I had heard that JB Hint and Schneider were making regular trips into Mexico...did I miss something ?
No prob. Just rull all the drivers SS numbers. Any two or more names that have idential SS numbers would jump at the chance to get a paid trip to their home country with a free pass to get back in the US.
Too damned dangerous. Insurance won’t cover without a special rider, anyway.
“Aside from a handfull of owner operators I wish them lots of luck finding American drivers who go to mexico.”
You are so right on cripplecreek, and those O/O’s that do go down there are Mexican’s anyway, so let them pay the bribes and put up with the bandits.
My brother in law was a truck driver, he said pretty much the same thing about N.Y.C., that many truckers would not go there.
His own experience there, which I found a bit humorous but he didn't, was that he had to double park for 5 minutes and asked a meter maid if it was ok, she said, sure, go ahead. He went in whereever and came out 5 minutes later to find a very expensive parking ticket on the windshield, his side window was smashed and his brief case was stolen.
“Aside from a handfull of owner operators I wish them lots of luck finding American drivers who go to mexico.”
No kidding. If an American Teamster drove a truck into Mexico, deep into Mexico, does anyone think it would ever come out?
There will always be Canada though :)
My guess is that any American trucking company that wanted to operate in Mexico would have to hire Mexicans to drive the trucks. The drivers would be in danger otherwise.
That’s the way this whole NAFTA deal works. It means Mexicans can come up here and work, and that our companies can go down there and employ Mexicans.
Personally I could not imagine investing all that money in a big rig and then taking it into Mexico. Between the thieves, hijackers, drug thugs and federales, the risk is just too high. And I can imagine the insurance costs.