Anyone know how trucks are getting loads, without insurance or authority
In the last couple of years I have been seeing a lot of old beat up POS trucks out there with people that can't speak english. They dont have authority and they don't have insurance and yet they are able to load out on farms and carry to ports? Are these people being vetted, if so by who? Are they getting loads from someone that is getting the loads from the broker with all the legal qualifacations and then farming out the loads to people with none and taking a little cut? The reason I ask is a farmer brought this to my attention. The operators that normally had hauled his wheat where not coming out and told him that the rate had gotten so cheap it was no longer any way they could haul. Another thing that I personally saw where drivers with no driver license are driving. DOT in Lamar Colo was the man that told me about it when he called me in to check my license. He said they had caught 9 in 1 day? So they weren't smart enough to get around the scales and got caught, GOOD! I myself have been struggling in last couple of months because rates have dropped below what I personally will haul for. " Fuel prices are down" Bullsh#$. My insurance just went up $800+ a year. When I called and ask why because I have a good record and nothing had happened or changed? The answer was by the agent "There has been a hugh claim on some nuclear accident somewhere and they had to pay out a hugh sum so everyone is being hit". WTF? Fuel prices being down shouldn't cut the rates. Nothing and I mean nothing else is lower. So I sit more now than I run. In MY opinion if I can't make some kind of profit it is cheaper to set than to put on wear and tear that will show up on down the road. O/O's know what I am saying taxes, tires, oil. Running below a profit will bite you in the ass sooner or later. Hold out for better rates and hopefully we can get things back to normal and weed out these cut throats, including most, not all brokers.
Kind of got off the original post but it all goes together.