Yes. $1.10 a mile, especially in a truck is CHEAP! You wonder why they are doing it for $60/day as mentioned in the opening thread, THIS IS THE REASON! You guys and gals that run for less than $1.30/mile in cargo vans, and it goes up from there depending on your truck size, are what's killing this industry. I was looking at settlement statements from 1998/99/2000 from Robts Express/FECC, and the pay is the exact same now as it was back then, but we are paying four times as much for fuel and other expenses. When we as a whole are willing to work for the dirt cheap prices that are being thrown at us, can you wonder why there is no work, and the "Pesky Penske non-English speaking drivers" are getting the work? Anyone who runs for $.90 - $1.25/ mile as an owner in a CV is a fool. I can see it if you want to home, or get to a higher freight area, but do you seriously wonder why there are so many foreigners who are willing to run in these "Pesky Penskes" that are overloaded and unsafe I'm sure in so many other areas, we as an industry have done it to ourselves. It's what the market will bear, and the brokers know it.
Another thing, when I pass the scales I see signs that say ALL trucks must enter, RENTAL TRUCKS ALSO (my paraphrase). So how can these "Pesky Penskes" not stop at the scales? Do they just blow by them and take their chances on not getting pulled over a mile down for a scale violation? I sure do hope that the DOT does and will nail these guys and force them to live up to the standards that the rest of us maintain. The DOT are cops - when you want one you can't find one, and when you don't want one they are all over you.
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