KEEPING PACE IN TRUCKING INDUSTRY

As people have noticed, trucking rates for dry van, reefer, flatbed, and etc. are at an all time high right now.These types of divisions are made up of some very large trucking companys that can easily influence the trucking industry. Say what you want about these big companys, but they are doing a good job of helping to keep good rates up and in sink with markets and operating cost even with the very large discounts these big companys get in fuel discounts, equipment purchases, repairs, and etc. compared to small companys. On the other hand there is the bulk commodity industry and a few other commodities that is made up in large part of independent contractors and mostly very small fleets. Even with a higher demand the small fleet industry is lagging far behind the very large fleet industry's rates. This kind of tells me that the small fleet companys and O/O are more willing to cut rates at any cost. I stated in other post that I dont have to much beef against brokers, and the reason for that is because there is brokers in the bulk industry that is trying to get rates up, (I am not a broker) and yet a contractor will go in and under cut there negotiations and rates and haul it cheaper by going direct, and we all know that in this industry it is very easy to walk into most of the companys in this industry and set up direct freight loads. This just does not make sense to me.