[Toddsterpatriot]

First of all, there is a shortage of 20,000 truck drivers (this fact is not debateable) and the need for drivers is very likely to increase into the future.

I'll bet you'd cry if we shut down trade with Mexico and 20,000 American drivers lost their jobs. But at least those nasty foreigners wouldn't be driving their trucks here.

[1rudeboy]

I used to sell a steel building product that was delivered (primarily) on 48' flatbeds. Turns out that a lot of flatbed haulers are farmers on the side. I think it was because the skills/equipment were synergistic, but that's another story. Right about this time next month, the supply of available flatbeds/haulers begins to dry up (at least in the Midwest), and it slowly gets worse until the problem peaks in late August to mid-September. It's because the drivers are home busy bringing in the harvest.

Sadly enough, this period also almost perfectly coincides with the busiest part of construction season, as everybody tries to get their frames/walls up before bad weather hits. The perfect ulcer storm.