They're called brokers because they "broke" anyone who deals with them. Truck brokers, timber brokers, stock brokers, they ALL get rich while the rest get BROKE!
I've been trucking since 1998 I have never seen so many trucks in my life on the road. We went to New Jersey this last weekend to visit family. Not working, just a pleasure trip. And I have never seen so many trucks on the road 40 is a nightmare. It's never been good, but it was worse than it's ever when I go to have a havasu It's just so many trucks on the road. They can't say that there's a trucker or shortage. You can't even find a place to park anymore. To sleep truck, stops are full to the brim. People are sleeping on fuel Islands.
It’s funny how he says cheap wages comes because of truck driver shortage. If there is a shortage of truck drivers, then pay should be higher not less.
Not necessarily true. By saying that there is a driver shortage, this encourages government to give Mega carriers special grants Etc to continually push drivers through CDL School and instantly be hired by all these carriers, causing a oversaturation of drivers which naturally drives the rates lower
No broker should be allowed to list any loads on loadboards(either their board or someone else’s) for less than an industry fair rate per mile. In other words, why do we see loads listed for less than $1 a mile? No trucking company can operate on those rates and maintain good service and properly pay drivers and bills for longevity at those low rates. I don’t mind brokers haggling to keep as much as the want, but they should have to pay a basic rate that actually allows carriers to operate successfully!!!
Dude being OTR many nights you can’t even find “safe” parking I see more and more individuals hopping on the road because of opportunities. Not saying they are the best for everyone depending what you haul. I’m glad they approved the money to build more driver parking I hope it helps!
If you want to get rid of cheap freight ,let us see the rate in real time when your actual negotiating the rate not two days later .I promise you no one would run that load for 300 buck if they knew the load paid 800
This just seems like common sense to me. I think the way it's being done forces drivers to compete for loads negating standardized prices across all boards, their making money pitting carriers against each other forcing the carriers to work against their own best interest.
What do you guys know about small carriers having to have cargo insurance on every trucks 1000$ - 1600$ each truck instead of cargo on 1 truck and the rest physical damage and liability . Would the business cargo or liability cover all trucks under authority?
This just seems like common sense to me. I think the way it's being done forces drivers to compete for loads negating standardized prices across all boards, their making money pitting carriers against each other forcing the carriers to work against their own best interest. While they make money off of all your backs.
It's not about being forced to take it. It's the fact that brokers stick together which is easy as it benefits them since it allows them to keep more of the the funds in their pockets/businesses. If one broker lowers the rate in an area, they all do forcing drivers to act out of desperation and we know, drivers don't stick together. If we reject loads in, let's say, FL, everyone will leave empty all the time. Multiply that by all areas in all states and most of us will make no money. Having one truck makes it difficult to land a direct customer and some of us tried tried to expand but do not want the headache of dealing with and depending on drivers anymore. The brokers are just crooked and thieving. The don't understand that every trucking company that goes belly-up, is one less they will have to move their freight and make them money. In essence, they keep chopping the branches to get the fruit. Many truckers can't afford to repair their trucks properly, trucks that are on the same roads as them, their families and friends. Let them keep on keeping on. Time will sort things out and I think they are the ones who will have the most regrets.
Why isn't more made out of the fact that the DOT exempt livestock haulers from using ELDs because they said they couldn't do their job safely using them? They are saying paper logs are safer.
It’s because the livestock can only be left in those trailers for 28 hours. If they’re in there longer than that they have to let them out and feed them. Who is going to find a place for all that? Then unload & reload to let them out for five hours?!? That would all fall on the driver? Yet they only have so much time to be on duty and so much drive time? Who pays for it? Not only that but they have a 150 mile radius and nobody has to keep logs if you stay within 150 or less a day! I haven’t kept a log for years cause I’m local now (thank God) but I never go past that 150 mile radius of my home so My truck does not have an ELD.
@marie_marie01 Why that simple question goes over people's heads is amazing. That made zero sense. ELDs record time, they have nothing to do with what's in the trailer. The HOS rules are the same for someone hauling livestock or pulling a Van, Flat or Refer. Why don't livestock haulers run a team, if what you said is true? Most drivers sit at docks 20-30 hours a week and don't get paid. The point is, the Government knows ELDs are unsafe, that is why they exempt livestock haulers from using them. They know they won't stop and check on the cattle like they should with ELDs because they count every single minute. Paper Logs give drivers a 15-minute leeway on every duty change. They are saying it is safer to fudge or lie, which it is. But everyone should have that safety feature. That is the point and no one sees it
Don't have to watch it - just listen while driving. More inportant, please use the link to voice your concerns about broker transparency since you are so vocal - and please, try to act a little mature, professional and respectful. It's easy to act disrespectful, immature and unprofessional; we can all do that without effort. Every comment brings us closer to a resolution in this struggle between brokers and carriers. Bless.
We have a shortage of professional drivers! It’s easy to be a ass hole, but good driver’s know that there’s no end to do the right thing. When you don’t give a crap 💩, then you are a flea, but a ethical person knows when they are around another person who does give a crap. We all need to give a crap. Doing the right thing all the time is respect. What is going on now is out of control-
How does learning the rate 48 hrs later help the trucker? Will it make carrier decide not to use that broker? Will there be a place created where the carriers will be able to share the retrieved information? How will this rule be enforced? What should carriers do when they find out the broker cheated them? Will there be somewhere they can file complaints? I think based on all i learned its a great first step but i think it hasnt really been thought through from a carrier perspective, it still seems to favor the broker. Im just a fledgling trucker in trucking school but i have been in business for over 20 years before i decided on this career path of trucking, im constantly finding myself surprised that an industry as large and diverse as trucking lacks so much in actual business administration fundamentals.
There's not a trucker shortage. What there is, is a shortage of drivers willing to put up with BS. The truckers get recruited with all this pie in the sky crap, only to realize this company is as bad as the last. It could be something as simple as maintenance, or the position and what is asked of the driver requiring more than was initially told.
PLS brokerage wouldn't pay my detention. Said my/their gps tracker app was accurate. I screenshot it and sent it to them. Also I call receive to let know i was there. Screenshot that 1 too. I call receiver to ask i he remembered me there and the times. He said broker never contacted him. Which the pls broker lied and said he would call receiver to ask if I was on site and unloading times
First stop issue CDL to foriners Citizens ONLY ! Then pay right money and problem gone by over less accidents less urine on truck stops no long line to pay full no crazy driving and many other no
Living in a CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC you know what I'm about to say is covered by the UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION: The Supreme Law of the Land !! The steering wheel in the next photo shot has more credibility. Duffy too !!
Make sure to put in your comment to FMCSA
fightingfortruckers.com/policies/broker-transparency/
Done. I know I wrote a lot as I responded to all bullet points plus added a bit more relevant information.
There is a driver….shortage of good experienced drivers. But no shortage of steering wheel holders
Driver should get paid hourly $40 hour after 40 hours should get paid $60 no shortage in us
They're called brokers because they "broke" anyone who deals with them. Truck brokers, timber brokers, stock brokers, they ALL get rich while the rest get BROKE!
I've been trucking since 1998 I have never seen so many trucks in my life on the road. We went to New Jersey this last weekend to visit family. Not working, just a pleasure trip. And I have never seen so many trucks on the road 40 is a nightmare. It's never been good, but it was worse than it's ever when I go to have a havasu It's just so many trucks on the road. They can't say that there's a trucker or shortage. You can't even find a place to park anymore. To sleep truck, stops are full to the brim. People are sleeping on fuel Islands.
There's no driver shortage, its a LEGAL DRIVERS SHORTSGE
👆🏼👆🏼👆🏼 THIS!!!! 😂🫢
It’s funny how he says cheap wages comes because of truck driver shortage. If there is a shortage of truck drivers, then pay should be higher not less.
Not necessarily true. By saying that there is a driver shortage, this encourages government to give Mega carriers special grants Etc to continually push drivers through CDL School and instantly be hired by all these carriers, causing a oversaturation of drivers which naturally drives the rates lower
Thank you OOIDA for your service and support in our fight for our country to keep our truckers from getting forgotten by congress.
Nothing is ever going to change; until we sue the 💩 out of them
all oida did to me is take my money what have they done for truckers
What has OOIDA done? Even ATA knew it was useless to talk with OOIDA.
No broker should be allowed to list any loads on loadboards(either their board or someone else’s) for less than an industry fair rate per mile. In other words, why do we see loads listed for less than $1 a mile?
No trucking company can operate on those rates and maintain good service and properly pay drivers and bills for longevity at those low rates. I don’t mind brokers haggling to keep as much as the want, but they should have to pay a basic rate that actually allows carriers to operate successfully!!!
48 hours after load is delivered to find out what load pays,??,is that right,what kinda stupid shit is that??
At this point it’s out of control
Dude being OTR many nights you can’t even find “safe” parking I see more and more individuals hopping on the road because of opportunities. Not saying they are the best for everyone depending what you haul. I’m glad they approved the money to build more driver parking I hope it helps!
It’s just a drop in the bucket
@ sometimes I lie to myself to sleep easier 🤣🤣🤣.
If you want to get rid of cheap freight ,let us see the rate in real time when your actual negotiating the rate not two days later .I promise you no one would run that load for 300 buck if they knew the load paid 800
This just seems like common sense to me. I think the way it's being done forces drivers to compete for loads negating standardized prices across all boards, their making money pitting carriers against each other forcing the carriers to work against their own best interest.
The answer that so many don’t want to hear is that freight needs to move hub and spoke by local unionized drivers such as before deregulation
There’s been 100’s of FMCA’s rule changes this year. For me nothing has changed 😂 it’s same old same old.
You should edit it for the key moments please
Feels like this is a commercial for o i d a... Alex always looking for the hustle
Just trying to get info for yall, they talk to fmcsa directly, but of course they are willing to be on the show for their reason as well.
Alex in 2010 I and over 200 truckers got tickets in Illinois 0ver 17.000 dollars I vent to OOIDA to bring attention thay didn't care all
What do you guys know about small carriers having to have cargo insurance on every trucks 1000$ - 1600$ each truck instead of cargo on 1 truck and the rest physical damage and liability . Would the business cargo or liability cover all trucks under authority?
This just seems like common sense to me. I think the way it's being done forces drivers to compete for loads negating standardized prices across all boards, their making money pitting carriers against each other forcing the carriers to work against their own best interest. While they make money off of all your backs.
Why don't you contact Theo Von or Joe Rogan and see if they can get an interview with Vance or Trump
Good shyt👍🏿❤
What is broker transparency?
So over 170 thousand drivers loose their jobs because they smoked pot but they say there is no driver shortage ........really ?
Thumbs 👍
It's not about being forced to take it. It's the fact that brokers stick together which is easy as it benefits them since it allows them to keep more of the the funds in their pockets/businesses. If one broker lowers the rate in an area, they all do forcing drivers to act out of desperation and we know, drivers don't stick together. If we reject loads in, let's say, FL, everyone will leave empty all the time. Multiply that by all areas in all states and most of us will make no money. Having one truck makes it difficult to land a direct customer and some of us tried tried to expand but do not want the headache of dealing with and depending on drivers anymore.
The brokers are just crooked and thieving. The don't understand that every trucking company that goes belly-up, is one less they will have to move their freight and make them money. In essence, they keep chopping the branches to get the fruit. Many truckers can't afford to repair their trucks properly, trucks that are on the same roads as them, their families and friends. Let them keep on keeping on. Time will sort things out and I think they are the ones who will have the most regrets.
Why isn't more made out of the fact that the DOT exempt livestock haulers from using ELDs because they said they couldn't do their job safely using them? They are saying paper logs are safer.
It’s because the livestock can only be left in those trailers for 28 hours. If they’re in there longer than that they have to let them out and feed them. Who is going to find a place for all that? Then unload & reload to let them out for five hours?!? That would all fall on the driver? Yet they only have so much time to be on duty and so much drive time? Who pays for it?
Not only that but they have a 150 mile radius and nobody has to keep logs if you stay within 150 or less a day! I haven’t kept a log for years cause I’m local now (thank God) but I never go past that 150 mile radius of my home so My truck does not have an ELD.
@marie_marie01 Why that simple question goes over people's heads is amazing. That made zero sense. ELDs record time, they have nothing to do with what's in the trailer. The HOS rules are the same for someone hauling livestock or pulling a Van, Flat or Refer. Why don't livestock haulers run a team, if what you said is true? Most drivers sit at docks 20-30 hours a week and don't get paid. The point is, the Government knows ELDs are unsafe, that is why they exempt livestock haulers from using them. They know they won't stop and check on the cattle like they should with ELDs because they count every single minute. Paper Logs give drivers a 15-minute leeway on every duty change. They are saying it is safer to fudge or lie, which it is. But everyone should have that safety feature. That is the point and no one sees it
We don't have an hour 32 minutes to see this news WTF?
Main topic- use this link to reach FMCSA for broker transparency. fightingfortruckers.com/policies/broker-transparency/
Right, I always pause at 0:01 and search the comments for answers, because the videos are excessively long word salads.
Don't have to watch it - just listen while driving. More inportant, please use the link to voice your concerns about broker transparency since you are so vocal - and please, try to act a little mature, professional and respectful. It's easy to act disrespectful, immature and unprofessional; we can all do that without effort.
Every comment brings us closer to a resolution in this struggle between brokers and carriers. Bless.
Stop bitching - like your a fucking girl
We have a shortage of professional drivers! It’s easy to be a ass hole, but good driver’s know that there’s no end to do the right thing. When you don’t give a crap 💩, then you are a flea, but a ethical person knows when they are around another person who does give a crap. We all need to give a crap. Doing the right thing all the time is respect. What is going on now is out of control-
5-10 years of experience should be required to get your authority not having a mortgage
How does learning the rate 48 hrs later help the trucker?
Will it make carrier decide not to use that broker?
Will there be a place created where the carriers will be able to share the retrieved information?
How will this rule be enforced?
What should carriers do when they find out the broker cheated them? Will there be somewhere they can file complaints?
I think based on all i learned its a great first step but i think it hasnt really been thought through from a carrier perspective, it still seems to favor the broker. Im just a fledgling trucker in trucking school but i have been in business for over 20 years before i decided on this career path of trucking, im constantly finding myself surprised that an industry as large and diverse as trucking lacks so much in actual business administration fundamentals.
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Very informative Content, but it be GREAT if u just get to the point of the topic, U DO RAMBLE ON QUITE A LOT.
Thanks for the tip
There's not a trucker shortage. What there is, is a shortage of drivers willing to put up with BS. The truckers get recruited with all this pie in the sky crap, only to realize this company is as bad as the last. It could be something as simple as maintenance, or the position and what is asked of the driver requiring more than was initially told.
The government all in on driver shortages
Eliminate the 30 min break, 24 hour reset. Not much to ask for.
My ticket amount 16.912 dollars and I was forced to pay 1 time payment
PLS brokerage wouldn't pay my detention. Said my/their gps tracker app was accurate. I screenshot it and sent it to them. Also I call receive to let know i was there. Screenshot that 1 too. I call receiver to ask i he remembered me there and the times. He said broker never contacted him. Which the pls broker lied and said he would call receiver to ask if I was on site and unloading times
Way too much DLT involvement we need to get rid of the medical cards we need to get rid of Dot and we must pay hourly wages
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First stop issue CDL to foriners Citizens ONLY ! Then pay right money and problem gone by over less accidents less urine on truck stops no long line to pay full no crazy driving and many other no
What happening with Mexican truck driver come straight from Mexico to deliver in USA. Call double plate truckers
If it wasn't for this channel, I would have no idea about the b.s. going on
Why they keep saying that there is trucker shortage!?
They just want keep pushing for none citizens drivers to take away our careers!
Simple math drivers. Just because the number looks big, too, your eyes doesn't mean it's profitable in the long run. Learn your CPM!!!
Everyone likes whining about brokers but dispatch services are even worse
Paper log s coming back... wait for it 😂
Can we talk about Marijuana being passed...
Louie sounds drunk
Trucking suck. Low pay. Lots of hours
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Living in a CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC you know what I'm about to say is covered by the UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION: The Supreme Law of the Land !!
The steering wheel in the next photo shot has more credibility.
Duffy too !!