Reply #123: ex-Trucker [View All]

[DAMANgoldberg]

Not by my choice, the choice of my "Fake Christian" TN-based trucking company with a White and Blue color scheme.

Most truckers are company truckers (Covenant, USXpress, Swift, Werner, JBHunt, et cetera) and cannot afford to park their trucks, there is many bodies to come behind them, especially at the companies mentioned above.

The sordid truth about trucking is that they are dominated by the Insurance industry, and they have rigid guidelines about shipping rates and other terms in the business. The RW is getting what they wanted, the elimination of independent truckers and small outfits, even going with large companies with shady maintenance records, poor on-time performance, and discriminatory practices. All of this because they will ship for low rates.

With all of that said, the business is such that if you own the trucks and do it right and legal, there is money to be made hand over fist.