2023 vs 2022: The DRASTIC Pay Decrease for Truck Drivers/Owner Operators/Lease Operators & Local

[@kingslender1874]

Just got my CDL under 1 year ago. I got into trucking after going thru a divorce and finding myself homeless. I am a company driver. I paid off my debt. I will save up and make a down payment on a house and then go for a local driver job while going to school and eventually quit trucking. That is my plan.

[@NorthAmerican-Trucking-News]

Congrats on your CDL. Sorry to hear about the struggles and lows. Welcome to the trucking industry. Thank you for sharing what you're going through with others. Good luck with your plan @kingslaender1874 ! Hopefully our videos have helped.

[@jayc4715]

Good plan👍

[@mannsolo6294]

Just live in your truck as long as you can stand it save all your money and rent everything As You Go get hotels or an Airbnb or crash at someone's house when you're off... need a car go through Turo. Save and invest when you get tired of the road "then"buy a home and run local. Stay on the road and live rent-free as long as you can driver.

[@jayc4715]

@@mannsolo6294 great advice...if youre young and driven

[@TrapBoiFuse561]

Get the hell out asap truck don’t pay shit to give your life away

[@prpr3432]

10 years ago, we had about 5% foreign drivers, today it's 75%, companies don't need to pay a decent wage anymore, we are screwed forever

[@adamfulford6423]

But the cost of inexperienced drivers really hurts the bottom line! If you know what you're doing they don't mind paying!

[@nexus-qb3bu]

I was waiting for this type of comment. Good thing is that Foreign Drivers are all successful highly paid true Owner Operators. We all know citizens are only capable of driving company Trucks. Great.

[@dragonflydreamer7658]

When I started working for my company we were all White usa born 30 years later I am the last white drive and all the drivers are mexicans some legal. I retired this year, I was the last one on the old pay scale and I made around three thousand more a month than the highest paid colored guy. Trucking is great you guys should give it a try lol. This is your future learn to love it..... THREADS

[@nexus-qb3bu]

@@dragonflydreamer7658 lol, you're that I made more guy. Maybe you should tell your W hit es to start working and stop sitting around.

[@I_Died_2_Weeks_Ago]

​@@dragonflydreamer7658I'm going to open a shop and charge the heck out of foreign slave driver businesses

[@brentinmiami]

Those numbers are extremely optamistic.. Who runs 49 Weeks a year ?? U think maintenence is like Nascar? Ur truck can be in the shop for weeks at a time..for parts availability....breakdowns... etc... 20k annually for maintaince/towing... then u have layovers , broker messups ,shipper messups.. weather, .summer weeks with kids the list goes on........ I would bring that 49 weeks do to 42 to get a more realistic picture...[this happen out there on the road and the owner operator, and company are always loosing $$$

[@mikeleggiero2524]

The truck needs to make money every day, but most o/o can't figure that out because they don't know there daily cost . Not only for the truck but for the home . It's 250 a day just to put the key in the door for me. That's 1750 a week based on 7 days I shoot for 500 plus a day if the truck moves or not. This past 7 days I did 5600 for this week to my account first 7 days of the month I did a 1000 dollars a day took 9 days off . I am a nebe out here only 33 years and still learn something new everyday

[@whitetrashtrucker908]

I went thru the same 2018 BOOM 2019 BUST cycle and gave up my trk bck to the bank in 2020.... been a company driver ever since.... doubt id ever go back to being an OO.... Trucking is more competative and less worth the time than ever... its really for single ppl or ppl who feel they have no other options to take care their families.... I live overseas with my wife half the year where the USD goes farther.. frankly I think American Dream is dead forever.... glad i off shored my home and family...

[@100pyatt]

Yeah the USA dream is intentionally being killed as part of the globalist Leftist agenda per Klaus Schwab "you will own nothing and you will eat bugs"

[@CakeDispenser]

Did you work in the US? I most likely will move over to EU some time in the future.

[@HA-nx5qn]

Smart man….. you are a realist. I have told many people that there’s no such thing as the”American dream” all lies

[@CandaceGarcia026]

I swear if our idiot president and government keeps tanking this country I’m moving to another country too…. 😒

[@shemmyz3287]

You did the right thing. Am planning on moving overseas as well. Just waiting to send the kids off to college by next year and my wife and I will be out. It's getting harder and harder everyday for ordinary Americans like myself.

[@shessobusiness8980]

Trucking has ups and downs. Save money when the market is good. Without trucks, nothing moves. Do not be discouraged. Be financially wise and stop reminiscing on the past so you can prepare for the future.

[@WestCoastTruckingCEO]

Exactly... everyone should have plenty saved from the 2021-2022 gold rush so if you are only able to succeed when rates are inflated dramatically then you have an issue

[@kensalas2085]

Great video!! I came into the industry late last year and when I got started with trying to purchase our fleet, (I have excellent credit and I had great assets) I was quoted in late August a 11% rate with Volvo/Mack and then when the units arrived in January it jumped to over 19.995%! So we went another direction and we were given a 12% rate for 60mos. Rates when we contracted with our carrier (fleet operator), were at an average of $2.25 per mile, all miles in August of last year. When our trucks actually hit the ground and started running it went to $1.60 per mile, all miles in late Feb/early March of this year. Today, if we were to switch verticals or have to resign our freight rate, it is around 1.50 a mile, all miles on the best given vertical and on our current vertical it is $1.25 per mile, all miles. So yes, it has gotten worse year over and we are in the middle of restructuring our debts and liabilities so we can try and survive and see if there is a bounce back in the industry sooner than later.. Our drivers on the current contract (W2) earn over 60K a year, we need to bring it down to $40K a year in order to survive, this would give us little to no profit during this period but it would allow us to operate and get to a point of revenue and when things turn around we can get out of debt and return our pay structure for our drivers. It is definitely not the market we came into and we pray it gets better for everyone in it. GOD BLESS

[@HaVoC_TX]

Well unfortunately your the problem. This industry is for drivers. We already have to many carriers. If you don’t actually drive we don’t need you in the industry. There’s plenty of carriers. You are just saturating the market and making it worse for owner operators who actually make this industry move.

[@sslh7147]

you come to industry last year you wanna. cut the drivers from 60K to 40K a year that is 5k a month to 3333 which is 700 a week do u know how much forklift driver makes a week. who is home everynight and works clean 8 hours shift they pay 21 do the math

[@victorsuarez2954]

I don't think you can keep your drivers if you have to cut their salary that much, and you are not alone many fleet owners are facing the same problem, best of luck to you

[@baselb6734]

No body will will work fir you making 40K a year you fool 😅

[@stevecline5077]

Go out of busness your trash soon trucks will fal apart then you will start lieing an stealing from the drivers. Just shut down an drive your own truck . See these ELD TRUCKS ARE KILLING EVERYONE EXCEPT THE GUYS THAT HAVE OLD TRUCKS AN GLIDER KITS LOOK AT THE LOADS YOU MISSED BECAUSE YOU DIDNT HAVE THE HRS TOO PICK UO OR DELIVER .

[@ceasarwright7567]

Nobody is paying 2.10$ usd a mile now ...its closer to 1.50-1.75$ usd

[@peterkiryakov8729]

It's very difficult to find price close to $2

[@mikeleggiero2524]

2.25 to 2.60 a mile on avg. .I pick my own loads . That after the company 24 percent

[@daMillenialTrucker]

​@@mikeleggiero252424% LOL?

[@mikeleggiero2524]

@truckerrawb4895 I pull direct ship freight just think companies that do 12 to 15 percent are also paying a lot more in the long run . Remember the broker they get it from got 15 to 20 percent. My insurance is cheaper for truck and trailer my fuel discount are the best in the industry I I get payed after every load that 24 percent is line hual. Not gross I will net over 200 grand a year just did 4000 on 1600 miles that to the bank and 1600 for the weekend took 10 ten days off and still put 20000 in my bank account this month after fuel and insurance. I also do alot of 3 to 3.50 to that's after the companies 24 percent so lol but have a nice day

[@ne9835]

​@@mikeleggiero2524 Damn... Nice man!

[@lknanml]

Can we talk about the POP sounds......... The rest was AWESOME!! Nice breakdown..

[@blackspiderman1887]

lol I didn't even notice the sounds until I read this

[@baselb6734]

You with it’s a fart not an engine crack or expensive tire pop out

[@ramonguzman4393]

Yes it was really annoying 🤦🏽‍♂️

[@jayc4715]

That's the sound of Roman pulling his dong out his drivers butts

[@itsashrimpthang7569]

When you don’t standup for something, you will fall for anything 😏

[@wolfhernedez7739]

Said by Malcolm X ✊🏾

[@doni1602ify]

My pay went up last year and again this year as normal I get a yearly raise. I’m just lucky at a small company that isn’t hurting yet. And I’m still running all 11hrs almost every day.

[@nolimitbadboy]

I'm a owner operator and the rates I see now is. 98 cent yes 98 cent a mile or $450.00 For a short haul going 170 more or less some rates $350.00 the rates he has yeah you mite see them on SPOT FREIGHT here and there and fuel in MD is $3.69.. so no we're in this video did I see real real number that I see on the load board... It's really bad out here for some and some live in a good area.. I don't go out far Indianapolis in back over to New Jersey.. And did you here about the tolls.. LOL tolls are HIGH.. don't believe everything you see on here that not the average 1 truck or small fleet truck..and this is real talk here you all see the load board

[@bigg7047]

Well after 31 years driving HGV1 trucks I have left the industry. Had enough..

[@NorthAmerican-Trucking-News]

hey @bigg7047 any tips for new drivers that are reading the comments. We love to hear from someone with 30+ experience.

[@bigg7047]

@@NorthAmerican-Trucking-NewsI live in England and when I started driving the roads were clear, yes you had the idiots but then the digital tachograph came along which was a pain in the arse. Don’t do it. I don’t know what American laws are like!! But if they are like ours it’s not worth it…. You can’t get HGV drivers now apart from the bloody nutters. Bring back the Eaton twin splitter.

[@NorthAmerican-Trucking-News]

@@bigg7047 Thanks for the reply.

[@thomyg425]

i have 32 years experience 10 from it in north america,as a true coming of a live time dream,i am happy as well to leave the industry 2021. after the downgoing of the european trucking industry i was really surprised to see the same downgoing a second time in north america only a few years later. in my opinion the industry was changing from a job for specialists they was knowing what they are doing to a job for steeringwheel holders with absolute nothing on skills or experience and this people was destroying the industry. in my last time i saw more and more accidents,aggressivity in road rage,reckless and lots of stupid things. look at hwy 11 or 17 in northern ontario for an example or to 401/402 especially in winter times.!!! my tip to new drivers,maybe if they understand english: never use a truck as a weapon,use your brain and be careful against others and think always when you fuel,go to shower,shopping or anything else…they are many drivers more with the same wishes. collect skills,hear on older experienced drivers and never bring your aggressivity on the road…if you pissed off about anything,leave to a rest area,take a walk or lay back for a while. as a foreign national,learn the language and act like a guest…

[@NorthAmerican-Trucking-News]

@@thomyg425 thank you for sharing and thank you for the tips. really appreciate your comment.

[@topdog8678]

Car hauling is getting rough but not as bad. I have a 5 car hauler and average about $2.75 a mile. Getting 8.5 to 9 miles a gallon hauling no more than 20k pounds with a Ram 5500.

[@reesiemula]

I just got my cdl earlier this year and I feel like I jumped into a dying industry smh

[@NorthAmerican-Trucking-News]

congrats on your CDL @reesiemula, hang in there!

[@reesiemula]

@@NorthAmerican-Trucking-News thanks. Do you ever think things are going to pick back up? I really want to become an owner operator. Right now I’ve just been saving my money in hopes the market goes back up

[@NorthAmerican-Trucking-News]

@@reesiemula No problem. Its tough to say, all we can do is keep pushing forward and ride out the tough times. Hang in there @reesiemula congrats again on the CDL.

[@100pyatt]

#Autonomous is going to end the #Driver industry within 10 years

[@timbrooks8690]

@@100pyatt I can't wait to see a self driving truck unload a fuel tanker.

[@johnoptions9192]

Good video. The video captures most of the activities in the routine operations of a unit trucking and related finances. I have one concern though; the owner operator may have not paid off the truck and may have to pay the monthly amount required. Would be happy to see how the foregoing affects the owner operators cash flow. The owner operator annual pay total given may have to change. That is what makes owner operation as a business not good. The driver's cash flow may end up being better than an owner operators.

[@elcastorgrande]

The COVID pandemic was not costless. We will feel the economic cost for years to come.

[@100pyatt]

They intentionally destroyed the economy to destroy the US dollar

[@OpeoAslam]

I’m tempted to drive a little slower now due to fuel prices jumping again. Not too long ago, I was passing everyone but now I’m the one screwing up traffic. Gotta save fuel however possible.

[@justhumblemeclarke7292]

I blame KZbinrs and TikTokers. They have promoted the trucking industry including box trucks so much that it became over saturated. Plus the fact that the economy has slowed. I assume there will be massive lay offs and people exiting the industry. In the next 10 years idk if there will be a need for drivers as trucking may become automated. Make your money while you can and get ready to transition into another field

[@leonardomichua]

The media is literally saying the complete opposite. The Media is saying that there’s a shortage of drivers The average Truck Driver age is 48yrs old. That’s almost retirement age. Meaning there’s not enough young employee’s entering to replace the older generation In reality we know it’s because Mega Carriers don’t want to pay their employees a big enough salary to keep them

[@Khmtravelvlog]

Autonomous trucks will not take over the jobs in 10 years maybe 20+ because there will always be a need for drivers to behind the wheel no computer is always going to work. Might have less trucks on the road though pulling more trailers than before (road trains) hydrogen evs instead of diesel it'll be a completely different world then.

[@robertmurphy301]

Only thing truckers have to do is stop driving for 3 days to a week then we will get what ever we want

[@David-pg5yv]

I have heard that 20 years never happen you can't get 3 drivers to agree on anything

[@brokesttruckeronyoutube3256]

That's a lie, brokers(without equipment) and shippers are in control. It's a race to the bottom

[@SandraLongoria]

Too many truckers are against unions for us to have any real bargaining power.

[@awmh1990]

​@@SandraLongoriaHahahaha look what the unions did to Yellow! 😂

[@mike-sk2li]

My small company wanted to drop pay. I called from California and told them they can come get the truck. They are based in Georgia. I signed a contract for a certain amount. If they change the contract I can agree or walk very simple. The pay was quickly fixed,

[@jeremyjohnson2622]

I drive for a small company. I’m paid salary. Owner called me and said he’s taking $50/day from my daily salary. And he did, that same day. I left the company.

[@guanacocruz765]

One major brake down away from going out of business

[@100pyatt]

CORRECT ✅💵💵💵💵💵

[@jaysanti3308]

That is the whole truth and nothing but the truth!! Lol

[@itsashrimpthang7569]

Greed has killed everything

[@CynthiaClark-n3f]

Yes. This man is making excuses for expenses. Brokers are not customers. They take advantage of drivers also with Hazmat qualified.

[@MrEGThug]

Especially from this ronen guy i used to like watching this channel as a truck driver but mow i hate it

[@freedomworks3976]

Grow up

[@gregorylyon1004]

The whole entire industry is filled with greed. Hell. Company drivers want 70 cents a mile. They don't care if the carrier makes any profit or not. Well, that's not going to go on forever people. Those company drivers are going to take a haircut on pay.

[@frankrodriguezit]

Great information! Thank u for posting 🙏🏽

[@kalebsut]

I have finally come to the conclusion that otr truckin is for the birds. goodbye 4 years of fun times and not so fun times.

[@brucebrown5464]

interest rates are up but rates are low and fuel rates are out ragus

[@Aheadofclass946]

It’s unfortunate what’s happening but as someone that only has 1 year in the industry 75k a year for that first year experience as a company driver 100k plus as a lease operator still sounds pretty damn good to me but I hope things get back to how they use to be I grow up looking up to Truck Drivers life style now I hear all of them talking down on the industry some even leaving it’s crazy

[@Redbloodroadrunner]

Just wait till the new epa regulations hit manufacturing….

[@ancormane524]

It’s over mega carriers taking over and then they wonder why we see so many road accidents and fuck ups

[@Redbloodroadrunner]

@@ancormane524 yup, the laws are arcane that govern antitrust and monopolies.

[@lovejindersingh5960]

Only customers are making money.. truckers are being paid very less..

[@mikeleggiero2524]

I pick my own loads i do work with agents to. I am leased to a company i do alot of direct ship freight. Booked 3 loads from Tuesday to Monday 3100 miles my take home 5600 on that will get split in to two accounts one trucking and other is household my goal is 3500 a week so 500 a day if truck moves or not. Yea it's been slow but there are good paying loads oit there..

[@NorthAmerican-Trucking-News]

Hey Mike, thank you for sharing!

[@blaiseducdaumont1280]

Who pays for the fuel? And what is the annual maintenance on a big rig ?

[@m.simpson6843]

We need to stop driving in a Monday. Every truck driver in the nation just stop diving loaded or unloaded.

[@m.simpson6843]

Drivers Unite

[@charlieboy501]

I got out of self employment was getting $1800grOss a week CA-TX now I'm tired of over the road working local making less $ but at least I'm making a check

[@coltonac76]

Thanks “Mumbling Joe” 👌🏾

[@benjaminw2194]

Very insightful video. Thanks for the spreadsheets!

[@shannondavis5728]

Everyone is making higher profit margins but the drivers of these wealth generating vehicles!!!

[@TellNoL437]

2.95 a mile? I was getting that in 2001! That is junk rates!

[@TruckerMRB]

Enjoyed the video chap..Excellent..from the UK

[@zztops4504]

So many conflicting news that one can't find a direction!

[@justinsane7128]

Yep let my CDL go... I've had a chauffeur's license since 1973

[@blackspiderman1887]

I do not think you should compare numbers from 2020 through 2022 because that was an unprecedented time. Try comparing what numbers were looking like in 2019 before the pandemic

[@outreachvideo]

I threw in the towel back in June. I hauled all of 9 loads the entire first six months and faced reality, I stay in a business where I am more or less paying outta my pocket to haul someone else's freight. I had a 24ft reefer box truck and had to get a hotel every night because there is no sleeper. In 2020 the sky was the limit and I sometime could not believe the money I was making per month. One month I had a $25k gross. Thats not bad for a box truck. The way things are not here is no way in hell I'm hauling anyones freight for free. I would not haul a damn thing for less than $2.25 per mile and what they were offering $1.50 per mile was an insult that only a fool would accept and there are plenty of fools out there.

[@blaiseducdaumont1280]

There's no mention of what an owner operator has to pay annually for maintenance on his big rig. And who pays for the fuel?

[@SkylosSobaka]

Think twice... As a fleet operator I don't want to compete with you for the load. :D

[@viralgypsy]

I hesitate to say it buy I know most drivers wont stray from van, but im a company driver and my pay has consistently went up, but I do specialized that never slows down, and no its not flatbed, if your experienced in my field and willing to stay out you can make about 4k a week as a company driver.

[@lethanielsmith6958]

@berjxjam1631 what field you work in?

[@Sumdumdad]

Sounds like a trucker tale to me. Especially when you don't elaborate.

[@mustafashaheen8229]

Same situation here in Dubai Taxi corporation here in UAE. We are the drivers not taking salary , only commission, very very low amount .

[@natelorimer8567]

When gas and food inflated, people scramble to save. So it rolls downhill. A manufacturer trying to cut costs, lay offs and even shipping. The broker , is buying the same groceries and gas as the shipper, so they want to keep their job. The truck driver same thing. So it will take awhile for people to accept the cost. A time adjustment. Every time the economy tanks it does this. Laat recession 2008ish, before that late 90s. Big company comes in. Ceo A gets a pat on the back for absorbing a customer base. Absobimg the rates, the smaller guy suffers, next CEO does a cost assesment , and he gets apat on the back by raising the rates and cutting customers that wont pay. Happens in other industry. It will take time . And another cycle

[@ronaldclinebell531]

Precovit freight rates versus post-COVID expenses and payments equal trucking failure point blank there is no other way to put thisPrecovit freight rates versus post-COVID expenses and payments equal trucking failure point blank there is no other way to put this!

[@steverinaldi890]

Been headed towards a recession for months. Brokers are not doing this industry any favors.

[@allwillberevealed777]

We are heading to a new currency. World War around the corner as the BRIC Nations move ahead to a nee currency.

[@SteshMM2]

Stupid truckers pickup free load 900 bucks for example.

[@100pyatt]

We've been in a recession for over a year as definition PRE BIDENs manipulation of the #Recession Definition. I'm sure they will try to redefine it again soon to keep hiding their destruction with Word Salad games ✅💵✅💵✅💵

[@mrbsbeesntees7081]

Howdy from NC , personally i am SOOOO glad i am retired , what is coming to the trucking industry is going to crush most Truckers , its already happing , i wish everyone the best ,,BEE safe everyone .

[@mrbsbeesntees7081]

@@thomasb282 all i used to haul was over sized heavy construction machines

[@mrbsbeesntees7081]

@@thomasb282 but what fixing to happen is going to effect everyone in the trucking industry , most will not survive , and most will lose everything , some already are feeling it . glad i got out when i did , i do wish u the best of luck

[@ne9835]

What's gonna happen?

[@mrbsbeesntees7081]

@@ne9835 u want the long or the short of it ? the short is , most truckers and people that are trucker dependent well get screwed, and for the most part , that's just about everyone on the planet , the long version ends the same way , but in a lot more detail , i really don't want to type all of that , but if u REALLY don't SEE what is coming , i would recommend u start doing your own RESURCH , its not hard to find , and NOT hard to put TWO and TWO together , BEE safe

[@ne9835]

@@mrbsbeesntees7081 Alright, thanks, man.

[@Lonewolf_Will2024]

Companies don't appreciate good drivers. I'm talking about company drivers. I live the industry and I respect all drivers but company owners don't care about us. Bonus incentives really suck. Toy C.O. really need to pay attention our health & time away from home, before anyone comments well you know what you signed up for. Exactly that's why I become my own O/O so take care of the people that you have because we make the industry grow as well as your companies.

[@NorthAmerican-Trucking-News]

Thank you for this comment. We love to hear what other truckers are thinking right now.

[@chrisgayler2733]

Only truck company I would drive for is UPS and we all know why can`t beat what they offer workers.

[@lasoundwaves]

I quit trucking! This job sucks!

[@konectorenterprise5387]

The shippers are paying,, these brokers have organized against the trucks, they are on one accord!!! Working together and now they don’t have to compete against one another, that’s why all of them pay the same!!!

[@MR_Commander]

Love your videos, very informative. But that popping sound takes away from the vital information, it happens too often. Pop...Pop...Pop Very distracting.

[@doughainline3126]

Really appreciate your show, but can you get rid of the bubble popping?

[@NorthAmerican-Trucking-News]

Thanks for your feedback!

[@crazytoasterr]

Not even worth the risk now its so sad

[@thedirtbikeexperience1697]

So I was literally gonna start my cdl school soon should I not do that now?

[@markpadilla2301]

Whats the sweet spot for 2023 t680 for fuel economy?? Hauling refer OTR

[@100pyatt]

8.5-9 mpg to survive by lowered #Fuel #overhead expense usually requires 58-63mph. Every time I see speeding trucks fighting traffic I just shake me head they'll be bankrupt before the down cycle ends.

[@Khmtravelvlog]

Depends on how heavy you are and how the truck is geared I am driving a 2020 Peterbilt with a paccar engine gets 7.4-7.8 at 68mph I average 63-65 and get the same mileage.

[@ricoallbymyself]

I don’t think that this information is correct… I follow many owner operators that are making money…

[@guybuddyman838]

yeah we're getting blasted in the **** out here

[@mattyp3860]

Im still making about 3.25$ mile on average. I du heavy haul though. I get 4.2 mpg on average. Anything much less than that i cant haul for a loss.

[@David-pg5yv]

That's like comparing apples to oranges just my opinion

[@100pyatt]

Sounds about right with such poor Fuel mileage dramatically increases minimum cost to operate the truck and break even. At 8.5-9 mpg (or better) you're profitable at $2

[@jaysanti3308]

I used to do heavy haul and it's sad to say $3-4.5 is a garbage rate for that. But this is the new world we live in. Not good.

[@timstafford355]

Flat bed rate ind. avg?? (5.5mpg)

[@jannowak2352]

Too much competition makes prices go down OR maybe some big corpo wants to take over everything...

[@terracestevenkennedy9198]

Local LtL company driver never made more then I’m making now.

[@malakiscorner]

Local driver, not making 40 hrs consistently last 3 months. Never seen it this bad in 20 years of driving....at least i have a job....smh

[@epauloconnor]

Why do you refer to them as "Power Units"?

[@rpoliard27]

So wouldn’t it be better to team?

[@moonmoon3743]

Ummm. Local drivers are not affected? How do you mean?

[@ceasarwright7567]

Not accurate - owner ops are first to be let go so.to say per mile.owner ops arnt affected is just wrong. Salary drivers ? Ive never heard of a yearly salary driver. Everyone is affected

[@f.j.c4444]

Schneider nation technically pays salary in some accounts… for example one account is guaranteed 1600 week and if you exceed your guaranteed you keep it.

[@ceasarwright7567]

@@f.j.c4444 really ? Not sure how that would work ? Driver gets paid even if hes not rolling?

[@preston9412]

Worked for fastenal was paid salery with a bonus if i ran 3k+ in the week was a 5 day a week otr job shut down my division and got laid off or Id still be there.

[@f.j.c4444]

Drivers get paid regardless of whether they move or not. It’s part of the contract that the company has with that account. The account requires drivers to be on standby, therefore it requires a guarantee since there will be times when the drivers don’t move. The downside of this is that once the contract ends, the account might not renew it, hence drivers might lose their jobs.

[@ceasarwright7567]

@@preston9412 thanks ... its obvious why you lost your job. You cant expect to be paid for doing nothing. Or can you ?

[@prpr3432]

I can mo longer make enough money to live paycheck to paycheck as a driver in ontario

[@NorthAmerican-Trucking-News]

hang in there @prpr3432

[@jacekmadej34]

Everybody and their brother was bragging to anyone who would listen how they make $10k+ per week (also not mentioning it was before any expenses were considered anyways) two years ago. Now all these people who were fed that bs back then sit on the truck stop in a Cascadia next to you. Just saying.

[@ernestpassaro9663]

As long as you keep hauling cheap freight nothing is ever going to change let it rot on the dock !😡😡😡

[@youngsavagefury7138]

You can make it just cut your cost and operations fees. You have a company lay off some people and have your office staff do more work with less people and trucking companies need to learn to do more split loads. Two loads same rates double the money on a loaf sometimes will help. Also in America know which states to stay away when hailing feight

[@thelastprophet4578]

What is the NET?! They never say the net income..

[@DaJukes]

what were the rates before covid?

[@southside06]

2019 was a bad year. Probably around the same rates as now. But there were much less trucks on the road and the fuel was cheaper. The equipment and repairs were less.

[@mikehenderson3575]

FMCSA needs to be talked about more. When the Trump administration renegotiated NAFTA to FMCSA. In the new FMCSA, American companies with Mexican authority can now use Mexican drivers in the US. These drivers can take a load anywhere in the US. Then they have to get a load back to Mexico. Many companies have taken advantage of this. For example, Swift owns a Transmex. Before FMCSA, Transmex had less than 500 drivers. Now they have over 3000. So why would Swift pay a US driver when they can use a Mexican driver for 30 cents cheaper.

[@ivanivanov-ww2zn]

the solution to this problem is the only one .. do not take cheap loads !!!

[@mrFalconlem]

wheres fica and taxes?

[@mrchandler9520]

Why do these statements keep changing though?

[@yaksh994]

Are these figure of canadian dollar or us dollar ?

[@chrisgayler2733]

People barely survive now high rents, gas, electric, groceries.

[@howitworks4798]

Where is the link ?

[@Seducier]

I make 3 times less now than when I started in 2018. The first company I worked for went under when the covid lockdown happened which was just the start of the decline.

[@pavelkosik902]

Just stop driving for this low rates I did

[@secretsquirrel6718]

Almost unwatchable. Get rid of that stupid popping noise.

[@simemsayss4395]

Thanks truckers for subsidizing my high standard of living. It's a great deal for what I do.

[@francomtz7115]

Ronan cut the bull. It's our highest inflation ever that's causing everything. Mexico has always operated on highest inflation and the small operator of any business ends up broke or dead. Wake up people..

[@WestCoastTruckingCEO]

Even if one year is lower than another you still make good money if you average out all the years

[@Khmtravelvlog]

Yep. Though freight rates do need to balance out soon.

[@JJ-mh3hb]

American trucking will turn into canada if it hasnt already

[@Urgondragon]

2023 is way worse , there are no loads and fuel in july spiked up a dollar ,

[@ernestpassaro9663]

That’s because you allow them to do it !😡

[@mch86]

Those interest rates would be taking as no interest in the rest of there world, imagine them

[@tubecontributor3206]

Sorry - these are not educated people with a lot of options. Their (people's) market value isn't that high. What they should be earning should be like what they were earning PRIOR to the pandemic.

[@fireonthebayoubig_fire4429]

I will never drive across country for 1200 a week I'll stay in a dump truck this otr field is scamming hard Working truckers I'm done forever

[@Junix704]

$1.7- $1.9 now.

[@Sinister392]

I’m telling you , this is crazy . Truck drivers are the last people you want to short -change. Without them we have a big problem. This is just getting worse and worse. I hope things turn around for them .

[@mr.stewart6627]

I've been hearing how important we are for 23 yrs....and it has gotten worse each and every year

[@Sinister392]

@@mr.stewart6627 I’m sure you have , and nothing has changed . I respect and hope it gets better for all of you . The world has turned “dumb” I apologize for all of their ignorance. Without you all , we would have nothing . Stay safe out there . All of us don’t think the same

[@Sinister392]

@@mr.stewart6627 cut off the politicians food and you’ll see a fast change .

[@stevebaker8966]

Some how food service is holding its own

[@ernestpassaro9663]

People just got to quit this industry !😡😡😡

[@frederick9253]

The truck drivers need to all go on strike. Not until we shut shit down will the brokers stop keeping all the money and low balling the rates

[@acelio23]

But that's not going to happen anytime soon, Cuz you can't get 2 trucker's to agreement on a 1 single subject, they don't do it cuz they will be worrying thinking about, is I won't get thing's pay on time, I need money now, and soo on they just thinking about the moment and present they don't think what they will benefits on the long term for just taking a risk in a couple days like it's be the truck been broke down it's the same but there emty brains.

[@katiedbaker]

I finance trucks and you are WAY off on interest rates for trucks. WAY off.

[@rackcauser]

So what's the average interest rates then?

[@franklingell4546]

Can we work for your company if we are American citizens?

[@Khmtravelvlog]

They have a ga terminal so I would say yes.