5ke Instead of talking to trucking compagnies or brokers, talk directly to businesses and warehouses if they need moving. Call hundreds of them in your area, the majority wont call back or will not have a job for you but you will find someone. It's a win-win because he is directly speaking with the trucker so he is sure to have the best service and you on the other hand are making all the money without the - 10% to 35% from the broker so you can charge a more fair price. Like all businesses you will have to work more hours without pay but after a while it will be all worth it.
Crazy suspicious how the rates are so low. Yet all the prices for everything are continuing to rise. Makes you scratch your head and wonder where all the money is going. I know the answer can't be good!🤬
Thanks to fmcsa for not regulating brokers yet they still have clowns taking these cheap loads but they place all kind of stipulations on us rates won’t go up until these dudes go broke and get out the way other than that we’re screwed
I thought double brokering was made illegal a few yrs ago, maybe 10. Its happening again because their isn't any enforcement of the rules ! To much money being paid to sidestep those same laws !
Texas just passed aDOT law that allows DOT to check valid license and immigration paperwork. I just found out a lot of ppl are here in America running without a valid CDL
They will probably hang up on you because they know there are more trucks on the road than available freight. They know the fool who will accept that load is only two or three phone calls away.
no you dont do that because you represent your company. he starts the call with who he is and which company. some of them even wanted his MC before they would talk. you cannot troll on the loadboards
@@Youbibabyif you’re hauling spot market freight all the load boards show how long that load has been posted. Brokers will say they move that load all day for 1200 bucks and you can literally look and reply “just not for the last 8 all days huh? Look this is the 7/15/30 day average for the lane and this is what I’m going to need to move the load” You just have to be able to negotiate. And you still can. Also that 1.50 per mile freight is dry van. Learn to pull an open deck or get a reefer. Now it’s 2.50-3.00 basically anywhere, except it’s like 2.20 for open deck in the west.
Not only are you doing one of the most difficult jobs out there, but you are also doing it for no pay? DO NOT buy yourself a truck. You will buy yourself a nightmare.
@@carlosluna6401being away from everything you love is, risking your life on a daily bases is, watching your health deteriorate is. You don’t know what talking about
@@rahmanrucker4408stop driving then. As a combat vet I know the real feeling of being far from home in a danger zone. Get good mobile internet to stay in contact w your family Workout before showers Eat wiser (fridge, microwave, air fryer)
I've been a company driver, paid by the hour for 27 years. I think I'll continue with that until I retire. I've considered buying my own truck many times but it never seemed like a good idea. As a former mechanic I can do most of the maintenance and repairs myself and the numbers still don't add up.
Company is best right now in my opinion but remember everyone crying now made a boat load of cash not too long ago maybe a ship load they probably should park up work for a company and come back later
I work with one of the largest carriers in the world as a small contractor support person. I can guarantee you that being a company driver is a far better bet in these conditions. The exposures right now are crushing. To be a owner operator now requires you to be super human and have a very low cost to operate vehicle.
WE GOTTA STOP MOVING FOR THESE RATES AI TECH is being used These companies are moving for the lesser amount And everyone is still wants a piece of crumbs 😢
I have a new respect for dispatch. They are dealing with some real miserable people. I mean listen too these people they sound so sad. Trucking is all round depressing 😅
I'm gonna repeat it till I die. Way too many truckers on the road. No one talks about it. We need about 40% to quit to make the rates rise and to feel the need to be compensated more.
15,000 companies and drivers have closed since October you are right more need to leave or close for capacity to tighten up and rates to go up and these scandalous brokers/shippers to pay
The problem is the ones that will leave are the ones that refuse to run poverty wages, and usually the safer drivers. While the bottom of the barrel drivers that steal fuel, run raggity trucks and drive like maniacs are the ones to be left after the storm.
@@ffx95 You definitely have a point there! The reason is a lot of them are sending money back home where the US dollar foes 3 to 5x as far I know many drivers who use this as a backup escape plan if the economy goes belly up
The country hasn't felt the real pain of a trucking industry collapse yet, there is too much surplus freight sitting in warehouses right now, but when they do it will be we need more truckers.
This is a really simple issue for us as drivers to solve. Refuse to haul cheap freight. No matter how desperate you are for a paycheck, the problem just gets worse when we give in. If we hold out for better rates i promise when the country grinds to a halt, we will see better rates again. And we need to stop this brokerage scams with them skimming off the top first then pretending to take their cut from what's left
I agree, but the issue is convincing people to do that or walk away from the industry. In my humble opinion, until the government gets it's head out of it's ass and start cracking down hard on shippers looking for low rates , brokers screwing over drivers, maybe outright outlawing third party brokers and giving power back to the drivers or the companies to charge more reasonable rates, enacting laws to maintain pay rates for truckers , auditing some of these brokers, and most definitely raising the standards for operating a truck abd getting a CDL; basically make sure that the driver is well trained, and if a company cheapskate out or as is the case with many migrants, outright fraud, then the punishment should be so severe it would ALMOST make you pity the bastards. Bottom line , other than either walking away or collectively raising hell , I don't see a way we as drivers can really do anything about it.
@@hatchett999ifyYelp alot of American truckers that are homeless living in their trucks. They drive a truck just for a place to lay their head at night
Definitely do more of these videos. To everyone else out there, know your cost per mile!!! Say No to Cheap Freight!!! Every operations cost per mile is different. Cheap freight=Freight below your cost.
Sure i can pull your load!!! After I deliver it i will tell you how much you owe me, We take cash or Card............. It is no different than when you take a Taxi Cab, the driver drops you off then tells you how much you owe, then you PAY HIM.
The writing is on the wall, the big carriers want just as much as other stake holders to eliminate Otr drivers to cut costs… and to put the small guys into the ground. This problem is way deeper than brokers, foreign drivers, etc. the green peeps, epa, and big money are behind it. How do we go green? EV trucks, how do we ship freight cheaper? Go driverless. Then we pay drivers on loading end and delivery to work local for under 20.00 an hour…
@@yungpac1155 You MUST have govt regulation, you think brokers are gonna just admit they're not ripping off truckers out of the kindness of their heart?
I have 3 more weeks OTR and I’m turning this truck in. It’s not worth it (for me) to be away from the family for a measly few dollars. Took a local hauling tomatoes from the fields to the packing house for $300/day. Good luck out here ladies and gentlemen.
Brother and sister truckers. Stick together!!! Don’t get tired in doing what is right. In due time. U will reap a harvest. Trucking is an honorable and essentially professional. We will prevail!! Phat Mike
Guys I trucked for 1 year. Most of it on my own authority. Quit at 22 years old, and went back to college. The most bullshit job ever imo. I travelled across the whole country but the amount of bs in OTR trucking is ridiculous. It was a nightmare and combined with personal problems I had the hardest time in my life, thank God I got out and am back in college.
Wise move. If you want early retirement after you get the degree (or want Uncle Sugar to pay you while getting one) the Air Force is hard to beat, very much including Guard and Reserve. Most people don't run the benefit and retirement math but the total package value is Very Nice. Score the degree, commission as an officer and the world is your oyster. I haven't felt a recession since 1981 and retired at 47 (I enlisted late). It's also a foot in the door for state and Federal jobs which have their own retirement packages and medical plans. If I'd stayed a civilian I'd be medically bankrupt by now instead of debt-free and retired young.
Not too many truckers on the road just shipper and receivers take to much time to unload/load. That's why I love flatbed. Last 6 months I have averaged 45 minutes load/unload and usually do around 3.00 to 4.50 per mile.
@@justinhopkins7703 Teams work well for Van/Reefers. However, having a team on a flatbed/stepdeck doesn't guarantee increased earnings because flatbeds/stepdecks don't haul commodities that require expedited deliveries.
I dont know if you guys heard about it yet but OOIDA is not having its Trucking to Success seminar this year because what's left of the membership either cant afford to go or is not interested because they know no matter what they cover in the seminar it still wont help profits because of low freight rates and high fuel prices.
As a carrier of your size you should be dealing directly with shippers, they tender you the load, you accept it and haul the load. No middlemen or brokers. The only time to run a cheap load is to reposition the truck to a better area. Hopefully a short load.
Sure i can pull your load!!! After I deliver it i will tell you how much you owe me, We take cash or Card............. It is no different than when you take a Taxi Cab, the driver drops you off then tells you how much you owe, then you PAY HIM.
Freight in general is going to suffer until inflation gets under control. The US economy is 70% consumer spending. Until consumers have money to spend freight will be low...
Sure i can pull your load!!! After I deliver it i will tell you how much you owe me, We take cash or Card............. It is no different than when you take a Taxi Cab, the driver drops you off then tells you how much you owe, then you PAY HIM.
Well done Ronen . You know your costs and are a professional at negotiating .... unfortunately too many carrier s dont know their costs and can, t do basic Math.... too many cheap carriers still destroying the freight market Gosh these brokers know they have the upper hand and easily get a cheap carrier. Their attitude on the phone right away shows arent going to be willing to negotiate ......the broker on ur last call for the Ga to Ct was the only one sounding professional and like someone you could negotiate and do business with The sooner these Cheap Carriers all go out of business and their vechiles are on the auction yard the better for us all.. they havent a clue what they are doing and destroying the market for all of us who, ve spent a lifetimes work building a successful business Most of them bought trucks and started post 2020 They need to dissappear and go back to where or what they came from ...
That's not going to happen. When the mega carriers get tired of operating at a loss, they simply won't move their trucks, and they'll drive the rates back up just the same way they drove them down. The lil guy is never going to outlive the megas. The ones with the most trucks on the road are the ones controlling rates.
I was a Broker for the 8 months at a large Brokerage. All I can say is wow. The market/Shippers control alot of the pricing. I'm back in a Truck now. Brokerages are laying off people left and right. It's gotta get better.
You can tell most of these brokers he is calling probably deal mostly with foreign dispatchers who probably just call and book the load without asking a thing. They almost seem stand-off ish and or rude. And they seem like they get thrown off by his basic negotiations. So glad I went oversize and only deal with people like this every so often. (11:30) he sounds like a professional broker.
Sometimes you have to look at the route terrain and the weight. Sometimes you can make more on a light load on flat terrain with a lower rate than a heavy load through the mountains paying a better rate.
The difference in fuel cost of a heavy load compared to a light load is about .10mile so on 500 miles that's $50bucks. I don't discriminate on weight . My cost is set based on rate per mile. Most carriers get a rate based Wgt ,Haz Mat , lane etc but they aren't passing that on to lease. 1 carrier paid me $80hr detention $ 100 stop. Next carrier paid $20hr $30 stop . The small carrier paid better than the large carrier . The shipper was the same. Why is that
I believe this is the biggest lesson to be learned is how low the loads are paying the drivers . Keep doing what you are doing and showing brutal honesty about how bad it is out there. God bless!!!!
@@itsme2572 I think he is just acting like the average got in the game while it was hot kinda of trucker and what they’re doing now. He has to have some dedicated runs to be keeping their business up. No one staying in business at $1.50 a mile. I don’t care if your truck gets 10mpg
The fact that it's 1200 to 1300 to drive 44.000.00 of goods for hundreds of miles is insane when if your truck gets towed 20 miles you're paying around 800.00 . Get the brokers out of the industry and rates will return to normal.
@@Walkingnluv, He absolutely doesn't know what he's talking about. Just for them to hook the truck and tow it 8 miles was like 2k. I think he meant his minivan or something.
Ronen, thank you so much for those greats video you keep on posting for us. This is absolutely horrendous rates at its finest. How in the world do they think drivers are going to survive off of those low paying rates. My saving grace is that I bought my tractor and trailer cash. And I hired my brother as a driver. Kid you not for the month of August, I grossed $32,026. I paid $10,880.75 in fuel. And paid my driver too. If it wasn't because of no truck or trailer payments, I do believe I would've went under Big Time.
exactly its like why do u do that if you don't make any money. like I understand u got bills to pay but how long can u possibly run on a loss b4 you go kaboom. its like whether u like it or not your part of the problem. *but its your livelyhood, and how you make your living you say? well thats what happens when you put all your eggs in one basket. should have created other sources of income during the good times incase this one failed. and yes there were plenty of good times.
Especially here in South Texas and the border is just busting open with many more coming to fk up this industry. I've seen it go down steadily in my 26 almost 27 years
Hi Ronen, i appreciate your videos a lot, especially like this one showing you working. I am writing from Europe where I ve been opertating on the same field for 17 years. The way of acquiring orders is pretty similar over here. Unfortunetely many hauliers do loads extremely cheap and for years they have been still existing on the market. How? nobody does know, but they can not be fair…. Please keep going with your videos. Thx
The problem in trucking even being hard job it's easy for anyone to get into even as an owner operator, so anyone can compete and the truth is that there are too many operators most unsafe.
Rates are so bad yet most O/O continue to accept them. Then the shipper/ broker wants you to darn near Fed Ex hump to a wild delivery time. I pulled my truck in September and am just waiting it out! Thank the most high I was saving for these times.
Shit sucks man. I just got my CDL a few months ago too. Kind of jealous of how great truckers had it a few years back. Wouldn’t even consider them having it great; the way they had it it’s how this industry should be! We just have SHITTY now.
@@HabituaILineStepper This industry is a wave, its bad then good bad then good and so on. Couple years ago you could not even try and make over 10k a week. A couple years before that everyone was struggling. It flips every 4-5 years.
@@spoolinsvt6489 well, I feel it may take a bit longer for things to get better in this cycle due to how weak our economy really is. It’s been a good 3 years already though, so I hope you’re right. 2025 should be better than ‘24
@@HabituaILineStepper For sure, it goes hand in hand with the economy. Watch the stock market. If it’s doing good then then generally speaking so is trucking. It will get better when the war on fossil fuel is over. All this inflation is making people not have extra spending money like they did.
You need to know the cost of running your truck. My truck costs me $1.65 a mile. However yours might cost more or less their are a lot of factors that go into running a truck. Some factors include but not limited too, MPG, insurance, driver pay, permits/sos fees, repairs, maintenance, etc. Know your rate per mile. Or you’ll go bankrupt.
I appreciate you showing us the way of negotiation with these brokers it is truly helpful and very thoughtful on your end. I appreciate you taking the time to help who wants to learn on how business in the trucking life works Keep them coming. Hopefully we learn how to increase these rates as well.
From my experience when you asked what they covered it for they are gonna lie to keep the lane rate down. If they tell you a higher rate then everyone will ask for that or more
Good job man, way to stand on your numbers. I don’t let these brokers tell ME what my trucks run for. I don’t know how y’all run dry vans for those numbers, we run step decks and cannot run for under $3 at a minimum. But we can partial to get our numbers
Mind you this is probably the Labor Day weekend. Nothing good going out around this time. Most drivers accepting these rates will eat themselves alive.
I was leasing a truck from a company in Brooklyn, they were booking $2/mile loads and I was still struggling to the point where I had to return the truck 6 months later…They didn’t even have a payroll system so that they don’t have to pay tax at the end of the year! Resetting my clock illegally!
These comments never cease to amaze me... There are many of us who are experienced and are always thinking far ahead about how we can position ourselves the best in the near future. Well when it was open checkbook in 2021 many of you dingdongs completely ghosted any regulars you might have had small or big and grabbed every single load off the board for that temporary pleasure whereas we still kept in contact with our regulars and still gave them as much capacity as we could where we weren't burning a bridge and here we are still getting freight from those regulars and you're slaves to the $1.25 load board. This is what a business is about, making those important decisions
Man, those rates are just tragic. And it's usually decent money into Michigan. Good luck getting drivers to turn the key for those numbers, those are charity loads.
Yep. Company I use to work for has dry vans loaded in drop lots all over their freights lanes. Some been sitting for weeks . Their contract shippers use their carriers to store loads . Tax free from inventory
First thing first... How come you are looking for tomorrow load. You got a load cancelled at the last minutes... In that instance, you will only find the bottom one and most rejected loads on the load board...If it is the case, take the load that get you the closest from your next load ( only need the pay for the fuel and driver, the most expenses)... If you have one book
Good video, wow that is sad how low it is. Best thing to do is be assertive, give quotes of what you are willing to do and wait for them to call back. Brokers start raising the price when nobody take cheap freight
Its never gonna happen because we got a lot of people out here living in debt most people got houses to pay off and expensive cars to pay off expensive truck to pay off a rented trailer. they're out here taking what they can get to pay off their debt
@@juandoe5651 dude I dispatch 10 trucks. Even with the market being low we still get loads for $2.50-$3 per mile. Brokers panic when they can’t book loads and start paying up
As a company driver I can say that otr is just dead out here right now…. In 3 years I’ve been out here I’ve never seen it this bad….. Glad I didn’t become a lease operator 💀💀💀
@@bubbablue1100 Ran my own light duty towing business for almost 10 years and another 10+ in manufacturing…. I’m glad I have experience in other fields myself….
The old sayin was bottoms up sad part this is quiet reccesion & really shows how bad even B4 Covid 19 how things were as the 2019 Trucking Industry closed more companies than ever & now actually they need to get rid of these cheat brokers first & Happy Trails
There's nothing wrong with the freight market, there's a bigger issue and it is the largest wealth inequality in history. Homelessness is skyrocketing, all assets are owned by the wealthy and normal people cannot afford to live under the current system.
Would you like an Excel spreadsheet that you can just type in the load rate/miles and the spreadsheet automatically calculate the rate per mile for you?
Here is the million dollar question: What keeps the sleezeball brokers from lying about the rates? Asking seems to be a mistake because they can tell you a low rate whether or not they actually got it at that.
Sure i can pull your load!!! After I deliver it i will tell you how much you owe me, We take cash or Card............. It is no different than when you take a Taxi Cab, the driver drops you off then tells you how much you owe, then you PAY HIM.
It is going to get much much worse Joe Blow Trucker does not have a competitive edge against the mega carriers , land Star , brokers , etc. Shippers can lower the amount they will pay Gas prices going up Good luck 🍀
I'm in a lease purchase. $1.20 a mile all miles. I still net 2, 3 K a week.. That's truck payment, insurance, fuel, telamatics, workers comp. Honestly don't see why ya'll big time owner operators with paid equipment are struggling!? Then I really don't care. 2k a week net is 104k a year after taxes. Life is good
We gotta STOP!!!!! There is no difference if your breaking even or not profiting enough to operate your business and take care of personal bills. A driver take a load for those pennies then he blows a tire then he really lost not just money but time and caused more wear and tear on his equipment. STOP!!!!!!! ITS JUST SIMPLY NOT WORTH WORKING FOR FREE!!!!!
I would like to see A.I. (artificial intelligence) replace brokers and dispatchers. It would be cheaper for the companies to run that way not have to pay brokers or dispatchers. That way truckers can get paid more. The more automated we make this industry, the better as long as we keep real people in real trucks.
Another great video ronen. How are the rates looking crossing into Canada? I been around truck all my life and I'm thinking this is going to be the norm untill early next year. Tough times
I cross at lacolle, quebec regularly as a company driver, and the customs agents are seeing over half the trucks coming back to quebec returning empty. Some nights its over 60% I've been told. And it's been this way since about May. It's so bad that they are seeing ontario based trucks crossing there empty in order to find food loads in quebec to bring back to Toronto instead of returning to the gta empty from their northeast u.s. runs. I've been doing this for 20 years and it's never been this bad. I can only imagine how bad the freight rates are. The obvious reason is that consumer demand in canada has been exhausted. And it's just a matter of time before u.s. consumer demand hits a wall too. When that happens, all those empty trucks won't be running at all.
I just don’t have that kind of time to deal with those types of boneheaded brokers. I’m averaging 2 per on PO and only out 4 days at a time. Right now Im booked thru October.Then I’ll be looking for a rate jump. I’m definitely not ballin but I think I can make this work until things get better.
Truck owners are definitely struggling in today’s market. I’ve had quite a few repairs recently and if something doesn’t give soon I’ll be out of business myself.
I would like to see part 2. I thought as a Canadian company, you aren't allowed to pick up and deliver in the states and all loads from the US had to be delivered to Canada. It's called cabotage.
Thats how it used to be. But then NAFTA happened ! As long as they have a US mailing address, and even a one car garage as a building, they can pull as many loads as they want, then go back across the border ! Its not right, but thats our govt hard at work screwing things up !!
I thought my load from Riverside CA to Atlanta GA coming home last week at $12,000 was cheap. Large LTL carrier. 30 bills on board. Company policy is nothing goes across country for less than $10k revenue per 53 foot truck or set of 28 foot trailers. I don't see how owner operators are making it.
A dry van load from carrier I'm leased to Iowa to CA pays 6300 gross. FSC .55 I get 75% of the gross 100% FSC. The back haul pays 1.30 gross. .30Fsc. . National avg FSC is .60. Amazing how the FSC on backhaul is 50% less than National Avg. Carriers screwing the drivers for profits so their company trucks fuel cost are 0.
On the last load don’t forget the tolls and higher fuel cost up north hopefully enough fuel in VA or or something also have fun finding parking in Connecticut and 40k lbs is a lot of work for the truck n weight on the tires plus d.c traffic bmore traffic n.j traffic n.y traffic omg I hate the north east 😂
Wow not even if you have your truck paid off you can’t make money. After fuel cost your bring in 250 dollars in two days of work. It’s time to leave business when we allow this bs
I bought my first Truck in 1994. I leased on to a local company. My Truck was paid 1$ per mile EVERY MILE loaded or empty in 1994. Had tons of work 2500 to 3000 miles every week. Fuel was 1$ per Gallon. Made dam good money I was 27 years old. Most money I had ever made. HOW IN THE WORLD CAN YOU HAUL FOR THESE RATES 30 YEARS LATER ??????
I love these videos because:
A. It confirms for me that it's still smarter to stay a company driver
B. It dissuades me from ever switching to become a dispatcher and
C. reinforces my appreciation and sympathy for the good dispatcher I have
Start as a company driver and save all your money than buy a truck in full and you wont have all the cost related to it. + you could book your own freights directly with the business instead of the DOUBLE broker. If you can find a dedicated route with a truck paid in full. GOLD you are making hundreds of thousands a year. You can't have nothing good in life by accepting defeat before even starting.
That well will eventually run dry. At the rate that things are going, the brokers are the only ones winning right now. When Trump was in office things were much better
@@maximecaron1969 I’m currently a company driver I’ve been doing it for 2 years now I have CDL CLASS A, I’m trying to buy a truck to become man owner operator m, how do I get good loads by myself, I live in Virginia! Thanks
@@JuanMartinez-ly5ke Instead of talking to trucking compagnies or brokers, talk directly to businesses and warehouses if they need moving. Call hundreds of them in your area, the majority wont call back or will not have a job for you but you will find someone. It's a win-win because he is directly speaking with the trucker so he is sure to have the best service and you on the other hand are making all the money without the - 10% to 35% from the broker so you can charge a more fair price. Like all businesses you will have to work more hours without pay but after a while it will be all worth it.
Do you bend over to your dispatcher because you definitely sounds like you do
I haven't moved my truck in almost 5 months now, sitting t home doing Uber in my personal car is more lucrative right now.
I go through this every day. I try not to quit trucking but I’m not booking no cheap load for no one
Do short loads ! That’s the way
@@zablonskys1Let’s do business
We need to collectively shut these Brokers down one by one and let the shippers know why.
How?
Let’s put other people out of business because we are not smart enough to make a profit , sure sounds smart.
@@freedomworks3976 Peddlers of cheap freight that take 40% or more off the top need to shut out of the industry.
@@freedomworks3976Sounds like a good idea to me.
@@martinkazako2292Right. That's always the question left in the air.
Crazy suspicious how the rates are so low. Yet all the prices for everything are continuing to rise. Makes you scratch your head and wonder where all the money is going. I know the answer can't be good!🤬
Brokers are making big bank. They blaming the market smh
A WAR ON TRUCKERS. High Insurance, high diesel prices . Low rates and brokers. A state trooper told me on 9.1.23 it's coming from Washington DC.
Pay no heed to the man behind the curtain
Brokers are taking the fuel surcharge and half of the linehaul and double brokering is a mess right now
the middle man and the rich man are pocketing it
Double brokering has increased a lot and really dropped the freight rate.
Yes. And it's not Being enforced.
Thanks to fmcsa for not regulating brokers yet they still have clowns taking these cheap loads but they place all kind of stipulations on us rates won’t go up until these dudes go broke and get out the way other than that we’re screwed
I thought double brokering was made illegal a few yrs ago, maybe 10. Its happening again because their isn't any enforcement of the rules ! To much money being paid to sidestep those same laws !
double, triple brokering from what I've seen smh.
What's double brokering?
Texas just passed aDOT law that allows DOT to check valid license and immigration paperwork. I just found out a lot of ppl are here in America running without a valid CDL
sharing licenses aswell, the indian have been doing that
They are the main factor in screwing this industry and rates up.
And can’t read and speak English
That’s been for eons
Saw 3 Indians coming out of one truck at Loves in TX.😂😂😂
Do a video where you counter their low rate with a ridiculous high rate...would love to hear their reactions.
They will probably hang up on you because they know there are more trucks on the road than available freight. They know the fool who will accept that load is only two or three phone calls away.
no you dont do that because you represent your company. he starts the call with who he is and which company. some of them even wanted his MC before they would talk. you cannot troll on the loadboards
@@Youbibabyif you’re hauling spot market freight all the load boards show how long that load has been posted. Brokers will say they move that load all day for 1200 bucks and you can literally look and reply “just not for the last 8 all days huh? Look this is the 7/15/30 day average for the lane and this is what I’m going to need to move the load”
You just have to be able to negotiate. And you still can.
Also that 1.50 per mile freight is dry van. Learn to pull an open deck or get a reefer. Now it’s 2.50-3.00 basically anywhere, except it’s like 2.20 for open deck in the west.
Not only are you doing one of the most difficult jobs out there, but you are also doing it for no pay? DO NOT buy yourself a truck. You will buy yourself a nightmare.
Sitting all day is not that difficult
Will the rates get better soon?
@@carlosluna6401being away from everything you love is, risking your life on a daily bases is, watching your health deteriorate is. You don’t know what talking about
@@rahmanrucker4408stop driving then. As a combat vet I know the real feeling of being far from home in a danger zone.
Get good mobile internet to stay in contact w your family
Workout before showers
Eat wiser (fridge, microwave, air fryer)
I've been a company driver, paid by the hour for 27 years. I think I'll continue with that until I retire. I've considered buying my own truck many times but it never seemed like a good idea. As a former mechanic I can do most of the maintenance and repairs myself and the numbers still don't add up.
My thoughts exactly…. After running my towing business for 10 years I’d definitely prefer staying company myself as well…
Company is best right now in my opinion but remember everyone crying now made a boat load of cash not too long ago maybe a ship load they probably should park up work for a company and come back later
I work with one of the largest carriers in the world as a small contractor support person. I can guarantee you that being a company driver is a far better bet in these conditions. The exposures right now are crushing. To be a owner operator now requires you to be super human and have a very low cost to operate vehicle.
WE GOTTA STOP MOVING FOR THESE RATES AI TECH is being used These companies are moving for the lesser amount And everyone is still wants a piece of crumbs 😢
A lot of y’all are one brake down away from going out of business
Fuel would need to drop by 1.50 per gallon for these loads to even somewhat make sense
These rates are ridiculous!!
This is getting insulting…
I haven't even gotten my CDL yet and I'm insulted by all of this!
@viralshark well become a company driver then it doesn't concern. U
I have a new respect for dispatch. They are dealing with some real miserable people. I mean listen too these people they sound so sad. Trucking is all round depressing 😅
Makes me appreciate my job
I'm gonna repeat it till I die. Way too many truckers on the road. No one talks about it. We need about 40% to quit to make the rates rise and to feel the need to be compensated more.
Also big companies have to many truck
15,000 companies and drivers have closed since October you are right more need to leave or close for capacity to tighten up and rates to go up and these scandalous brokers/shippers to pay
Since ur selfish! Why don't u quit, so that others can benefit financially!.
The problem is the ones that will leave are the ones that refuse to run poverty wages, and usually the safer drivers. While the bottom of the barrel drivers that steal fuel, run raggity trucks and drive like maniacs are the ones to be left after the storm.
@@ffx95 You definitely have a point there! The reason is a lot of them are sending money back home where the US dollar foes 3 to 5x as far I know many drivers who use this as a backup escape plan if the economy goes belly up
You are the best. Your videos have taught me some much. You are a true teacher and every trucker need to learn from you. You are a blessing on UA-cam
This is crazy this industry runs the country and in general should be treated way better all the way around including money
The country hasn't felt the real pain of a trucking industry collapse yet, there is too much surplus freight sitting in warehouses right now, but when they do it will be we need more truckers.
which means regulation regulation regulation ...
This is a really simple issue for us as drivers to solve. Refuse to haul cheap freight. No matter how desperate you are for a paycheck, the problem just gets worse when we give in. If we hold out for better rates i promise when the country grinds to a halt, we will see better rates again. And we need to stop this brokerage scams with them skimming off the top first then pretending to take their cut from what's left
I agree, but the issue is convincing people to do that or walk away from the industry. In my humble opinion, until the government gets it's head out of it's ass and start cracking down hard on shippers looking for low rates , brokers screwing over drivers, maybe outright outlawing third party brokers and giving power back to the drivers or the companies to charge more reasonable rates, enacting laws to maintain pay rates for truckers , auditing some of these brokers, and most definitely raising the standards for operating a truck abd getting a CDL; basically make sure that the driver is well trained, and if a company cheapskate out or as is the case with many migrants, outright fraud, then the punishment should be so severe it would ALMOST make you pity the bastards. Bottom line , other than either walking away or collectively raising hell , I don't see a way we as drivers can really do anything about it.
I agree 100%
Too many foreigners who don’t care about the cheap rates. This issue will never go away until they go away
@@hatchett999ifyYelp alot of American truckers that are homeless living in their trucks. They drive a truck just for a place to lay their head at night
No one can survive those rates
Yup you’re right, but yet people are still taking them anyways thus ruining the market for the rest of us
Yes people survive these rates every day they are called business people. How has Ronen been surviving ?
@@freedomworks3976u need 2$ a mile to see a profit paying insurance gas a driver etc.
I don’t understand why people call them loads it makes me not want to go otr. I’m only 19 but I know trucking is my sh* and those are to cheap
Definitely do more of these videos. To everyone else out there, know your cost per mile!!! Say No to Cheap Freight!!! Every operations cost per mile is different. Cheap freight=Freight below your cost.
Sure i can pull your load!!! After I deliver it i will tell you how much you owe me, We take cash or Card............. It is no different than when you take a Taxi Cab, the driver drops you off then tells you how much you owe, then you PAY HIM.
The writing is on the wall, the big carriers want just as much as other stake holders to eliminate Otr drivers to cut costs… and to put the small guys into the ground. This problem is way deeper than brokers, foreign drivers, etc. the green peeps, epa, and big money are behind it. How do we go green? EV trucks, how do we ship freight cheaper? Go driverless. Then we pay drivers on loading end and delivery to work local for under 20.00 an hour…
We need legislation to regulate brokers.
Broker transparency is the first thing but waiting on the government to do it for us is ridiculous.
@yungpac1155 the brokers aren't going to willingly participate, because they would be out of business when we are finally able to prove it.
@@yungpac1155 You MUST have govt regulation, you think brokers are gonna just admit they're not ripping off truckers out of the kindness of their heart?
No.
On that last load, i would've factored in tolls as well. I factor EVERYTHING I CAN
Yeah you’re have to and the wt
WOW! Scary! Thanks so much for the video! It showed me a different side of the business!!!!
I have 3 more weeks OTR and I’m turning this truck in. It’s not worth it (for me) to be away from the family for a measly few dollars. Took a local hauling tomatoes from the fields to the packing house for $300/day. Good luck out here ladies and gentlemen.
Lucky guy !
Nice man.
And no stress!
Brother and sister truckers. Stick together!!! Don’t get tired in doing what is right. In due time. U will reap a harvest. Trucking is an honorable and essentially professional. We will prevail!! Phat Mike
We must put God first !. 👍 🙏
I like these negotiations videos, please do more 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Guys I trucked for 1 year. Most of it on my own authority. Quit at 22 years old, and went back to college. The most bullshit job ever imo. I travelled across the whole country but the amount of bs in OTR trucking is ridiculous. It was a nightmare and combined with personal problems I had the hardest time in my life, thank God I got out and am back in college.
Wise move. If you want early retirement after you get the degree (or want Uncle Sugar to pay you while getting one) the Air Force is hard to beat, very much including Guard and Reserve. Most people don't run the benefit and retirement math but the total package value is Very Nice. Score the degree, commission as an officer and the world is your oyster. I haven't felt a recession since 1981 and retired at 47 (I enlisted late). It's also a foot in the door for state and Federal jobs which have their own retirement packages and medical plans. If I'd stayed a civilian I'd be medically bankrupt by now instead of debt-free and retired young.
Truly appreciate videos like this. Showing us how to negotiate this market is truly a blessing. Thank you Ronen
Trucking is in the gutter, and it's been like this for a while. Unfortunately, it looks to be hard stuck there and the future looks bleak.
Not too many truckers on the road just shipper and receivers take to much time to unload/load. That's why I love flatbed. Last 6 months I have averaged 45 minutes load/unload and usually do around 3.00 to 4.50 per mile.
I am seriously considering switching to flatbed.
flatbed is my life I refuse to go back to van@@detreyusbetts2596
@@detreyusbetts2596what are you working with right now?
I run a team operation how do you think a team would do running a flat/step?
@@justinhopkins7703 Teams work well for Van/Reefers. However, having a team on a flatbed/stepdeck doesn't guarantee increased earnings because flatbeds/stepdecks don't haul commodities that require expedited deliveries.
I dont know if you guys heard about it yet but OOIDA is not having its Trucking to Success seminar this year because what's left of the membership either cant afford to go or is not interested because they know no matter what they cover in the seminar it still wont help profits because of low freight rates and high fuel prices.
As a carrier of your size you should be dealing directly with shippers, they tender you the load, you accept it and haul the load. No middlemen or brokers. The only time to run a cheap load is to reposition the truck to a better area. Hopefully a short load.
Sure i can pull your load!!! After I deliver it i will tell you how much you owe me, We take cash or Card............. It is no different than when you take a Taxi Cab, the driver drops you off then tells you how much you owe, then you PAY HIM.
Freight in general is going to suffer until inflation gets under control. The US economy is 70% consumer spending. Until consumers have money to spend freight will be low...
It’s not inflation….. It’s a weakening of the dollar as a whole…. It’s not backed by anything and hasn’t been since the 1960s……
The 1970s was all about inflation and trucks got more per mile than today, without adjusting for Inflation.
That's not the problem. The problem is truckers are willing to haul at break even or at a loss. Why would a customer pay more if they don't have to?
Broker is taken the money.
I would like to see more negotiating with brokers and shippers.👍👍
The brokers are the problem, they are double brokering and taking half of the load cost again
Just listen to their attitude!!! They don’t give a 💩 if you want the load because some idiot will take it
Sure i can pull your load!!! After I deliver it i will tell you how much you owe me, We take cash or Card............. It is no different than when you take a Taxi Cab, the driver drops you off then tells you how much you owe, then you PAY HIM.
Well done Ronen . You know your costs and are a professional at negotiating .... unfortunately too many carrier s dont know their costs and can, t do basic Math.... too many cheap carriers still destroying the freight market
Gosh these brokers know they have the upper hand and easily get a cheap carrier. Their attitude on the phone right away shows arent going to be willing to negotiate ......the broker on ur last call for the Ga to Ct was the only one sounding professional and like someone you could negotiate and do business with
The sooner these Cheap Carriers all go out of business and their vechiles are on the auction yard the better for us all.. they havent a clue what they are doing and destroying the market for all of us who, ve spent a lifetimes work building a successful business
Most of them bought trucks and started post 2020
They need to dissappear and go back to where or what they came from ...
Haha you said it all
This is a result of open borders.
Exactly what I was thinking!!!
That's not going to happen. When the mega carriers get tired of operating at a loss, they simply won't move their trucks, and they'll drive the rates back up just the same way they drove them down. The lil guy is never going to outlive the megas. The ones with the most trucks on the road are the ones controlling rates.
Good stuff. This shit is crazy. I been seeing under a Buck a mile.
I was a Broker for the 8 months at a large Brokerage. All I can say is wow. The market/Shippers control alot of the pricing. I'm back in a Truck now. Brokerages are laying off people left and right. It's gotta get better.
You can tell most of these brokers he is calling probably deal mostly with foreign dispatchers who probably just call and book the load without asking a thing. They almost seem stand-off ish and or rude. And they seem like they get thrown off by his basic negotiations. So glad I went oversize and only deal with people like this every so often. (11:30) he sounds like a professional broker.
Luv to see real time videos booking freight and negotiating tactics, keep posting if possible and we'll keep watching. Thxs.
More to come!
Sometimes you have to look at the route terrain and the weight. Sometimes you can make more on a light load on flat terrain with a lower rate than a heavy load through the mountains paying a better rate.
The difference in fuel cost of a heavy load compared to a light load is about .10mile so on 500 miles that's $50bucks. I don't discriminate on weight . My cost is set based on rate per mile. Most carriers get a rate based Wgt ,Haz Mat , lane etc but they aren't passing that on to lease. 1 carrier paid me $80hr detention $ 100 stop. Next carrier paid $20hr $30 stop . The small carrier paid better than the large carrier . The shipper was the same. Why is that
@coronado7998 maybe that's what you've read online but in the real world and based off 12 O/O experience, that's not true.
I believe this is the biggest lesson to be learned is how low the loads are paying the drivers . Keep doing what you are doing and showing brutal honesty about how bad it is out there. God bless!!!!
Thanks 👍
Guy did his job and found a good load, 💪
That’s terrible. Tolls in and out plus other operating costs? Loads out of north east?
@@JimmyD6977 That was my thought too, Sounds better on paper till you factor in the tolls needed to get there. Boom back down to 1.50 a mile
@@itsme2572 I think he is just acting like the average got in the game while it was hot kinda of trucker and what they’re doing now.
He has to have some dedicated runs to be keeping their business up.
No one staying in business at $1.50 a mile. I don’t care if your truck gets 10mpg
The fact that it's 1200 to 1300 to drive 44.000.00 of goods for hundreds of miles is insane when if your truck gets towed 20 miles you're paying around 800.00 . Get the brokers out of the industry and rates will return to normal.
@Walkingnluv First off I've been driving for 30 years you simp. And you talk like beginner with one year experience
@@Walkingnluv stay off the internet like you know it all. Because you don't.
@@vtruckthomas6343 Buddy, just for them to hook up the truck is $800. Lol, $800.
@@Walkingnluv, He absolutely doesn't know what he's talking about. Just for them to hook the truck and tow it 8 miles was like 2k. I think he meant his minivan or something.
@@Walkingnluvyou are both right. Just depends on what part of the country you are in. Still expensive and over charged ethier way
deadhead is the killer, most days I run less than 100 miles deadhead, but have had loads that 250 miles is there.
Carriers will adapt,by using drivers and scamming them with lease offers which is just sad
Ronen, thank you so much for those greats video you keep on posting for us. This is absolutely horrendous rates at its finest. How in the world do they think drivers are going to survive off of those low paying rates. My saving grace is that I bought my tractor and trailer cash. And I hired my brother as a driver. Kid you not for the month of August, I grossed $32,026. I paid $10,880.75 in fuel. And paid my driver too. If it wasn't because of no truck or trailer payments, I do believe I would've went under Big Time.
Didn't pay insurance? Or maintenance?
In the 70s, truckers left unionism behind to become independents, competition can be brutal when you haven't any protections: fare-thee-well?
The sad thing is that drivers take those loads.
exactly its like why do u do that if you don't make any money. like I understand u got bills to pay but how long can u possibly run on a loss b4 you go kaboom. its like whether u like it or not your part of the problem.
*but its your livelyhood, and how you make your living you say?
well thats what happens when you put all your eggs in one basket. should have created other sources of income during the good times incase this one failed. and yes there were plenty of good times.
Especially here in South Texas and the border is just busting open with many more coming to fk up this industry. I've seen it go down steadily in my 26 almost 27 years
Hi Ronen, i appreciate your videos a lot, especially like this one showing you working. I am writing from Europe where I ve been opertating on the same field for 17 years. The way of acquiring orders is pretty similar over here. Unfortunetely many hauliers do loads extremely cheap and for years they have been still existing on the market. How? nobody does know, but they can not be fair….
Please keep going with your videos. Thx
The problem in trucking even being
hard job it's easy for anyone to get into even as an owner operator, so anyone can compete and the truth is that there are too many operators most unsafe.
The reason my Class A in my back pocket,I'm driving a trash truck home every night 1200 a week takes home off on the weekend
I would love to see a comparison if you DH 200 miles outside ATL. ATL might be over saturated with too many trucks maybe brokers knew that.
Rates are so bad yet most O/O continue to accept them. Then the shipper/ broker wants you to darn near Fed Ex hump to a wild delivery time. I pulled my truck in September and am just waiting it out! Thank the most high I was saving for these times.
I might have to change careers. This is ridiculous
Shit sucks man. I just got my CDL a few months ago too. Kind of jealous of how great truckers had it a few years back. Wouldn’t even consider them having it great; the way they had it it’s how this industry should be! We just have SHITTY now.
@@HabituaILineStepper This industry is a wave, its bad then good bad then good and so on. Couple years ago you could not even try and make over 10k a week. A couple years before that everyone was struggling. It flips every 4-5 years.
@@spoolinsvt6489 well, I feel it may take a bit longer for things to get better in this cycle due to how weak our economy really is. It’s been a good 3 years already though, so I hope you’re right. 2025 should be better than ‘24
@@HabituaILineStepper For sure, it goes hand in hand with the economy. Watch the stock market. If it’s doing good then then generally speaking so is trucking.
It will get better when the war on fossil fuel is over. All this inflation is making people not have extra spending money like they did.
@@spoolinsvt6489 Do you see any indications in the cultural/political spectrum that the war on fossil fuel will ever be "over"?
You need to know the cost of running your truck. My truck costs me $1.65 a mile. However yours might cost more or less their are a lot of factors that go into running a truck. Some factors include but not limited too, MPG, insurance, driver pay, permits/sos fees, repairs, maintenance, etc. Know your rate per mile. Or you’ll go bankrupt.
I appreciate you showing us the way of negotiation with these brokers it is truly helpful and very thoughtful on your end.
I appreciate you taking the time to help who wants to learn on how business in the trucking life works
Keep them coming. Hopefully we learn how to increase these rates as well.
Te best way is to get drivers to stop accepting these low rates. Everything stops when trucks don’t move….hard to do but it’s the best solution.🥸
From my experience when you asked what they covered it for they are gonna lie to keep the lane rate down. If they tell you a higher rate then everyone will ask for that or more
Yes ,please continue doing theses kinds of Video's
Wow Ron you have no idea how change my mind after i watch this video.
I was ready to buy a truck
Ill stay company driver till the end of the year
Things will get a lot worse, we're just getting started. How do you calculate mile to weight ratio?
@@davidhenry6422 Thank You for that, I'm just local Hazmat but dreaming of the open road.
Good job man, way to stand on your numbers. I don’t let these brokers tell ME what my trucks run for. I don’t know how y’all run dry vans for those numbers, we run step decks and cannot run for under $3 at a minimum. But we can partial to get our numbers
Mind you this is probably the Labor Day weekend. Nothing good going out around this time. Most drivers accepting these rates will eat themselves alive.
They deserve it for accepting them.
Owner operators deserve it for charging $5 a mile in 2020
Thank you for this review, these rates are utterly ridiculous ..
I was leasing a truck from a company in Brooklyn, they were booking $2/mile loads and I was still struggling to the point where I had to return the truck 6 months later…They didn’t even have a payroll system so that they don’t have to pay tax at the end of the year! Resetting my clock illegally!
Yup I have seen that happen before!
These comments never cease to amaze me... There are many of us who are experienced and are always thinking far ahead about how we can position ourselves the best in the near future. Well when it was open checkbook in 2021 many of you dingdongs completely ghosted any regulars you might have had small or big and grabbed every single load off the board for that temporary pleasure whereas we still kept in contact with our regulars and still gave them as much capacity as we could where we weren't burning a bridge and here we are still getting freight from those regulars and you're slaves to the $1.25 load board. This is what a business is about, making those important decisions
Beware, my fellow trucker. Karma is a vengeful bitch.
Man, those rates are just tragic. And it's usually decent money into Michigan. Good luck getting drivers to turn the key for those numbers, those are charity loads.
More booking loads please for educational purposes I like the way you handle the business.... stand firm on your business
Thank the big trucking companies for this!
Yep. Company I use to work for has dry vans loaded in drop lots all over their freights lanes. Some been sitting for weeks . Their contract shippers use their carriers to store loads . Tax free from inventory
First thing first... How come you are looking for tomorrow load. You got a load cancelled at the last minutes... In that instance, you will only find the bottom one and most rejected loads on the load board...If it is the case, take the load that get you the closest from your next load ( only need the pay for the fuel and driver, the most expenses)... If you have one book
Good video, wow that is sad how low it is. Best thing to do is be assertive, give quotes of what you are willing to do and wait for them to call back. Brokers start raising the price when nobody take cheap freight
Its never gonna happen because we got a lot of people out here living in debt most people got houses to pay off and expensive cars to pay off expensive truck to pay off a rented trailer. they're out here taking what they can get to pay off their debt
@@juandoe5651 dude I dispatch 10 trucks. Even with the market being low we still get loads for $2.50-$3 per mile. Brokers panic when they can’t book loads and start paying up
@@Overtime-Truckingdang that's good to hear. I'm starting dispatch tomorrow
Everyone has a say but no one comes up collectively with the solution. Think about that💯
That's because there is no collective solution. The game has been rigged for a very long time.
As a company driver I can say that otr is just dead out here right now…. In 3 years I’ve been out here I’ve never seen it this bad….. Glad I didn’t become a lease operator 💀💀💀
I'm doing awesome. Speak for yourself
3 years experience? 👌 👏
@mike-sk2li Congrats there driver..I'm actually doing pretty dam good myself. I guess it all depends on who you run for
@@bubbablue1100 Ran my own light duty towing business for almost 10 years and another 10+ in manufacturing…. I’m glad I have experience in other fields myself….
Everyone is not doing bad. Trucking is a wide sector. Its more to Trucking than just dry van.
The old sayin was bottoms up sad part this is quiet reccesion & really shows how bad even B4 Covid 19 how things were as the 2019 Trucking Industry closed more companies than ever & now actually they need to get rid of these cheat brokers first & Happy Trails
It’s the drivers fault.
The race to the bottom continues. But im sure we will blame each other for this environment.
Gotta do some Side jobs in parallel.
Be discreet !!
We need to do something about all these people getting into trucking who don’t care about it that take loads at these rates.
спасибо за то что показываете весь процесс.
Lots of work out there for dump trucks. $150/hr for dot jobs.
Man. I almost feel bad harrassing my dispatcher on next load.😂
Please do more of these videos. Thank you so much
There's nothing wrong with the freight market, there's a bigger issue and it is the largest wealth inequality in history. Homelessness is skyrocketing, all assets are owned by the wealthy and normal people cannot afford to live under the current system.
There's a lot wrong with the freight market. Just open your eyes ! 👀
You have been brainwashed there are jobs for people who have a brain good paying ones too.
Would you like an Excel spreadsheet that you can just type in the load rate/miles and the spreadsheet automatically calculate the rate per mile for you?
Here is the million dollar question: What keeps the sleezeball brokers from lying about the rates?
Asking seems to be a mistake because they can tell you a low rate whether or not they actually got it at that.
They are true if you look at the average rates.
They stick together like glue. It's simple. You want to know the shipper rate, they won't give you the load. Period. None of them
Sure i can pull your load!!! After I deliver it i will tell you how much you owe me, We take cash or Card............. It is no different than when you take a Taxi Cab, the driver drops you off then tells you how much you owe, then you PAY HIM.
most useful trucking vlog on youtube
Got to wait until more companies go out of business
It is going to get much much worse
Joe Blow Trucker does not have a competitive edge against the mega carriers , land Star , brokers , etc.
Shippers can lower the amount they will pay
Gas prices going up
Good luck 🍀
And as soon as rates go back up thousands will run back in
I'm in a lease purchase. $1.20 a mile all miles. I still net 2, 3 K a week.. That's truck payment, insurance, fuel, telamatics, workers comp. Honestly don't see why ya'll big time owner operators with paid equipment are struggling!? Then I really don't care. 2k a week net is 104k a year after taxes. Life is good
You won't have too wait long ,,it's crazy ,,who's making the money ,,everything as gone up not down
@ai.driver it's not cheap to get into this business and loans aren't as easy as it was most people are tapped out if you ask me
We gotta STOP!!!!! There is no difference if your breaking even or not profiting enough to operate your business and take care of personal bills. A driver take a load for those pennies then he blows a tire then he really lost not just money but time and caused more wear and tear on his equipment. STOP!!!!!!! ITS JUST SIMPLY NOT WORTH WORKING FOR FREE!!!!!
3 stop for 1150$ is crazy. 😂
I would like to see A.I. (artificial intelligence) replace brokers and dispatchers. It would be cheaper for the companies to run that way not have to pay brokers or dispatchers. That way truckers can get paid more. The more automated we make this industry, the better as long as we keep real people in real trucks.
Another great video ronen. How are the rates looking crossing into Canada?
I been around truck all my life and I'm thinking this is going to be the norm untill early next year. Tough times
It will be at least 2025 before you see the rates move.
I cross at lacolle, quebec regularly as a company driver, and the customs agents are seeing over half the trucks coming back to quebec returning empty. Some nights its over 60% I've been told. And it's been this way since about May. It's so bad that they are seeing ontario based trucks crossing there empty in order to find food loads in quebec to bring back to Toronto instead of returning to the gta empty from their northeast u.s. runs. I've been doing this for 20 years and it's never been this bad. I can only imagine how bad the freight rates are. The obvious reason is that consumer demand in canada has been exhausted. And it's just a matter of time before u.s. consumer demand hits a wall too. When that happens, all those empty trucks won't be running at all.
If you're a company driver, just know that most owner operators and large carriers want you to remain a company driver.
I just don’t have that kind of time to deal with those types of boneheaded brokers. I’m averaging 2 per on PO and only out 4 days at a time. Right now Im booked thru October.Then I’ll be looking for a rate jump. I’m definitely not ballin but I think I can make this work until things get better.
What's po?
@@franklingell4546power only.
Why you don't choose dispatcher to negotiate all this for you
@@franklingell4546power only
@@franklingell4546power only
Truck owners are definitely struggling in today’s market. I’ve had quite a few repairs recently and if something doesn’t give soon I’ll be out of business myself.
I would like to see part 2. I thought as a Canadian company, you aren't allowed to pick up and deliver in the states and all loads from the US had to be delivered to Canada. It's called cabotage.
I believe they also operate off of us property to get around the restriction.
@@NewmanAttack I didn't realize until later that they now have a terminal in GA. Makes sense now.
As long as they have a US Driver and USDOT authority it is ok.
They just opened their first US terminal in Atlanta metro area
Thats how it used to be. But then NAFTA happened ! As long as they have a US mailing address, and even a one car garage as a building, they can pull as many loads as they want, then go back across the border ! Its not right, but thats our govt hard at work screwing things up !!
I thought my load from Riverside CA to Atlanta GA coming home last week at $12,000 was cheap. Large LTL carrier. 30 bills on board. Company policy is nothing goes across country for less than $10k revenue per 53 foot truck or set of 28 foot trailers. I don't see how owner operators are making it.
A dry van load from carrier I'm leased to Iowa to CA pays 6300 gross. FSC .55 I get 75% of the gross 100% FSC. The back haul pays 1.30 gross. .30Fsc. . National avg FSC is .60. Amazing how the FSC on backhaul is 50% less than National Avg. Carriers screwing the drivers for profits so their company trucks fuel cost are 0.
On the last load don’t forget the tolls and higher fuel cost up north hopefully enough fuel in VA or or something also have fun finding parking in Connecticut and 40k lbs is a lot of work for the truck n weight on the tires plus d.c traffic bmore traffic n.j traffic n.y traffic omg I hate the north east 😂
Brokers want to suck all the profit out of the load and the hell with everybody else.
Shippers are cutting rates daily!!! They aren't ignorant to the market anymore...
This is interesting. It’s like drafting baseball players.
Wow not even if you have your truck paid off you can’t make money. After fuel cost your bring in 250 dollars in two days of work. It’s time to leave business when we allow this bs