I hire truckers every year to drive my fleet of concrete mixers, pickins are getting slim, nobody wants to drive truck as much as it used to be, qualifications are minimal most of the time, I get most new drivers right out of truck driving school which may sound odd but they tend to stay around a bit longer, they know the competition is stiff for the higher paying jobs.
A lot of owner operators have folded, fuel too expensive. Also the Feds won’t allow the older rigs on the road, especially in parts of CA.
But don't they allow the wrecks from Mexico to operate in CA?