Why The Trucking Industry Is So Fragmented And Chaotic

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Why The Trucking Industry Is So Fragmented And Chaotic


Trucking is an especially fragmented industry, which makes it susceptible to continuous boom and bust cycles. While the pandemic wreaked havoc on several industries, trucking is no exception: the industry as a whole is experiencing a shortage of drivers, high turnover rates, and order delays, among a slew of other problems. With 40% of the…

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  1. Need to pay more, I drove for 35 years, when the robots come all drivers need to become an onboard tech, because they will always need a human in one vehicle, I’m sure they will link up to 4 tractors together with trailer s to go on the interstate with one tech inside, because these knuckleheads think that they’re easy to drive ,and they are , but they pay me for when things go wrong, and for me to figure out the problem and proceed,I don’t think it can size up the weather when a tornado is about to cross its path in the early morning or at night. Let alone ice and snow, it will get nervous and shut down for sure 😮

  2. i need new life !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i have 1 9 accords with roommates 2 65 accords with mom 3 three accrods with the hoa and 4 four hcore.s

  3. i need new life!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i have 1. 9 accords with roommates 2. 65 accords with mom 3. three accrods with the hoa and 4. four chores!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

  4. When trucks stop driving… price of freight goes up.
    When truckers are late… the pay for next load goes up, because he's waiting.
    Stop or slow driving = more pay.

  5. Anti-USA Democrats Joe Biden, intentionally destroyed the USA energy industry causing skyrocketing diesel & energy prices that financially destroyed Yellow Freight, independent truckers & entire USA economy placing millions of US CITIZENS out of work.
    Lesson: Don’t Vote Democrat
    -Justin saying

  6. About 30 years ago, when I was out of work, I thought I wanted to be a truck driver, but I only lasted 2 weeks. Truck driving must be the hardest, the most demanding job there is, with 50 important responsibilities to get you in trouble if you screw up, or that can and will go wrong, mistakes will cost you dearly, plus you're outdoors in every kind of bad weather, to name a few of the things you're up against. Truckers deserve a payscale like $60 an hour or a dollar a mile

  7. 🎉this video is bullcrap.brokers take a big chunk of money just to book the load then the company pays you lastly after all their expenses and oh yeh,u can buy a truck for 200 grand and after being gone from home 26 out of 30 days I can make a hundred for me if my gamble of equipment works out.all expenses r the drivers.vid is completely biased to big business and the to big to fail theory.ask taxpayers who bail out banks and auto industries about that model.hard working americans are the answer not billionaire executives.❤

  8. IEDs and snipers could completely shut the trucking industry down in about 3 days. Drivers need to realize this and leave the industry while they can. I retired. Have fun working for nothing if you're foolish enough to stay in the game. If you don't put at least $2k in your pocket each week after taxes you are part of the problem.

  9. They are the backbone of America, seeing prices on essentials who is making the money ?? Truck drivers are not getting paid what they should . No family life big sacrifice being on the roads . Bring in illegals to replace the hard working American truck drivers.

  10. Some points (from a guy with 34 years in the trucking industry). 1: in the 90's Bill Clinton mandated that ALL truckers have a high school diploma. 2: a drivers hours are based on DRIVING hours, total hours are considered also but DRIVING hours is the biggest component. Although nicely polished, this "expose" could have been more circumspect.

  11. "Eliminates life styles issues"…. like what? Being alive? Don't try to spin making 3.5 million people unemployed sound like it's for their benefit.

  12. 50 cents a mile, times 100k miles equals $50k/yr. Who, in their right mind, would take that kind of job? It’ll cost at least $10k/yr. just to live on the road. After taxes, insurance,food and clothing, supplies . . . .
    you’re not left with much, that’s for sure. It’s no wonder the divorce rate for drivers is equally as high as driver turnover.

  13. Saying that truck driving is exploring the United States is so misleading. Who has time to explore?!?! Clearly, that woman is out of touch with what really goes on in the cab of a truck.

  14. Instead of paying us truck drivers, what we deserve, they would rather have autonomous machines do the job saving their money because they don’t want to pay us

  15. Lots of drivers are professional, courteous, and safe but a majority are not paid well or recognized for their efforts. Its really a job for people with really thick skin, skill, and courage especially when driving in certain weather conditions or geographical areas. Unfortunately our society doesn't care much for truckers, if there was ever a day without truckers society would grind to a halt, and yet truckers are treated like trash. Trucking is literally one of the most valuable occupations but they get treated the worst.

  16. This documentary is not 100^ accurate it's not as easy as they make it seem to get into trucking not to mention how dangerous it is and you get screwed by every one from mechanic, freight broker. over over over price parts, the warehouse Treat youlike they don't care how long you been waiting to be off loaded ,charge an outrageous off loaded fee , you pay high taxes and highway patrol treats you like dirt etc…………

  17. It goes a little higher than trucking. Democrats don't have a clue how to run a country… Vote Republican and trucking will flourish. And the price of everything will go back down. I guarantee that and that's a true fact