FREIGHT MARKET IS FORCING ME BACK TO COMPANY DRIVING?

Unfortunately this market is leaving me no choice I may have to go back to driving a company truck.
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[@mr.wright348]

Just one more thing for you to complain about, no heavy haul in a year, find something and stick to it for a change

[@turtleturtle7174]

In Pa all attachments must be secured with a chain not a strap. The push blade must be secured with a chain also. Welcome to my homestate of Pa! Just trying to help keep you out of trouble.

[@nattydreadlocks1973]

That load better be paying really well because those mountains are a BEAST!

[@michaelsorrentino9279]

The only thing flat in WV is gramas kitchen table....I think !!

[@movingearth3726]

You clearly haven’t been north then wv is flat compared to us

[@iroc8653]

Bro Bennett has a booklet with a list of agents in every state. Ohio is definitely a Hotspot for flatbed/stepdeck if you sit in ohio for 3 days thats nobody else fault. Midwest will keep the wheels turning

[@TheRoadhammer379]

Ohio isn't that good, nowhere is very good right now but... you are right, if you can't get out of Ohio, you doing something wrong.

[@michaelmanganella6443]

Bennett is like Mercer. Junk load boards want you to haul there customer base or eat poop. Like your honest videos keep up the good fight .

[@tanioraaura1274]

Alot of truth coming out AK., You're a man of integrity. And thats important 👏

[@mosesbradford1844]

I was watching your steering wheel as you were driving and noticed that it is pretty steady and you don’t have to do a lot of back and forth or sawing like I’m experiencing in the current truck I’m driving. But all my steering components have been replaced including the axle. And just can’t figure it out. But you have come a long way with your truck and would hate to see you throw in the towel . I know it’s hard out there but just know that you are employed by one of the best companies in the business. Stay strong and stay safe out there Brother. Keep on Trucking 👍

[@Bigmike773]

I’m with landstar now but look up Sunbelt or United rentals bro , you’ll get paid pretty decent to haul equipment around on landolls I’ve done it before here in Chicago cake work ! 💪🏾

[@PESOLtrucker]

I love the jakes in that Freightliner, stay safe

[@zachdraper2]

Appreciate you keeping it honest with us, respect the worth ethic keep pushing 💪

[@TheRoadhammer379]

Unless you are willing to run where the freight takes you, you are not going to make it right now. I took prefab walls to Post Falls Idaho for 6200, got a shit load for 2200 to Vegas, deadheaded 89 miles to Kingman for pipe, paid 4300 to Indiana. 12,700 gross in 8 days, no truck payment, no trailer payment, fuel is the bigger issue than freight rates.

[@johnbingamon525]

Hey Bro you were right there by me at the 133 exit in South Fairmont on I-79 , might see you around again Safe travels and hopefully things get better

[@fermanlee4671]

You should have just got a short load out and a short low back and then pick those up for that Friday and you still could have made some money instead of just sitting for those 3 days

[@nabilmarsheh8731]

Roll on classic Safe and easy trips trucker🤞 🚛🚛🚛🚛🚛🚛🚛🚛👍

[@powerchairtrucker894]

There’s not a flat stretcher Road on 79 till just north of Pittsburgh. And yes I do have experience because my dad used to be a truck driver and I used to go with them down that road all the time.

[@philliplinkous6393]

Love what you do and you will never be disappointed

[@user-rx7sm4bx4r]

in any market you cant really make money giving up the percentage it cost to lease on 24% 36% of every thing you do . if you can run legal and balance a check book go get your own trailer and get your own numbers and make your own money. that way if you want to work you can . you can do anything that you actually have the will to do. where there is a will there is a way. where there is no will there is no way. you can because you already are.

[@Steve-Slacker-Philipson]

That sucks. I had always heard Bennett was awesome because they had there ir own freight and load boards. 😊

[@TruckerAK]

I mean Bennett is okay just their physical load board is lame

[@TheDodgeRamGuy]

PA you'll hate the roads here

[@NQUINNT]

Wow. You got really close to me. I’m about another 70 mins north of Cranberry, PA. US 19 runs right through my town.

[@grob887]

There pensions are still there as they’re in the union. The company is gone not the teamsters

[@travisstoneking4049]

There is a nice truck stop / chrome shop at the Jane Lew exit on I-79 in West Virginia. Exit 105.

[@MoosemanR]

Bro if you get a lowboy trailer you could haul equipment around Jacksonville charge per hour, hauling locals equipment around to different job sites. Yeah the grass is never greener in trucking, always some fucked up shit in all of it. Much love AK

[@TruckerAK]

That’s my next move if this doesn’t work out go find a local company and haul equipment

[@benfriesen6462]

I swap between 3 trailers here in southern Canada locally , low boy, dry van, and step deck, rate is 155 hr with a 2 hr minimum. Alot of the times the loads take less than the 2 hr minimum which really increases the profit. I'm just a company driver doing this but the numbers don't look bad

[@weepweep2225]

I have been thinking of doing that with my ole Cab Over. I live in Lake City Florida. I want to do local stuff just still trying to figure out how to get my foot in the door 🙈

[@MoosemanR]

Would be interesting that giant classic in those construction sites Because they usually really tight bumpy impossible to navigate. Maybe use FLD has shorter wheel base etc. Landoll trailers are great too but not sure price.

[@weepweep2225]

@@MoosemanR yeah I had a really long K-100 but got an original Freightliner Cab Over with the classic small wheelbase on her. Definitely interested in some kind of work, even if I had to lease on with someone 🤷

[@dskains]

Yellow’s pension money is most likely still there. The US govt. has an agency called the PBGC…Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation. They try to make sure that peoples pensions are safe.

[@scottycollins1829]

Safe Travels & SUPER SUCCESS!!!!!!!!!!😎🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🇺🇸💎💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰

[@Truckergregg]

The bottom is not yet in sight. We need capacity to come down (trucks) before the rates start to go up. Maybe rates will go up in 2024.

[@ThatOneGuy-hp2pb]

At best 24

[@truckerron]

@@ThatOneGuy-hp2pb Too many INDIANS coming over here to drive our trucks!! Those idiots will PAY to haul loads.

[@HaVoC_TX]

Probably longer. We’re probably going to war. Economy should be the last thing on everyone’s mind lol

[@TruckerAK]

lol we’ve been saying “rates will go back up” for the last year and a half

[@hoytballard5504]

Unfortunately demand is dropping and probably wont come back for a year or more after the recession. Too many people still entering the industry.

[@dnlescalante7]

Stop with the click bait!

[@Troy-zu3gn]

Start pulling ace doran loads you will see the difference they're under same umbrella but they're run separately they been around over 100 yrs they have the freight when you're on Bennett load board just choose ace loads or start calling there agents peace

[@austinbarber9901]

Damn AK, I’m headed to cranberry township right now!

[@Freddy-jn1vu]

Landstar went down. I quit in stepdeck. No money. Be safe my brother

[@luissierra3650]

16:01 i do the same when i see someone doing something stupid on the road and have to concentrate hahaha

[@EliteTank]

My job we lost all the local oil hauling work we had for a long time. New carrier from out of town and have foreigners as drivers. They bid it at such a low rate wasnt worth doing for my owner op/me. Cool hat and light by the gear shifter! Like looking out the mirror, seeing ur load. Interesting about the steep 9% grade hill.. Sucks u had to sit for 3 days away from home! Nice view of Virginia.

[@alpharaptor7510]

Here in Australia it’s kinda the same situation. A few trucking companies went out of business. On of Australia’s biggest refrigeration truck company went bankrupt earlier this year.

[@godsok1]

I was parked up in Washington last week and there were 4 Bennett all loading to go to Alaska sounded like it paid good!

[@dskains]

From what I hear, the pay to AK is good because you most likely wont get anything to return with.

[@godsok1]

@@dskains yea I’m at Mercer and I was told to make sure you get enough that it pays for your return trip

[@red---paulvanravenswaay2247]

Yup, good luck getting back

[@Daton.B]

Check out s&s sons out of Wisconsin they run reefer between Wisconsin and Florida

[@mikeleggiero2524]

I will give you a few agents to talk to. Rates are down but there some good rates out there. I have 4 agents i work with all the time and a handfull that are back ups. I will burn up the agents list to find freight also.

[@TruckerAK]

Message me on Instagram or email me your number I’ll shoot you a text I appreciate it!

[@powerchairtrucker894]

You’ll walk right up US 19 with a especially 19,009

[@murderedout70nova]

I fill ya if next week ain’t better I think I’ll just do local

[@chrisfekete1789]

I live 20 miles east of Pittsburgh you were close off pa turnpike mile marker 67

[@ashtondupuy1938]

It's bad man. I told my boss if rates don't go up ima get behind a van.

[@TruckerAK]

Van rates ain’t no better dude reefer rates are are like 1-1.50 a mile

[@TheDriller100]

got my job back on a drilling rig. 137k 14/14 full benefits .. also had a 2000 classic 300 stretch pulling a flat bed in the south west .. even with all equipment paid for, their is no freight that's worth it. my only good customer pays 3.50 a mile hauling 60" rebar out to california but the place burned down so it was going to be shut down for months .. i wasn't going to work for 2.00 a mile.

[@HaVoC_TX]

137k? You must be a driller. Ain’t no way floorhand making that.

[@journeelanes1322]

Hey man what do you do on the oil rig are you hauling sand ??

[@sergionunez6720]

You have to be talking about vinton Steel in El Paso,Tx 🤣

[@hoytballard5504]

Actually their pension was through the teamsters so they still have that.

[@Loyalteelogistics]

Hey, what size the shifter extension do you have on your shifter?

[@JoshsTruckingadventures]

Pa requires a chain not a strap. Hope you changed it before getting pulled over

[@TheRoadhammer379]

And that citation doesn't hold up on an appeal to the FMCSA, as fed law supercedes state. BTW, there is not one driver putting a chain over the boom of a manlift out of JLG. Get a violation, appeal it and tell PA to phuk off

[@JoshsTruckingadventures]

@@TheRoadhammer379 states have the right to add not take away. Same reason for states having axle lengths. You definitely will get a violation

[@christopherrobin318]

Trucker AK what kinda shades do you have on in this video?

[@user-mp2uw2dz8v]

My step dad use to flat bed u should try that ak

[@marcusdenning7619]

Man I love how you tell it like it is I’m still over here at the Star

[@richardburdette6000]

I'm from west Virginia I know how it is You went threw Blane County Virginia were I had .my wreck in 1988 at the bridge before the scale house I hite the guard rail head on with a 1988 Ford ranger I fail asleep at the wheel walked out nothing wrong with me

[@sloth9413]

what’s the mpg on your truck?

[@makaylaweber2455]

What do you use to find loads

[@redimix08]

If it doesn’t pay good at all then leave it in the ditch.

[@litldynamitetrucking2428]

you should talk to erich with heavy haul nation he seems to know everyone

[@redimix08]

Stop while you’re ahead.

[@User-qy7fl]

Gotta know where you got the hat?

[@cornwellteam]

Better vote if you care 😎Rickster

[@marcuswhite1403]

You gotta do what you gotta do. I see a lot of o/o going back to being a company driver

[@TheRoadhammer379]

Where? You mean brokedick pretend owner operators, leasing an overpriced POS? My trucks and trailers are paid off since 2020, I will never be a slave to a company

[@jmsr4582]

💯

[@dskains]

AK, What’s up with Cass? Haven’t heard or seen anything in a long time??

[@TheJammedToilet]

If your looking for a good lease carrier id have a little info for you.. not sure how far your willing to run or what lanes but reach out if your interested. Id have a little info id pass along.

[@bob-o5206]

Yellow freight pensions are safe they aren’t invested in the company

[@PoptartGoneTrucking7016]

Question ????? Instead of investing your equipment time and money plus your energy into another company , how come your not paying your your own dot numbers and your own insurance and short hopping on the market and running your own lanes ? Not beating you up I just think you seem to be on the right track just in this business it’s all about the money at the end of the day we don’t do it for our health we do it for the money so you definitely have the right truck and you can definitely have the right attitude I Believe You Can Do It !!!! That’s All 💖💖💖 Poptart ….. Ps. After you do it let a girl get a few little dollars too 😂😢🤣😭💖

[@Montoya1991]

The problem for new authority is getting thru the first 6 months as most brokers won't let you haul unless u have 6 months authority even if you have 10 yrs experience. Its a bad move to do right now with the freight market Beign this bad these days, there's barely any loads to move and you have even less the first 6 months for the reason I explained and with the high cost of operating your authority, it's a huge risk right now with the very low freight volume if you have full insurance payments considering commercial insurance is especially expensive the first 2 years of having your authority but it is the best choice, just nkt right now imo

[@derick12331]

@@Montoya1991 what if he went ahead and set up his own authority and just kept doing what he was doing for six months, then use it.. would that work?

[@PoptartGoneTrucking7016]

He can !!! He can set up his authority and let it sit but it will be the wrong time of the year for that , why ? Because it is going in the shopping season and you have Halloween Thanksgiving Christmas and New Year’s and after that you have the Tax Season for Tax SHOPPING 🛍️ and you know that means everyone is spending up that refund money on any and everything NOW IS THE BEST TIME !!!!!! You can believe that and I been around trucks my entire life he has the best truck and he has a great attitude all the risks he already is taking the only thing is he making everybody else the real money and it’s all profit for them he can do it all he needs to do is Believe in himself Freight is There and the rates are GOOD he can easily short hop on the market pick his own freight lanes and let the brokers tax him a little for power only or rent a trailer and let the brokers tax him but one thing is for sure these brokers need the freight moving so the season starts in a couple weeks and all that nonsense about brokers and freight is a Lie it’s so much freaking freight and the rates are going up not down as long as fuel keeps rising the freight keeps getting better people are lying about the freight all the time and they are lying left and right about driver shortage THERE IS NO DRIVER SHORTAGE AND THE FREIGHT IS PAYING WELL ENOUGH YOU CAN GROW !!!!!!! The answer to your question is YES he can do that but the numbers don’t hit his account he is just riding around paying another mans taxes is what it comes down to leasing to anyone for any reason its all over the internet and social media everywhere it’s a repeated cycle and he has a truck and a good one too no need to run it for free and working for anyone else is not worth it at the end of the day He Can Do It You can pull TQL you can pull for Coyote and you can pull CH Robinson under a new authority and Amazon but I don’t see in telling people wrong

[@PoptartGoneTrucking7016]

InterstateMadeMe just started last week with one truck and you don’t even need a trailer in this game to get to the check but you own the trailer then you get to the bag money is money and no need to give away your profit

[@BrokeAndPoorAllDay]

Yeah InterstateMadeMe has a good chan here on yt and you totally said everything correctly it’s plenty of money and no shortage on freight or drivers

[@jay34183]

State road 19 is horrible for trucks

[@Michnay330]

I think it’s just this guy how can you not be making money out here especially with a truck you don’t owe on

[@TheRoadhammer379]

😂 I was thinking the same thing. He doesn't run anywhere long, you have to chase the freight in this market, eat shit once a week to move to a better area. I loaded prefab walls out of Detroit, went to Post Falls Idaho, 6200$.Took a shit load from Washington, 29 mile deadhead, paid 2200 to Vegas, covered much of my fuel for the week. Deadheaded from Vegas to Kingman AZ, 89 miles, loaded pipe to Indiana for 4300. 12,700$ on an 8 day turn, not terrible. He needs to roll coast to coast if it pays the bills

[@stevend8656]

Know Your Worth 🎉😂🍻

[@jackiemontgomery113]

Yellow owed 700 million just to the government and has not been able to pay it plus other expenses too teamsters had some problems with it too

[@MichaelHuisinga]

Slow that thing down may help ur economy

[@arjenisarrieta2669]

Do you have an incab facing camera

[@lonestar3992]

Why I left bennett

[@x-fatboylifestyle589]

Is it too much pride stopping you to go back to landstar???

[@TruckerAK]

I have 0 reason to go back there when I’m already in the same situation. That I would be in at landstar

[@barneypospisil2970]

There molehill over there .

[@winterwolf0186]

Try hopper bottoms idk lol

[@mikera7054]

Bad fuel economy could be caused by bad valve clearance. 12.7 need to have overhead run every 150k

[@StayingBack71]

And how much does it cost to doing overhead? That's almost like one every year in a half. All I need is some feeler gauges and take the velvet cover off right? Pop the injectors out or something the Jake breaks And then loosen up the rocker arms And slide the feeler gauge There's gotta be an easy way to do this in an affordable way so talk to me

[@nfm1984]

yellow drivers didn't lose their pension. the money was already paid into. I got 5 years there i'll still get a few bucks from the union when i retire because i was vested (at 5 years) riiiight as they said caput.

[@zhaillle9514]

brotha, u gotta lease to P&S transportation , good paying loads . u will not regret it.

[@memine3840]

P&S are rate choppers just like southeastern and crst that's why they always have loads out of places their willing to do it for cheap

[@zhaillle9514]

@@memine3840 wrong .... I said good paying loads

[@chadsmith9979]

How many tell you something you only here to excavators on that truck they only weigh 13,000 lbs 80000 lb on that trailer There Was empty Dead Space Odyssey machine he dropped off in Pennsylvania you should have picked up more and stuck on their ticket to Michigan and then you two made more money parcels drawing pic anytime you see that you have check your way keep a trailer loaded

[@TruckerAK]

Wanna hear the crazy part I asked the agent if I could grab an extra load to load the deck up & they said I can’t have anything else on my deck except the cat freight they don’t “allow” it

[@iroc8653]

​@TruckerAK My girlfriend told me I couldn't have another 1. But what she doesn't know I'm not telling her😂😂

[@chadsmith9979]

@@TruckerAK the meaning to get your own flatbed if you don't have purple going to where you're going about the only way that you can make money now if you were partial otherwise he won't make any money

[@3MLife22]

Landstar board was much better. I’ve been sitting for 2 weeks waiting on a load. All the agents here at Bennett have the trucks they like working with. They are going to get the good loads. The trash loads is what’s left for the newer guys.

[@mikeleggiero2524]

That's funny I been very busy on the ace side. Booked out one or two loads all time. Find some good agents to work with.

[@7.3life]

Get ahold of Tim Gentry, send your ecm to his guy Lawrence.

[@justinsnyder1986]

Ever get your sinuses checked?

[@TruckerAK]

No health insurance 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@dskains]

@@TruckerAKand you’ll need antibiotics to clear up a sinus infection.

[@squonkers762]

The economy’s only gonna get worse.

[@truckerron]

DO NOT WORK FOR BALANCED TRUCKING. They do Not care about their drivers. They only care about money and looking cool. But if you don't do exactly what they say, you will be OUT!!

[@chadsmith9979]

If you want to make money here's a quick and simple easy way it's called don't load the trailer for one thing going to want to play make several Parcels pickups along the way you make more money loading parcels then with a full trailer you keep your trailer loaded all the time and you dop daylle that is the trick you making money used to be for trainers paid more not anymore so you going to partial this morning Pennsylvania that paid $2,000 you got room enough room to put three more Parcels off unless you put on their face 800 and it's going the same direction and you find another one that pays 2,000 and it's going in the same direction 4,800 Dallas for just three things now let's say you have room to fit 4th or a 5th and they pay 800 and pest and they're all either going the same direction or going the next Direction you want to go

[@Barmelo-Xanthony973]

Jesus christ dude use a period every now and then

[@chadsmith9979]

@@Barmelo-Xanthony973 I meant but I had to get my point I'm get you some wisdom

[@stuartnappin593]

In the Uk 🇬🇧 we have a saying. If your starving you will eat shit! No shame on parking the truck and driving for someone mate. Anyone can be a busy fool. It’s about putting food on the table for your family and if you drive someone else’s truck to a hive that so what! These are shit times and it’s equally as bad here and in Europe mate. My advise is if you have the opportunity to get a job then take it! It’s no time to have a truck on the road. Trust me I know. I have 7 over here and it’s the hardest I’ve ever known it. Good luck brother and think of you and the family. Take the job and park your truck mate.

[@cornwellteam]

You better vote it’s about your president he intends to shut y’all down 😎Rickster. While his family cashes out 🤑🤑