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Great post, and thanks for taking the the time to do it. Do not ever think as an individual you cannot make a difference. I do the same thing your saying with regards to rates. We do need to and have to work together. And it can happen. This industry needs to be "regulated" more as much as I do...

I never called anyone here a "retard". Don't try and take the thread in a different direction.

It is not "pure speculation". There are also carriers that do not give drivers a lower rate but know that other carriers do, while keeping their rate at the "industry standard". There is a universal medium we need to be at out here, and many drivers are simply going home and getting local jobs...

I have met many owner operators driving cube vans and doing it right, with regard to charging reasonable rates. I am not on some "witch hunt". And anyone out here not making any money does not make me feel better. The cube van drivers, as well as other types of vans that are driving for some of...

That's a great idea. But I think too many are desperate for work right now with the way the business is. I just talked to a straight truck diver last week from load 1 who had rescued a load recently from a cube van when the axle broke from being over loaded.

I might be wrong, but I think the quickest solution to weeding out these carriers and brokers that have driven down rates for drivers and carriers/brokers because they use vehicles, drivers, and crooked practices with insurance, as in not having the "industry standard amount", to keep their...

Thanks for posting, as well as reading this thread, John Mueller.

Do you know how ignorant it sounds when someone states that you should "learn two other languages and then you can talk to me", or something along those lines. Nuts.

I never said that all foreigners are responsible. I have defended them as well, and I have known and know plenty that do it right... pay insurance, run within weight limits, etc. However, based on what I have seen and individuals I have talked to, there are many foreigners that are running...

I just realized that you are probably from East Africa, and you immigrated to another continent because yours was just to good and you wanted to share the wealth. I could be wrong of course. I am trying to make things better for all of us. My name is not "dude" and find something better to do...

I don't care for or need your respect? What a joke. I didn't have to learn anymore languages because I speak the best one and the most dominant one on earth. Do you know the one language all air traffic controller and pilots must speak? ENGLISH. So, if you have something to prove, go back to...

It's not a "me world" and you don't own anything. And there is no getting over anything. Whining? You sound like someone that lost everything along with having poor social skills and this is the best you can do. There are people in prison who are happy too. 3 meals a day and a roof over their...

You really need to work on your English so that we can all understand.

I did not put foreigners on blast like they are "all the same". I clearly wrote that some come here and do it right. Read it again, or get a translator.

The Irish and Italians also formed unions to protect their wages. And that was also a very different era in terms of what a dollar could purchase. Not even comparable to the present. The "new version of expedite" is exploitation by non-citizens. Fact.

The reason it is "certain colors of vans" is because, as I said, these cube vans are cheaper to purchase and maintain and run illegal, weight wise anyway, than sprinter size or cargo vans. So it does matter. And as far as low rates go, it is by far, in my opinion and experience that it is...

Additionally, when I start a thread, it would be great if it could stay on topic. Those of you whom want to act like 6th graders in a farting contest should send each other private messages. Or turn to channel 17 on the cb.

The cube van is used the most by these companies and drivers because it is more effective at handling overweight loads than a sprinter or cargo van. It also has more space. And the cube van is far cheaper to buy and maintain than a sprinter.

FlyingVan said it all in one sentence. "They run over 10K and without proper insurance". Why it matters as to the "Penske cube vans" is that with my several years of experience out here, these van types have been the predominant vehicle used to do this, based on what I have seen. A foreigner...