Trucking in Canada vs US in 2024! (It COULD Be Worse!)
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- Опубліковано 28 чер 2024
- Trucking in 2024: U.S. vs Canada: It COULD Be Worse! In this video, Dave does a comparison on a few major points about trucking in the U.S. vs Canada and why the U.S. truck drivers are in a better position compared to Canadian truck drivers.
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Hey there Driver. Thanks for taking the time to drop by to catch today's upload. Whether you're a CDN or American driver, what are your thoughts on the state of trucking in your side of the border? Decent all things considered or does it give you a big fat headache when you think about the realities of the industry? Love to hear your thoughts.
My thoughts are this ,we are in a terrible situation now our operating costs are sky high new trucks trailers cost are way over priced shop rates at Kenworth and Peterbilt is over $205 per hr. Tire cost is very high. Fuel is very high plates and insurance keeps going up drivers are having to eat in the truck if they are lucky to have a fridge or cooler truck washes at the beacon keep going up . And this isn't going to end anytime soon!!!! There's going to be more trucking companies going out of business very soon!! My equipment is paid off I'm riding out the storm it's not going to get better until next spring. Unfortunately alot of drivers are not going to make . One of many problems truckers have is they don't know there operating Cost !!! They think they can go buy a truck and make money!! It doesn't work that way!! Take care .
I just drove from Louisiana to Calgary last week, and I only saw one Pilot/Flying J full truck stop along the way on Hwy 3. I was also surprised that there were almost no Canadian or American born drivers. Nothing against immigrants, but are they driving away all the old Canadian drivers?
Im a driver from Holland and worked in Canada driving a line from Vancouver to Saskatchewan for 5 months but i was was glad to be back in europe again. The pay and the conditions are pretty bad so i sure recognise this. Like your channel by the way !
Hey that's awesome to hear you're from Holland. Dave's family is from Holland. :) Thanks for the support.
That's why hamburger 🍔 is 6.00$ a pound. I'm not blaming our farmers. Seed, fuel, fertilizer and whatever else is off the charts. Nice video as always 👍. I appreciate truckers
Not going to lie I do feel a little bit better. I’m sorry it’s gone to hell up there. Thank you for what you do. Been watching you guys for years.
I got sent video of an automated loading yard. They had fully autonomous trucks moving trailers in and out of the loading docks.
Where?
I see ads for drivers today paying the same rates as when I left 23 years ago.
The biggest problem is the "expense" scam.
How the government let's trucking firms get away with , I don't know.
Sounds good now, but if you get hurt at work, the worker's comp pays penny's.
You go to retire, you get the same cpp as a fry cook at McDonald's, instead of the maximum benefit.
We use a non manned fuel station here at Korean Mafia. There are several around town in Phoenix. One is only about 1 mile, no kidding, from the Legitimate Korean Businessman’s Social Club, Pool Hall, Poker Room, and Message Parlor, where there’s ALWAYS a happy ending! We carry enough fuel to easily make it to LA and back. The card also works at Flying J and Chevron, and Loves, which I used when I had those trips to Las Vegas and etc.
Damn your not wrong about trucking in canada Dave. Makes me sometimes wish I could go to the US and truck there full time.
Done 20 years here in Canada , from Scotland originally, going back for a vacation tomorrow and to scope out work, looking to sell up and move back, your spot on with your analysis the conditions have got worse in my time here. Stay safe.
Wow I'm impressed !!! You finally stated some true facts about Canadian trucking!!! Remember your a Canadian bud stay the course I've been trucking since 1979 still going strong!! Remember the fuel sur charges we get helps cover the cost factor in fuel but there is to many trucking companies cutting the rate!!
About a month ago, fuel prices at a particular Love’s in Missouri where I fuel regularly actually got down to $3.08 a gallon. Today, I paid $4.04, almost a buck a gallon more in a month, wow!
Now it’s $4.29! (2/14/24)
I'm going to respectful disagree on some points with you Dave. I love driving up here in Canada. Sure the amenities for drivers are scarce but you learn to work around it. We always bring our food,water and ground coffee with us enough for a week or so. If we are out longer we hit up a grocery store to re-supply our food. That way we can stop and sleep anywhere by a lake, river,middle of nowhere or directly at the shippers or receivers. Atleast on the west coast of Canada trucking it's still kind of like the wild wild west. Wouldn't trade it for anything.
So true Dave the Canadian O/O model is dead there is no way anyone can survive anymore on the pay scale offered by carriers and the ones that are still operating i don't know how they do it their wife's must have a really good job to support their husband's hobby 😂
Yes, it's sad really but that's the reality of it. I don't know how they do it either.
Its making it closer to that in the " RESPECT" department.
Glad I got out, AZ came up for renewal, just said no.
I'll take the USA market despite the problems, I would love to hear people from other counries weigh in, especially Scandinavian and Australian drivers
Your right man, this year is looking to absolutely brutal. I made 6000 last month as an o/o and had 12,000 in breakdowns.
To me it was just a sign of more things to come. I was running Canada only with my fiance and I had to send her home so I can run the states so we can just make ends meet.
This industry up here needs an overhaul, badly.
Those stats are astounding Dave. And pitiful for the Canadian driver. I’m so sorry to hear that. It’s unjust for your Canadian drivers to be subject to such hardships for so little pay. Trudeau should be ousted from his seat. I’ve run plenty of freight from the US to Canada in my driving career that nobody else wanted to haul. It’s the ultimate waiting game at the border crossings.
Thank the lieberal/Ndpeepee’s for bringing up the price CARBON TAX💩
The queen city triple your talking about is only allowed on hwy 11 between regina and saskatoon Saskatchewan it's usually a loaded fuel king b pulling a empty van up and loaded vans and a empty fuel wagon down I see them quite often and there restricted to 100kph or 65mph
I spent two weeks in the Niagara Region last June; the last time I went to Canada was 1995. I loved it for a visit; I would not want to live there though. I will say US Dollars go farther up there than down here so that was a plus...
Glad you made this video. 🎉
I'm planning to live and work on Canada. As a truckdriver from Belgium,driving for 23 years here in Europe I'm sick and tired of doing this here. I want to start all over and learn to enjoy my job as a truckdriver again. I've been to Alberta, Canada 5 times and went with a friend for a couple of times,a few weeks in the truck. Doesn't look so bad to me compared to what we have in Europe. I guess you really have to know what you get into when you go trucking in Canada,and experience it first. I do hope I going to be happy and find my way in life there. I'm for sure looking forward to it.
I just got my trucking license and I really like your videos! I love driving :) Greetings from Norway
I like this honest and straight forward video content, I just traded Canda for Europe and all I can say: it's a shame such a great nation is run by a bunch of goofballs"
How do get 13.5 and 11.5 hours of driving
I live in Maine and we get lots of Canadian trucks hauling lime in from Quebec to our paper mills and Sunbury trucks coming in on Rt 9 from the east. In both cases they seem to be driving too fast.
That explains all the recks on Highway Tru Hell.
My grandfather drove through the mid 30's to the mid 60's and was able to feed, clothe and house 11 people until he retired at 65.
Even if you account for all the money that people waste on frivolous luxuries today compared to then, there's no way that would be possible today in Canada.
Good ol iron skillet stories 🤣
Now I know why they dip down here to run freight lol
Hey thanks for reminding me to check my hours so I get paid the little I do
lol, this was a fun one
Wow!!!
😮 that messed up
Huh, I thought nick said to keep an eye out for Fridays video for a shout out to all donors, guess I misheard or something. I wonder why drivers drive up there than if it’s that bad, but I guess it’s a job and someone’s gotta do it
What’s your fuel surcharge look like?? If fuel is that high does your fuel surcharge not keep up with it?? If it’s like here in the states card lock fuel stations are always high that’s why we stay away from them. I absolutely will not take a load going to Canada. The rates are typically not good going in and not much to pick from coming back.
Ran New England to Montreal area for 14years until I retired in 2016. I couldn’t imagine doing it these days. Just sayin
Wow, how do Canadian drivers make ends meet? I always stopped after 9 hours max for safety reasons but also to ensure I have time to find a parking spot. Expecting 13.5 hours a day for worse pay is an outrage. I feel incredibly guilty for complaining about my prior trucking jobs after watching this.
How come Canada is ranked developped country ?
Compare to USA ( our neighbor ) has immense facilities and amenities for truck drivers.
Yup, sounds right to me. Trucking in Canada is a farce. Between the low pay, lousy weather, and inexperienced immigrant drivers everywhere, there is no career there. Owner ops get bent over with fuel prices. Company drivers get run into the ground from bean counters trying to squeeze everything they can from you. I gave several years of my life, worked harder than I ever had, was lauded by my employers, and all I got from it was a permanent injury and a middle finger from my employers the second their lousy safety standards cost them money. Oh, that's another thing. If you get hurt at work, expect to have a sore bottom from the insurance company you HAVE to deal with, and no lawyer will touch you because the worker's comp system prevents you from being able to sue 99% of the time. It's just not worth your time and effort to spend over $10k on schooling to work 70 hours a week fighting rough weather to make the same money as a secretary working a 9-5.
it is worst for Canadian company truck drivers to get paid in Cad but driving in the US.
Whats trucking like in mexico. Is it same as in canada better or worse and can mexican truckdriver go anywhere in the us or only texas. We usually get a load from mexico. The truckdriver brings it from mexico to laredo and we take it to ontario mississuag.
Mr.dave I am a canadain driver to usa to move transportation in 2024 as a owner opratore all I can say Canada and USA relationship will always stay strong we will be always thanks to usa for giving us work as well we will always be there with u in every war for first aid as well front line. We know what we are the people for the people and by the people. In God, we trust 🙏 everything else is all good fule pumps, and all trouble is all good with canadain we have faith in our flag, and we will stand for it. Trucking is down, but it will come back up
I am 65 and have been trucking for almost 50 years. The way the government has changed things, the cost of schooling, (Which by the way the government picked up the tab for me) it is not worth it. The only fix, will be for everyone to stop trying to be one, an when the shortage grows, then perhaps, things will change.
Naw, they will just bring in more Indians to fill the void. They've already been doing it for years. It's at a point where those are the only people desperate enough to do the work.
You forgot to mention Canadian weight laws. Drivers in Canada often handle twice the weight as in the US. Haul two loads in Canada and put up with everything else up there no thanks .
Damn I see why you guys had that trucker’s blockade couple years ago damn..🤯
No free coffee 😂
ERB pays $100,000+
right ! it s terrible ! I m so glad i m retired ! i did my share ! 35 years trucking everywhere, so i m satisfied ! Last decade was just working for the pay but i did learn new things from trucking Alberta s oil rigs and oilfields, and more ! So, good luck Truckers in Canada ! 😎
In Alberta it is called the "Oil Sands". The known reserve is bigger than Saudia Arabia's. Unfortunately the bitumen is in sand which has to extracted adding to the cost. Additionally the bitumen is a thick tar like oil which has to be refined more than crude oil which also adds to the cost. Safe driving. More info here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_sands
Thank you for the video!! I guess us Yanks don't have it that bad after all!!
Ohhh, no! We got it real bad.... they just got it worse
Keep voting in trudeau this is what we get
Well with so many guys who can drive a flying carpet coming here to work for $35 a day, it's no surprise.
You have to be in a niche market up here to make it. Every thing else has been watered down by the new Canadians. I feel bad for the new drivers though. They are victims actually.
It's the scum bag trucking companies that are the problem
Thanks for the comparison Dave! Why on earth would anyone want to be a trucker there? Every other immigrant is walking over the border… I’m surprised the Canadians aren’t doing the same. Maybe it’s because you guys actually have health insurance.
So true, alot of these carrier do illegal work in the us. I refuse to work for them but i know so many canadian trucker and companies wont name any that do it. They even messed up trucking for the us. They will do it for cheaper lol
That explains why you all are down here.
That’s why they call it canaderp
But you have “free” medical insurance!
Well yes, but you get what you pay for if you know what I mean. It's not as good as it once was. In fact, there is a serious shortage of DRS. in Ontario right now. It's really a big problem.
@@fredbezemer394 You won’t lose your house here in America either. The United States has socialized medicine as well. Over $.90 of every dollar spent in the medical industry is a government dollar. I just turned 65, and I never knew how expensive free medical care was! The reason for high medical costs in the United States, as places with socialized medicine, is the legal system, and not the medical system. In the United States, you can sue a doctor or hospital, or both, for a bazillion dollars, and probably get it! You cannot sue As readily in other countries, or for the absurd amount of money either. A doctor could leave a turd inside of you during a heart operation, and you cannot sue them.
Canadian Healthcare is not free!! Subsidized through payroll taxes et al.
"Free" as in, you work for "free" for 4-6 months a year for the government.
DAMMMMMMM
Yikes
Why truck in Canada?
But those figures are in monopoly money. Better start lobbying Trudeau for subsidies. This is why we see more Canadian truckers moving freight in the US and American truckers moving freight in Canada. It was that way even 30 years ago.
there's your problem, ONTARIO! go west driver can easily make over 100k. the real drivers aren't pulling reefers either. they in logging, oil, north (ice roads), heavy eq. etc. bringing in all the flip flop dummies is what reduced wages and ruined professionalism. from the Canadian side as well long haul truckers make next to nothing. i am a driver paid by the hour not the bs km. dont have to worry about delays
Didnt realize it was that bad up there........sorry to hear that. Our current administration in the USA is trying hard to eliminate the middle class and it hurts.
Canada is screwed up thanks to our politicians. Canada is in ruin and imagine how Canadians are struggling to survive in all this mess.
No offense, Canada has far more worser problems than just their trucking industry.
Sounds like you need to come as a asylum seeker to the usa for trucking. I learned a lot. Just wow