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If they start closing them down (enough truck stops) and enough truck drivers cannot find a secure place to do the 3 S' and have a meal with some choices, then the strike starts. Apparently, the profit margins are much smaller than many drivers realized...

Well, that might be the case, in theory. But today, Dick Cheney might well have declared all power to him. Seems far-fetched? Didn't Alexander Haig once say he was the next in line after Reagan was shot? Point: the mind-set of all politicians in the top positions is we are smarter than you and...

Well, I doubt the mellonheads want you to stay out of Ontario. If that were the case, then all their plants would close...Same business with Chinese-made products- would you like to see all the clothing stores close? My self, I really do not want to go back to loin cloths. I even have a nice...

Correct indeed...Every company has warts, some of which you can overlook, and some that become a downright pain in the arse. No one likes to take a load barely over 100 miles, and then sit for eight by rejecting it. But, it is not a policy set in stone- is it forced dispatch: to ask is to...

Stick with it Phil... I do not always agree with everything you say, but you have the nerve to see the world as it is, not as you would like it to be. I doubt the worst is behind us: I thought October was not so great- then I made a lateral move to be closer to home. That is turning out to be a...

PS. FYI- the LTL freight is falling the fastest- go figure. Most shipping now being done is truckload stuff. I have talked to a few big truck owners/drivers in Canada recently- and they sit almost as long as we have...Point: you will be seeing less of that LTL crap, unless you haul as cheap as...

Pardon me, but it it stayed constant, you lost money...

No problem... I never made any editorial comment, other than it cannot be good news for the industry. The most severe downturn in 26 years, and some act like it is not happening...The above post concerning vans is more to the point, instead of some these ridiculous comments that are not serious...

I came across this quite by accident- trying to find some real time information about the decline in truck transport volumes over the fall period (late 3rd qtr. to present). Apparently Express-1 announced this on Nov. 19. "US premium transport service provider Express-1 Expedited is to lose...

My point is: The Chinese gov. are dumping huge amounts of money into building roads, bridges; that is, infrastructure... The CCP is so worried about un-rest they will attempt to keep people working. Secondly, just shows how global this is- but parasites who run our economy are responsible for...

Phil had made the case, and the numbers do not lie. "We are headed into uncharted territory". Point is, all that money has gone only to the rich, the speculators that are parasites on our labor, and the banks who now hoard the money, and refuse to lend. Since B. of Asamerica took over my bank...

What is Transflo? How do they deliver,, etc. Presumably they have a website of similar name? PS- No need to worry about little trucks- unless your company wants to stack up trucks like cordwood. Same for those who keep adding straights...This will not be ordinary recession. That is why I would...

Dave KC is spot-on. I have done well as a solo, but at some point in the past, teamed with my significant other, I might have done very well. Solos are now becoming dinosaurs, unless one finds a niche and CYA- take every opportunity to make $$. No pets, get hazmat, etc. There are no absolutes as...

I agree- but I don't want to beat him to death, but I still do not know if he drives a truck of any type or a van. Would be nice if people told us up front what they drive...that would make a difference way back at the beginning.

For the joke of the day, thought some of you may want to see what B & C units look like in China. Sorry B's & C's, I had to call these two sterling units something...seems that in China, if it has wheels and runs, it can take to the roads. Only decent units I saw were some gravel-haulers and...

I just give them a dose of their own medicine for a minute. Sorry, but some of these people have lost their driving skills, and their manners- but as we begin to realize these days, bad manners are not relegated only to truck drivers...nuff said!

The latest move partly nationalizes the 9 major banks. Socialism only for the rich and their parasitic economic policies. They do not build much here anymore, they just create financial get rich quick schemes, while we get the shaft and watch jobs and livelihoods disappear. I do not see anyone...

Bloomberg.com: Worldwide The url above is at least one article I found about this. The plant in St. Thomas will close in March, and another in Portland after labor contracts. I think the St. Thomas plant had a strike a couple years ago, albeit a brief one, and recently, the entire second...

The job is never done until the paperwork is done- right?

Power plants are starting to get real peculiar as well. I lost at least two loads in one week, and that was the end of the feline companion. (Not literally the end). The cat hair was starting to get on my nerves anyway. A TA waitress was very pleased to get a pet for her child. So word to the...