Posted on 03/26/2008 7:37:44 AM PDT by captjanaway
too much fat and gristle... not enough substance.
Truckers are getting screwed...Their pay is crap, the job sucks, you can’t have a home life, and now their insurance and fuel costs, fees and government regulations have all but killed them off. Most those left are hanging by their finger tips.
Transportation has been in a slump for a while, there’s just less business for them.
Truckers who charge customers a fuel surcharge make this author’s point moot. Customers who don’t pay a surcharge, or reasonable compensation shouldn’t soon have truckers who’ll work for free.
This “strike” thing makes no sense. Why hurt truckers who work for companies that are surviving in this market? And who are the independents striking against and what precisely are their demands?
lol, I wonder why...See 22.
In todays America, being a trucker is probably one of the worst jobs one can take.
I'm the first to sympathize with independent truckers in most cases, but let's keep this whole thing in perspective. What's really affecting the trucking industry more than anything else is not so much the high price of fuel, but the fact that they operate in a largely deregulated industry where more and more players are competing on a highway system that is outside their control (and financed heavily by taxpayers, I might add).
I don't know what the answer is, but I do suggest that fuel surcharges should be implemented as a matter of course these days by any trucker who wants to stay in business.
Knarf,
My father-in-law is a 60 year old driver. He started in the 70’s as an O/O and but eventually sold his truck and went to work for several trucking companies in the 90’s. About 5 years ago he left over the road trucking so that he could sleep in his own bed every night and is now hauling parts for one of the big 3 automakers between Cincinnati and Detroit. He hopes to retire in a couple years and I know companies like his are always looking for experienced drivers.
Check with Penske, Excel, FedEx, DHL, etc... Don’t be afraid to hire someone to coach you on interviewing techniques and or writing/updating your resume.
Hang in there. You will find something.
Mike
Trucker ping.
MASON!!
Don't put that in your mouth!!
You don't know where it's been.....
What will happen is that this will put the independents out of business, leaving only the massive trucking corporations. The massive corporations will then pass the cost on to consumers.
We'll just hang them , and eat C-3 rations.
ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒE
Spoke with a church member who has his own tiny trucking company. He primarily hauls fertilizer and other hevy trailer loads. He said that his fuel cost per mile is now 91 cents per mile. This figure does not include maintenance, labor, salary, etc. He is billing in what he can,but staying in business is by the skin of his teeth.
Americans are pissed off. We so called free Americans are lectured every day by these socialist groups, telling us how we should live. We have taxation without representation. Every day commercials are running on the airways telling us free citizens that the IRS is watching us and will take all we have if we don't declare income properly. They threaten us as 50 million illegals take needed jobs and will probrably never be audited.
On a related subject, how much business have the railroads taken away from truckers since double-stacked rail cars were introduced?
"Will 2008 see a repeat of the 1970s, when the striking union truckers shut down factories and nearly brought the nation to its knees? Without the organization of the labor unions, it will be a daunting task, but it is not beyond the realm of possibility."
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Sounds like a threat from the union.
a disaster waiting for a place to happen; break out the popcorn and the AK-47.
Having worked in recieving at a factory most of the past 5 years I can say that all the majors coming to those docks added timely fuel surcharges on the bills I signed.
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