Trucking industry troubles

Thousands of truckers are hanging up their keys and leaving the freight industry.
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[@lorenjackson8961]

Until drivers band together and fight back against these brokers....it will only get worse. Drivers MUST get absolutely medieval with these people. A website with a national database should be created to publically name and shame these brokers. Call them out and bring them out into the open. Let them feel some real heat.

[@americanskeptic1559]

90 percent of owner operators think they're making 10 dollars per mile and they have their own customers

[@achaosg]

Half these guys out here are just steering wheel holders or some who ran out and bought a truck during the Pandemic with no knowledge of the industry. They had no idea what they were getting them selves into, thinking they would make it big! If anyone who sees this wants a good Brokerage then reply to me in the comments. We got two trucking companies doing different stuff, but we have our own Brokerage which is an Asset Based Brokerage Company and we just Registered the Trade Mark. We have our own trailers. No other broker does that and we make sure stuff is not being double brokered. If we catch you double brokering that's it and you won't be paid. 0 TOLERANCE! Stay safe drivers! :)

[@gmack7488]

Too many scary men

[@henlohenlo689]

it's illegal to band together like that, there is a reason monopoly practices illegal. what is legal. you hold each broker accountable who is doing fraud you blow whistle you file lawsuits lets the courts and govt agencies hold them accountable.

[@steverinaldi890]

Brokers have further destroyed the industry. They serve zero purpose and offer nothing over going direct. This industry has been in the tank since deregulation. Been in management for 30 years in the business. And the continual surge of brokers entering the business will just make it worse.

[@dariusrucker9642]

The trucking industry held me for 4 months. I figured out quick that it's not worth working in an industry in need of such massive reform. "Debt peonage" couldn't be more accurate. "Indentured servitude" would be a good term for it as well. You would not believe how many of these companies try to get brand new drivers to lease trucks just to be indebted to the company. It's a predatory system that robs the workers of their livelihoods. Many of these people have little to no education and don't see it coming until they're underwater and out of options and that’s why I had to make research about governmental grants and hired a licensed professional grant writer who helped me in securing a grant and I could start up a real deal for myself.

[@davidbeckham9612]

I got my CDL in 2019 from CR England and I speak from first hand experience being a truck driver is a God-awful profession. The pay for truck drivers is beyond terrible, the highest paying trucking job I had only averaged out to about 14.50 an hour. I could go on and on but I don't have anymore time to give the trucking industry. I happily got out and im not looking back, the fuckin robots can have the trucking industry. i just launched a small business and would be needing funding, is there by any chance you could recommend the grant writer you hired

[@aaronbrooks745]

People/companies at the top more interested in lining their pockets without concern for the companies that deliver the product. It is not capitalism but " cronyism " brought to us by socialism. All the drivers are independent business contractors and could use guidance on operating a business, what we don't need is unions. Thuggery didn't work previously and as a result unions declined to just government employees.

[@kalyanpaterson8134]

Thanks for sharing this here. I need your help. I've been searching for a business grant or Loan to rebrand and get some new equipment's for my construction company. My company is LLC verified and i wanted to know how you were able to get approve for grant funds because l'm desperately in need of funding thank you…

[@kalyanpaterson8134]

I really look forward to your response

[@dariusrucker9642]

620

[@tehsnipatres208]

For me it was a whole bunch of issues. Companies love to cut corners. 16 hour days, 6 days a week, time off requests for medical appointments/vacation constantly getting denied, constant harassment from DOT/Commercial Vehicle Enforcement, having no life, being treated like an object, etc. I hung up my CDL back at the beginning of 2023. It was the best decision I’ve ever made. & of course these same companies are saying “there’s such a driver shortage! No one wants to work anymore!” No, no one wants to work for YOU anymore. Drivers are starting to fight back & are done being treated like they’re just another number. So most of us quit! But remember, everything’s “always the driver’s fault” lol. I’m done with an industry that’s completely broken.

[@UndergroundRailoadTVshowinChic]

Thanks from Chicago

[@drivingwithricks]

I just left trucking after 18 years and it was the best decision I could have made. I don't see it getting any better for a while

[@rustyshackleford6637]

What are you doing instead

[@FnGRZupra]

Doesn't seem like there's any issues with profit. Lil Troy just bought a Bentley lol

[@seanmcguire6011]

​@@rustyshackleford6637rubbing one out

[@GhostruckerX]

Yet here you are

[@trindon9439]

@@GhostruckerX 😂😂😂 you must be lonely and unhappy with your life at 4 in the morning to be responding negatively on everyone posting. Wish you well. 😂

[@kisht7469]

We need to figure out how to eliminate the broker! They are not needed at all. Shippers would save way more money if they worked directly with the carrier. Brokers are a cancer on the industry. THEY NEED TO GO!

[@chardin1900]

Nah the brokers are needed. But it should be a limit on how much they get. They aren’t driving and away from home.

[@All-purpose]

If you eliminate the broker, you'll eliminate owner ops and small fleet owners. Then the megas will take up all the freight.

[@kisht7469]

@@chardin1900 Why are they needed? The shipper cab easily have an employee within there network to post loads and negotiate with direct carriers. They will save so much money in the end if they did it this way. I had a broker pay me 300 dollars for a 17 mile trip. When I got to the delivery, I asked the owner how much he paid the broker. He told me 600 dollars! The broker took half of the money! I was able to work a deal out with that owner, I work directly with his company now and do that run for 400. He’s saving money and him and I both are getting a better deal. The broker isn’t needed.

[@kisht7469]

@@All-purpose How so? When the shipper can work directly with the owner op? Owner Operators don’t need brokers. If most weren’t lazy, they can do the foot work themselves and get direct shippers. What I do is, I learned how to take customers from brokers. When I do pickups , I find the dock manager or owner. I negotiate deals with them directly. I found success in doing it this way. Or, one can go around to warehouses themselves or call. There are ways to for owner operators to get direct customers and eliminate the broker. It takes time and effort, but it can and should be done. The broker need to go.

[@Eazyset]

Your so wrong. When shipper get a hold of you directly,, you become their PET.. I had shipper asked my buddy to beg for his loads.. what???

[@Super-Trucker466]

They telling the truth !!!!! I've been driving 15+ years and Im sitting at home right now !!!! Its not worth being out there months at a time away from your family and not making money

[@Heartfullofgoldentempire]

Custom invoice etc is a must

[@colingoldthorpe5918]

Being an Owner Operator is worse than working as a company driver. Unless you have some fancy contract like Aeronautical or High end Auto transportation. I drove for 8 years in the 90's and into the 2000's and was away 2-4 weeks at a time and barely made $60K a year. Living out of a cooler for food to save money for my family. The job sucks royally, people treat you like dirt and you deal with all the terrible drivers and in the winter the terrible weather. Best move i ever made was to start working for the chemical plants i was delivering to. So for all the comments about $60K that was Canadian Dollars when it was like $0.60 CDN for $1:00 US dollar so around $40K US$ a year for sleeping in a tin can for 240+ nights a year!!!

[@malo7375]

dude 60k a year in the 2000's? thats pretty good accounting for inflation, your basically in the upper class

[@ABCDEFG-bk9gx]

​@malo7375 $60k for 14 hour days, weeks away from your family and friends, missed family milestones (birthdays, anniversary, etc.) The job sucks.

[@wyatt12358]

ITS FAR MORE CHEAPER FOR A COMPANY TO HIRE ON OWNER OPS THAN IT IS EMPLOYEES DRIVERS NOT NOT HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF EMPLOYEES. NO WORK COMP TO DEAL WITH, NO BENIFITS AND BONUSES TO DEAL WITH. PROBABLY ILLIMINATES AT LEAST TWO PEOPLE INTHE OFFICE FOR A BIGGER COMPANY. OWNER OPS CAN'T JUMP SHIP AS QUICK AS A EMPLOYEE CAN. THE OWNER OP HAS MORE BILLS AND RESPONSIBILITIES TO TAKE CARE OF. LEASE TO OWN OWNER OPS IS THE BIGGEST MODERN DAY SLAVE PROGRAM TRUCKING COMPANIES ARE TRYING TODAY. DO NOT EVER FALL FOR IT.

[@malo7375]

so 60k in 2000 dollars is 108,000k in 2023 dollars accounting for inflation. I don't know what state you live in but in my state of Wisconsin, 108,000k will go very far. While yes you will be living in your truck for days at a time, the payoff is very worth it. Granted I have never driven a truck and I am 19 in college, but a career as a truck driver looks very rewarding and I am sure your family will be very appreciative of the lifestyle you can provide on a six-figure salary.

[@malo7375]

@@ohiojg1230 good luck on the business my dude!

[@youtubelearning2990]

I got into trucking when I was young. Drove for 20 years and I'm out. Got tired of people who I've never seen or met dictating my financial stability. I got my skills up, saved money so I could have a cushion while I pursued another career and now I'm sitting easy working 4 days a week, making more money than I ever did trucking and most importantly, I sleep in my bed every night.

[@flvckoVLONE]

Could you please tell me what industry you’re in now. I’m 22 and I know I don’t want to be in trucking forever. I want to make some money off it then leave.

[@underdog7495]

What do you do now?

[@flvckoVLONE]

@@underdog7495 I’m in trucking I’ve been doing it for 3 years. I personally want to do 3 more years then leave

[@ninjagaming2036]

What you do now?

[@Austin.8150]

He's in amazon fba he do ecommerce

[@josephadams7106]

These troubles are bad for the country not just truckers. The country will find sooner or later how important trucking is, or was!!!

[@Heartfullofgoldentempire]

hope this help big lots because did not go well big lots whenever I went back to ups about lots being crop season big lots

[@edward.abraham]

Great video, I was a trucker and really didn't know much on growing my earnings then i was working. Truckers grappling with the difficulty of meeting essential expenses often encounter this situation due to inadequate savings during their working years. The decisions taken in readiness for retirement carry extensive consequences, as demonstrated within my own family dynamics. Differing investment approaches yielded disparate results. Guided by a financial advisor, I'm currently retired and still earn monthly from our investments.

[@james.atkins88]

Growing money is not the same as keeping it there is a reason why investments aren't well taught in schools, the examples you gave are well stationed, the market crisis gave me my first millions, people shy away from hard times, I embrace them.

[@Kim.beneteau]

This is superb! Information, as a noob it gets quite difficult to handle all of this and staying informed is a major cause, how do you go about this are you a pro investor?

[@hunter-bourke21]

Not at all, having monitored edge my portfolio performance which has made a jaw dropping $573k from just the past two quarters alone, I have learned why experienced traders make enormous returns from the seemingly unknown market. I must say it's the boldest decision I've taken since recently.

[@rebecca_burns14]

@@hunter-bourke21 I've been thinking about going that route. I have a lot of stocks that I have maintained, but they are beginning to lose value, so I'm not sure if I should hold onto them or sell them. I feel hiring your investment coach would make it easier to restructure my portfolio.

[@hunter-bourke21]

I'm guided by Mary Onita Wier. An experienced coach with extensive financial market knowledge. While you can consider other options, her strategy has yielded positive results for me. She offers valuable insights, including entry and exit points for the securities I concentrate on.

[@lpg12338]

Truck Drivers are the lifeblood of this country! 👍

[@mcmans.]

Yes Truckers are.Trucking is a Tough Job that is Unappreciated. People just EXPECT the Food to appear at the Grocery Store without realizing or caring what it take to get the food on the shelves...

[@lpg12338]

@@mcmans. Yes Sir! People just don’t realize how vital Truckers are, until they don’t receive their goods! 🚛

[@michiganstad]

ya tell that those effen republicans in DC ...

[@muffs55mercury61]

They sure are !!

[@leepialong]

tell that to 30k Yellow drivers got laid off.

[@Heartfullofgoldentempire]

now understand the induct and process big lots about your and our lots with consignees etc

[@Heartfullofgoldentempire]

best way to notary real bids and bonds contracts etc that way u when u really that big lots with the correct irs etc big lots

[@Yeoj444]

I know it's getting bad when owner operators are skipping work days because of lack of paying work.

[@carlosmontalvo2922]

This what happens when people come from overseas or they have like 1 year of experience and they want to go out and buy their own trucks

[@donttruckhere]

it aint bad out there lol

[@LUNITICWILL]

you think it's bad now, it's only going to get worse

[@FnGRZupra]

Doesn't seem like there's any issues with profit. Lil Troy just bought a Bentley lol

[@jdwool08]

@@FnGRZuprahow do you know he doesn’t have any other source of income?

[@ShawnCalay-hi6gy]

Sadly most brokers I dealt with never leave the house....they work out of their home and don't commute....

[@Anointedandappointed]

It’s every industry too, desk jockeys making more than ppl doing the real work and putting in the most time.

[@passporttrucker9280]

I would like to become a broker. I've been a owner-operator for sixteen years.

[@usa174]

@@passporttrucker9280 Good luck. I tried to be a broker and couldn't land a single shipper in this market. Brutal. If you don't know someone personally it's going to be a tough start. Be ready to make thousands of cold calls and emails.

[@ShawnCalay-hi6gy]

@@passporttrucker9280 might just be a wise move considering what the brokers are making....you would make more by just setting up a office at home and work 2 hours a day....

[@atliens2536]

​@@passporttrucker9280so right now wouldn't be the best time to get into the industry?

[@Heartfullofgoldentempire]

talking about port of commissions etc

[@Heartfullofgoldentempire]

When I had a truck dispatched at ups as helper big lots smh no state id etc big lots smh

[@KCDoorDashGuy]

I quit Trucking four months ago and started doing doordash in my city, and I have to say I'm making more as a doordash driver than I was a truck driver, there were times where I sit for days at a truck-stop waiting for a load, those days are long gone and over for me...PISS ON TRUCKING, THE BROKERS HAVE DESTROYED IT

[@JesseGMan7]

You must live in a busy city and do DD constantly. Or had a bad trucking job. I made 1400 a week doing trucking. I’m lucky to make 500-700 doing Uber or DD.

[@GhostruckerX]

I make what you make in a week in a day. Speak for yourself.

[@JesseGMan7]

@@GhostruckerX Doing DD?

[@KCDoorDashGuy]

@@JesseGMan7 I put as much time into doordash as I did in trucking and my paychecks are bigger, the key is to run nights when they run the promo specials, they add an extra $3 per order between 11:30pm and 4 a.m..you can rack up $200 pretty quick, the key is knowing how to schedule yourself in the prime hours.

[@KCDoorDashGuy]

@@JesseGMan7 The cool part about it I'm home every night and I can work anytime I want there's no set schedule

[@ravemaster7405]

They need to stop hiding the price so people know how much money the load actually is. You might take the load for 1,000 but the broker already skimmed off 1,000 it needs to be visible to the trucker to know how much was already skimmed off. That way it can be seen if you have an honest broker or not.

[@jacobgatlin7485]

And this is exactly what I plan to do with my Brokerage! I'm going to piss off a lot of people. I am going to get my Bond and be open about the loads so people can actually make the money they deserve!

[@Txguy998]

Even if they do that the company will put another person above the middle man and also get a cut. There’s always someone getting easy money.

[@SidewaysBurnouts]

two words, hindu mafia.

[@DatGuyWhoPlays]

​@@SidewaysBurnoutsExactly. Had some Indian dumbfucks try to screw me and my driver over with a double brokered shipment a few weeks back. If a broker isn't screwing you over with crap prices, the Indians are by making you do work for free!

[@Heartfullofgoldentempire]

the dmv irp plan cool if u trying too be a fleet etc but it's another way about your and our lots when u understand consigned etc big lots

[@Heartfullofgoldentempire]

transportation etc about containers is a headache learning big lots about your and our lots

[@djs4717]

I've been driving for 35 years always have our ups and Downs there's always a company closing and there's always somebody stealing from you

[@wellthatsretarded2591]

Then there’s capitalism lol but we’ll see how it goes

[@dell7443]

That's doesn't make it right

[@TyroneJackson-dl6wm]

Well time to stop

[@12sex2b]

As an advocate for truckers it's always good to know that there's someone out there helping the people get goods and services. We as a whole society of Americans depend on truckers. It's good for truckers to come together to resolve issues with pay period. Much love to all truckers.

[@Heartfullofgoldentempire]

whenever was working at the plants smh really did not stay local but I know better now and learn from it and another industry about the plant etc business

[@Heartfullofgoldentempire]

gotta understand and learn big lots what containers can pass or not big lots good luck

[@PrezoGotGame7ways]

This is what happens with the influx of social media “gurus” making it seem easy. You got unexperienced people coming in and outbidding each other. It’s over saturated so as a broker why wouldn’t they go with the people that are short changing themselves? It’s messed up but you got people that don’t understand their worth. That’s the real issue

[@TruckingwithDwater]

Glad someone shining a lite on what we going thru. I wouldn't advise anyone to get into trucking rite now.

[@seanmcguire6011]

I always thought truckers made bank jeez its a shame that these brokers want to keep all the money and the price on diesel is crazy

[@TruckingwithDwater]

@seanmcguire6011 we did but its so many cut throat companies its crazy. Not like bk in the day

[@moneyonfleek305]

Tik tok drivers exposed the industry, got women & kids behind the rigs nowadays

[@fullcircleessentials]

​@@TruckingwithDwater👏🏾

[@fullcircleessentials]

​@seanmcguire6011 yes back in the days. The sad part so many are running to the industry. Pros and Cons....There was a time u could stay out for a short period and make money. Now they've conned drivers to stay out longer in order to make any money. The companies are skimming off the top. Playing good/dedicated drivers and giving them crumbs while u neglect your family and health.

[@Heartfullofgoldentempire]

I drop out of school whenever I was young and not mad at the lifestyle I choose or anybody else because of what I know big lots

[@Heartfullofgoldentempire]

customs invoice etc is a must these days

[@rogerg0834]

These guy completely forgot to mention the trucks! The brokers don't pay for trucks, fuel, labor, insurance, or nothing.

[@SpecialAgentNoble77]

#DontTakeTheLoad

[@nicolepugh7878]

A good brokers does have contingency cargo insurance

[@DSKdanny]

The real problem is there are too many trucks and not enough freight. 10 trucking companies are fighting for one load, why would the broker pay more if the next guy will do it for less? Brokers make as much as they want because it’s a free market, they found the customer and have the contacts to shippers. Once enough trucking companies close down the ratio for trucks and loads will balance out and rates will go back up. This is simple.

[@JesseGMan7]

That’s going to change soon. Companies are shutting down and drivers are quitting. I believe it will get better maybe take 3-5 years idk, and then it’ll get worse again when all trucks become electric self driving and the mega carriers take over the whole industry but we still got 20 or more years until that happens.

[@Scythe_Voltage]

@@JesseGMan7I got until April 2024 till I’m 21 and able to cross state lines, hopefully the older drivers retire and make some room for the young guys

[@martingo2680]

The real problem you guys are fighting instead of uniting. And you know where I'm going with this. Owner operated just benefits companies now.

[@mike-sk2li]

These guys are just complaining about broker's! The broker goes through a bidding process just like us except with the shipper. We have trucks bidding down the rates they are dealing with the same. I love how they determine what another man has the right to make!

[@flvckoVLONE]

So basically I need to become a broker 😭

[@Heartfullofgoldentempire]

Transport will never be the same after we get our training out the way otr

[@Heartfullofgoldentempire]

been giving the suppliers etc a bad look and more hate becoming one and being one

[@kingpaw2426]

I'm glad you touched on this issue

[@CForged]

Thousands leave and still many come in. There is no shortage

[@treyfeeley2519]

Yes, but what comes in isn't going to last long. You tube is flooded with videos of people who got into trucking and quit after a short period of time. With the labor shortage and drivers quitting, it will affect the industry. Two years ago, trucking schools were packed with students. Now, they are begging. With fewer people entering and existing vacancies , Trucking is going to be hurting! It will also hurt the consumer!

[@noobgrinderTV]

​@treyfeeley2519 I quit. I was OTR for one year to get the necessary experience to go local which I did. I work my ass off for a beverage company now, but I would much rather put in the elbow grease versus ALL of the crap that comes with OTR.

[@Heartfullofgoldentempire]

it's more crazy learning etc or not knowing what to do when u not when they don't have a truck line etc about your and our lots big lots

[@jaybartgis5148]

You know the trucking industry is in trouble when not even "Lil Troy Shot Caller-Wanna-Be-A-Baller" can turn profit 😂

[@TheTarrMan]

As somebody who used to be a trucker I can tell you the reason why I quit is because we are working WAY too hard for WAY to little pay. 70 hours a week for less than $1000 before taxes is insulting. WE WERE MAKING LESS THAN $12 AN HOUR. Even McDonald's employees make more than that. EDIT : There seems to be some confusion in the replies so to clarify, I was paid by the mile. The company would brag about making "$1,000 a week". Sorry I wasn't clear. ($12 an hour x 40 hours = $480. That leave 30 hours overtime x $18 an hour = $540. $540 plus $480 equals $1020.)

[@kennethboyer2338]

Depends on who you work for. I spent 10 years at about that with it increasing every year. Left and came back 3 years later and the oay scale went up substantially. Now I'm making 7 figures and the benefits are better as well. My. Only gripe is the equipment because I don't like automatics. That's because of the way they're programmed and we're unable to put them in manual mode. So the damn things shift all the time, it also shifts when it shouldn't and doesn't when it needs to. I've told them numerous times we need that ability to have better control when on rilling 2 lane roads or bad weather.

[@victorgarrido9481]

True statement brother

[@pdeazy8207]

Who are working for that is only paying $12/hr? My company STARTS paying drivers at $28/hr with a lot of the more experienced drivers at $35/hr… $12 is ridiculous

[@TheTarrMan]

@@pdeazy8207 Most OTR trucking companies only pay by the mile. I was making about $1,000 a week before I moved on.

[@shphatyahyasharalah2321]

That's why I go 1099 if it's not paying over $30 an hour best to go 1099 and get paid weekly not no bi weekly crap

[@Hitherto90]

I'm a company driver of 7 years. I refuse to own my own truck, for a multitude of reasons, this being one of them.

[@neverobey1477]

I owned 3 trucks and had to get rid of them thanks to the biden administrations ideologies..

[@Heartfullofgoldentempire]

ups etc nyse had trade group 1 don't know about that or even mess with that at all from learning my self about

[@Heartfullofgoldentempire]

dangerous goods etc no joke learning and the modes of it etc big lots for any shipper etc supplier

[@Go-Getter]

Simple fix is for all those who are able to, to go on strike for a month. Set industry standards that is fair for everyone. If a company is paying $1000, the broker should be paid 10-15%, trucking company get paid the rest so that the operator can have enough to eat, upkeep his truck, and pay his driver. Or, just create a system/app where you can bypass the brokers, and the companies can deal directly with each other.

[@fmccloud]

Stop fantasizing, there will never be a general strike.

[@jacobgatlin7485]

It won't even take a month. It will take 3-5 days

[@ukayhemi6385]

Me personally I’d shut down for 2 weeks & those weeks would be Christmas week & the week before & comes out on the new year.

[@indo3052]

Aint nobody gonna do that

[@heneryevans685]

So if the broker is working with different drivers and does let say 5 deals a day at minimum of a $100 .🤔

[@charliesgrumma5388]

*THE FUTURE OF TRACTOR-TRAILER DELIVERY IS WRITTEN IN THE STARS.* And when I read it, it said, "The future of trucking is electric and driverless." Big manufacturers and retailers see the value in purchasing auto-drive electric trucks and these will be on the roads soon. I don't see 30,000 truckers out of a job, I see 3,000,000 truckers out of a job and very soon.

[@leetnessgaming9751]

I can see that.

[@Heartfullofgoldentempire]

now understand the company snapshot

[@Heartfullofgoldentempire]

learning about bidding and bonding they was not no good coming around our lots and your lots when were and the plants

[@TwoCents690]

Dude is right, they are taking 20 to 50 percent verifiable.

[@mcmans.]

25% Cut Minimum. Trucking is Tough Job with Low Margins.

[@rustyshackleford6637]

Yep you don't see more than the tip of the iceberg as the driver.

[@thomasbrooksjr380]

Proof ?🤔

[@TwoCents690]

Gumint has websites that show it.

[@mikecarr8617]

Brokers are definitely killing the trucking industry. I have been driving trucks for 19 years. And thinking about hanging up.

[@battletested2934]

Drivers need to do what brokers do then. Prospect for new business. Brokers don’t just magically have loads, they have to make 1000s n 1000s of calls to get new customers, with good lanes that pay enough for the driver n broker. If drivers makes those calls n get those loads themselves, problem solved

[@Heartfullofgoldentempire]

the postal service etc tractors truck lines etc no bs when u learning and training about that big lots about your and our lots

[@Heartfullofgoldentempire]

amazon hou8 was the right setup but we could not trade with each other like that back then about your and our lots big lots

[@tonebalone9203]

My 8 tires were 4300.00 bucks 😅

[@TheDriller100]

😂😂😂 wtf man you got played bad ! i don't who why people go to ta, petro, loves and give their money away.. for 4400 i can get all 16 tires

[@joesarmiento6911]

Yea they definitely played him . I just got 8 tires for 1650

[@roadrunner8274]

@@TheDriller10016 Chinese tires

[@CyBeRtRuCk835]

$1600, where they recapped tires? Where they brand new? Where they cheap brand no one’s ever heard of..???

[@johncalvo1743]

I paid 3 grand for a whole set of 16 ply drive tires. Installed and taxes included.

[@mwhitelaw8569]

I've brought this up to numerous shippers over the years. And sometimes i get a shipping clerk that works with me. Like calling the broker and canceling the load so they can give the individual a better piece of the action. It's rare, but it happens With people so consumed with getting rich quickly, it ain't gonna get better.

[@Heartfullofgoldentempire]

I was inbound trying to do both at the same time smh

[@Heartfullofgoldentempire]

it's best to get a mail etc postal service cargo contract etc cause of induct and process big lots better that way but yall will learn why

[@mityt2064]

Total Quality Logistics TQL needs to be brought to the Main Steam stealing fuel surcharge and like the man said taking to big of a percentage

[@Hitherto90]

I hate TQL. My company deals with them a lot.

[@Taha83]

The brokers should not cut more than %5 of the load.

[@michiganstad]

back to a regulated market ....

[@muffs55mercury61]

Most brokers are crooks. I'm retired but from what I hear some still offer just 80 cents a mile (1990 wage!) Some yet still take such loads just to get home. At $5 a gallon that won't even buy fuel money.

[@Heartfullofgoldentempire]

gotta understand your commerce business big lots

[@Eazy-E-DuzIT]

Stop the blame game, truckers need to stop expecting the low rates. If we all stop taking the low rates, rates will go up. Have some standers, if you don’t stand for nothing you fall for anything.

[@kingjames8283]

As a commercial driver of 37-years with the last 17 as an owner-operator, this past Sept '22 I called it quits and walked away. I sold my trucking equipment within a week and within six weeks later packed up and moved south. I'm still driving but now in a tri-axle dump truck getting paid by the hour. The downside of dump trucking is the weather for which it has been very wet down south with storms one after another which means I'm sitting at home not getting paid. Work will return but it hurts financially sitting idle. The freight side of trucking got to the point that nearly every load goes through a 3rd party broker who takes the lions share of the haul rate and by the time it trickles down to the trucker who does all the work, there is very little left and certainly not enough to run trucking equipment, pay a bank note, make repairs, buy parts, pay for fuel and insurance. My last 3 years during the pandemic was my best ever but once the flames began to die down and haul rates returned to normal, the cost of doing business (fuel, parts, repairs) remained high to continue trucking so I got out. It's hard to continue a trucking business when everyone has got their dirty fingers in the pie, each taking a piece, and the person doing the physical work getting peanuts. Then there is the other side of the coin where American born and raised truckers trying to make a living, competing for loads with all these undocumented/illegal foreign drivers working for practically nothing. Where as an American trucker needs $1,500 to move a load, the foreign drivers will do it for $300. Do you now see what American truckers are up against?

[@jacobgatlin7485]

It's $200 now smdh these people shouldn't be allowed to drive here if they are going to continue to kill the market! I'm sick of it! A Freight Brokers should fear putting any load out for these prices it's criminal!! Yet no regulations for Brokers just more regulations for truckers

[@mr.peepee6373]

Ah stfu u lien sad story telling. Im O.OPP 3yrs in rates are up and down. But America is rocking and rolling

[@shphatyahyasharalah2321]

You need to get more endorsements so you won't have to be sitting that's why I don't do the dump trucking it's seasonal unless you in states like California or Arizona

[@warrenbuffet8630]

Same with a lot of blue collar workers my friend. I’m a mechanic and it’s the same thing.. we need to rebel against this tyrannical government

[@joevarga5982]

I hope you're not voting Democrat.

[@cristianciula4033]

High fuel price , high insurance , low freight volume on spot market and high capacity leads to low rates and low profitability.Combined with high interest rates and high inflation will put small trucking companies out of business. For the mega carriers it’s a different story .If they go bankrupt it’s because bad management and also because they wanna get rid of Unions Every time the small carrier is fueling his truck someone on Wall Street it’s pocketing the fuel price increase. The problem with the small carriers it more complex that it seems .

[@Heartfullofgoldentempire]

really a headache learning and seeing when a lot don't have a contract etc with the postal service etc about our and your lots big lots

[@2010HarleyDynaFXD]

I'm a company driver I was making more as a mechanic and when I was a factory worker I was making more. As a OTR truck driver out all week for months 3 days home for "less" than a $1,000 pay check a week isn't worth it when I can just get a 5 day a week factory job and make more than that. 😢 And be home every night.

[@NEMESISISDEAD]

are you serious dude? im about to get my CDL....and what warehouse are you making a 1000 a week thats what i do now making 1200 driving forklifts but i have two jobs and im barely home

[@lancehammons5918]

Its honestly more of a capacity problem Too many got in during the good years

[@kevykev388]

Bingo! People have forgotten, you used to get on a load board 3 years ago and literally be the first person to call about that load all day. Now, freight has dropped but the amount of trucks added to the industry hasn't. So now, it's 10 independent carriers subconsciously fighting over 1 load and the broker sitting back letting em do it. It's sort of the same thing in real estate. Inventory is low but the industry is saturated with realtors, wholesalers, etc all trying to sell/buy the same house lol

[@Heartfullofgoldentempire]

if u don't know or learn how to trade etc or build something with the postal service etc truck lines etc it's not going to work no bs

[@Heartfullofgoldentempire]

best to learn the truck lines etc with the ftz zones if u can big lots about our and your lots

[@CJinsoo]

This guy is an excellent interviewer, he asks the right questions, and does it in a way that audience can follow.

[@Jmartphilly]

Not a single driver complained about what brokers were making when rates were high in 2020. The trucking industry has been overcapacity ever since deregulation and we're seeing the results here now. There is no truck driver shortage, never has been.

[@dave3660]

I have always complained about brokers

[@SidewaysBurnouts]

the hindus seem to be filling seats with people who have no business being in charge of a 80,000 pound missle. really seems like hindu mafia is letting far more people in to sap fair wages away from honest and hardworking people.

[@Reeceyfit2023]

Why complaining when the rate are high! What’s your point jack

[@SidewaysBurnouts]

they arent thats why drivers cant afford hometime. @@Reeceyfit2023

[@cportpapi3054]

Because those were the real rates and they are still paying the same brokers just stealing money

[@Heartfullofgoldentempire]

federal land etc customs district is a must if u can big lots no bs

[@Heartfullofgoldentempire]

should be enough routes that's showing postal service etc too understand big lots crop season etc federal land etc civil rights etc big lots

[@highwayred480]

I was in Nagalas Arizona in 1986 and witnessed drivers just hauling for fuel cost to get to where they could get to some freight that would pay going rates, it's been bad since deregulation and only a sweat factory job since then

[@bennyhall2790]

Broker has a computer invested yet the driver has a 1/4 million dollar set up and his life involved and they want the same pay is bs

[@Ridesharfacts]

Exactly seem like drivers Need to start brokering also it’s the only way to cut out the middle man🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

[@SpecialAgentNoble77]

#DontTakeTheLoad

[@Heartfullofgoldentempire]

it's best too induct and process and the postal service etc if u can if u understand just because it say's paid by about our and your lots u gotta understand the contract business as a shipper etc with the irs no bs

[@Heartfullofgoldentempire]

best thing to do big lots find somewhere or etc and see your self ship etc big lots save u a lot of trouble

[@tonamarie3252]

The brokers are literally stealing our drivers' money. I get the concept of brokers. However, I cannot stand them. (I'm a dispatcher and operations manager for 26+ years)

[@BW-hj4dp]

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[@BW-hj4dp]

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[@donjulio4025]

the same as all industry, the greedy corporations destroy what they touch. yellow was given 750 million dollars and mgmt wasted it

[@Heartfullofgoldentempire]

parcel etc no joke big lots about your and our lots whenever it comes to tracking about containers etc big lots some stuff u gotta learn and see your self to figure out big lots

[@Heartfullofgoldentempire]

give u a heads up don't get no postal permits about your and our lots if u not going to be a postal employee with the postmaster save u a headache about that if u don't understand the contracting officer business about your and our lots

[@Fieldspowerfitness]

Im currently working on shutting my company down and leaving the industry. It really has been the worst experience of my whole life! Every day there is a issue with something. An the overhead is ridiculous! I hate everything about being a owner operator!

[@Pinolero1984]

After 20 years myself I had to shut it down , now I'm a company driver for K and B out of Sioux city IA and I'm making more a week than before owning my own. The key is getting those contracts early with the mega companies. And not having to deal with brokers. 😢

[@stephensharples6834]

About time the right topic and the right things are being said on a national news outlet thank you brothers

[@Heartfullofgoldentempire]

it's crazy how a lot of can become ports etc from having a certain record etc big lots about our and our lots big lots

[@Heartfullofgoldentempire]

got hit with transport etc training at hou8 they could not do nothing for me back then like a lot

[@javarrisjohnson57]

I’m surely walking away. All I need is a few more college credits and my degree will be finished

[@seans7261]

The driver should be getting the majority of the money. That’s just common sense. Screw the brokers they’re not doing the hard part!

[@Heartfullofgoldentempire]

unless u have other shippers etc that's partner and can get your training etc with big lots

[@Heartfullofgoldentempire]

that's why it's best to report the shipments about your and our lots if u can big lots no bs u never know

[@hamiltonbuchanan8140]

We need a driver’s union. We have to stick together to beat the system

[@dewaynem559]

I drove truck since the early 70s and you can't trust the brokers I hauled pipe in the 80s the load payed 2800 for a 800 mile load this other owner showed me his bills his broker put the load paid 1200 and then the broker was taking 10 percent of that ,I couldn't beleave such a crook I had my own PUCs but when I sold my truck I sold my authority with it I wish I'd kept the authority also government regulations also is helping kill the industry

[@Heartfullofgoldentempire]

understand why it's better to induct and process also have a contract etc with the postal service etc about our and your lots big lots

[@Heartfullofgoldentempire]

induct and process etc smh about consignee etc big lots

[@pabs5270]

Greed. It’s hurting us all.

[@Alleycatt79]

Why is this guy keep saying 500 bucks he’s the one that’s taking these cheap loads drivers please stop taking cheap loads we have to stick together to stop this

[@Heartfullofgoldentempire]

it's a lot of employers can not deal with these truck lines etc about our and your lots but they can big lots

[@Heartfullofgoldentempire]

trying to put dem trucks etc with the right tractors etc is not easy if u don't have the right training or learning about your and our lots big lots

[@tonebalone9203]

Avoid brokers by getting your DOT, speak direct to ur Distributors

[@M.J.TheGr8]

Are you saying that truckers can become their own brokers? If so, what stops/prevents them from doing that? Just curious about this issue…

[@CForged]

If you get your own authority as one truck then you can get direct shippers to work with but it’s not at all that easy. And when you deliver that load then what? You need to use a broker to find another load

[@SpecialAgentNoble77]

@@M.J.TheGr8 Truckers need access to variety of loads in order to keep the wheels turning.

[@WesleyGilbert-uf4gc]

After 7 years as a truck driver, I am so glad I left the trucking industry. I rather work minumum wage as a caretaker for my own mom and be home everyday. Every trucker should quit their job and let them replace us with self driving trucks so we can watch the entire economy crash already!

[@Heartfullofgoldentempire]

no lie from learning truck lines etc has a lot to do with tsa etc no bs

[@Heartfullofgoldentempire]

was not a employer back then like I am now big lots and learning the truck lines business etc for my self which I learn and understand how to report it under the chamber of commerce about our and your lots big lots

[@allenrodriguez49]

To our truckers who who bring us out food and everything we need in usa and everywhere driving these big dangerous trucks safely i actually see you all as heros and i am very sorry this is happening of you never heard this truckers are heros i. Their own way and thank you for your work