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That's because they are filling the vacuum left behind by the ones that moved into other markets. The smart ones followed the truckers and the money to greener pastures.
If you watch I-94, you notice a lot of former hopper trucks, switching over to reefer And flatbed. You see a tractor with a tag axle on it (which is just dead weight for OTR work) and a name like smith farms on the door, pulling reefer or flat bed, and then a month later you see the same truck, only now the tag axle has been removed, so obviously they don't plan on going back to hopper work. Soon the only ones left pulling a hopper will be farmers, who have to haul their own product. It has really shocked me how many brand new stainless steel spread axle reefers you see running I-94, being pulled by show trucks. It's clear who is making money and who is not.

You can also see them on this forum trying to pump any information they can get..on prices..wheter to charge by the bushel..or what..some here will bite on their questions..but there are most here that won't even answer them...if you don't know what you're doing.. then it's best not to do it..and this isn't dry van freight..