Comments on: Brokers Have the Upper Hand http://lifeontheroad.com/2008/01/24/brokers-have-the-upper-hand/543.html Discussion and opinions about the trucking industry Tue, 02 Dec 2008 21:03:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Charles miller http://lifeontheroad.com/2008/01/24/brokers-have-the-upper-hand/543.html#comment-1140 Charles miller Sat, 26 Jan 2008 07:27:55 +0000 http://lifeontheroad.com/2008/01/24/brokers-have-the-upper-hand/543.html#comment-1140 WELL YOU BOYS KNOW MORE THAN I DO BUT, "THINGS WILL GET MUCH WORSE BEFORE IT BEGINS TO GET NORMLIZED" I UNDERSTAND THE PART ABOUT MUCH WORSE, THAT I WOULD SAY IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT! WE ARE AT THAT POINT, JUST LIKE THE LEVIES WE ALL KNEW THEY PROBLEY WOULD FAIL WITH A CAT 5 HIT. HOW BOUT 9-11, WE HAD INTEL WHAT HAPPENED? PEARL HARBOR INTEL AGAIN, WHAT HAPPEN? MOST RESENT, THE MORGAGE FIASCO, IT WAS TALKED ABOUT, NO ACTION TAKEN TILL ITS TO LATE, NOW ITS SPINING THE ENTIRE WORLD ECONOMY INTO RESESTION. SO THAT BRINGS US TO THE TRUCKING INDUSTRY, WE ALL SEE AND KNOW THE PROBLEMS ,OR DO WE? AGAIN WHATS BEING DONE TO AVERT THIS NEXT DESASTIER...NOTHTING! JUST A BUNCH OF IDLE CHET CHAT,NO REAL CONCERN. AS I SEE IT IN MY LITTLE WORLD, IM AT WAR TO SAVE MY BUSINESS, I JUST TRADED MY DREAM PETE FOR A FREIGHTSHAKER CLASSIC CONDO, (LOOKS FOR AREODYNAMICS, I NEVER), DONT HAUL CHEAPFREIGHT (THATS ALL THERE IS), SLOW DOWN (65 WHEN IM BEHIND, 60 WHEN I HAVEN'T BEEN HELD UP BY THE CUSTOMER) ,STAY OUT 2 WKS DO 3 LOADS IN 7 DAYS INSTEAD OF 2 IN 5. LESS HOMETIME BUT, WHO WANTS TO BE THERE ANYWAY (PISSED OFF WIFE AND DAUGTHERS)NO FUN MONEY LEFT, JUST BECAUSE I WANT TO BE THE LAST INDEPEDENT OWNER OPERATOR IN AMERICA!! THIS ISNT JUST MY STORY, THIS IS THE STORY OF MANY IN THIS INDUSTRY, THIS IS THE BEGING OF THE END MY FRIENDS! WHATS THE IMPACT? TRUCKS FALLING IN DISREPAIR, MORE HOS VIOALATIONS, MORE FINDS, MORE ACCIDENTS, EQUIPMENT REPOS, FINANCE COMPANYS IN CRISIS, LESS OO'S TO FILL THE VOID, MORE DEMAND ON CO. DRIVERS WHO DONT HAVE THE COMMITMENT AS OO'S DO, SO HOW LONG WILL THEY LAST, THIER ALL READY TREATED LIKE SH.T. THE TALK OF A DRIVER SHORTAGE, IS LIKE THIS, YEA THERES A DRIVER SHORTAGE ALRIGHT (A 'QUALITIY' DRIVER SHORTAGE). HOW BOUT THE OLDER HUSBAND/WIFE TEAMS, OH YEAH, THAT WILL WORK, I WOULDNT PUT MY WIFE OF 28 YRS THROUGTH THAT! (I LOVE HER TO MUCH)! SO, THAT LEAVES US WITH THE FORIEIN ELEMET, NEED I SAY MORE!!!! SO, THATS A LOOK THROUGHT MY TIRED OLD EYES, CALL ME WHAT YOU WILL, THATS NOT MY WORRY, MINE IS WHAT WILL I DO WHEN I HAVE DONE ALL I CAN DO, AN IT COMES TO THE TIME WHEN I HAVE TO HAND MY KEYS OVER TO MY BANKER!!! WELL YOU BOYS KNOW MORE THAN I DO BUT,
“THINGS WILL GET MUCH WORSE BEFORE IT BEGINS TO GET NORMLIZED”
I UNDERSTAND THE PART ABOUT MUCH WORSE, THAT I WOULD SAY IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT! WE ARE AT THAT POINT, JUST LIKE THE LEVIES WE ALL KNEW THEY PROBLEY WOULD FAIL WITH A CAT 5 HIT. HOW BOUT 9-11, WE HAD INTEL WHAT HAPPENED? PEARL HARBOR INTEL AGAIN, WHAT HAPPEN? MOST RESENT, THE MORGAGE FIASCO, IT WAS TALKED ABOUT, NO ACTION TAKEN TILL ITS TO LATE, NOW ITS SPINING THE ENTIRE WORLD ECONOMY INTO RESESTION.
SO THAT BRINGS US TO THE TRUCKING INDUSTRY, WE ALL SEE AND KNOW THE PROBLEMS ,OR DO WE? AGAIN WHATS BEING DONE TO AVERT THIS NEXT DESASTIER…NOTHTING! JUST A BUNCH OF IDLE CHET CHAT,NO REAL CONCERN.
AS I SEE IT IN MY LITTLE WORLD, IM AT WAR TO SAVE MY BUSINESS, I JUST TRADED MY DREAM PETE FOR A FREIGHTSHAKER CLASSIC CONDO, (LOOKS FOR AREODYNAMICS, I NEVER), DONT HAUL CHEAPFREIGHT (THATS ALL THERE IS), SLOW DOWN (65 WHEN IM BEHIND, 60 WHEN I HAVEN’T BEEN HELD UP BY THE CUSTOMER) ,STAY OUT 2 WKS DO 3 LOADS IN 7 DAYS INSTEAD OF 2 IN 5. LESS HOMETIME BUT, WHO WANTS TO BE THERE ANYWAY (PISSED OFF WIFE AND DAUGTHERS)NO FUN MONEY LEFT, JUST BECAUSE I WANT TO BE THE LAST INDEPEDENT OWNER OPERATOR IN AMERICA!!

THIS ISNT JUST MY STORY, THIS IS THE STORY OF MANY IN THIS INDUSTRY, THIS IS THE BEGING OF THE END MY FRIENDS!
WHATS THE IMPACT? TRUCKS FALLING IN DISREPAIR, MORE HOS VIOALATIONS, MORE FINDS, MORE ACCIDENTS, EQUIPMENT REPOS, FINANCE COMPANYS IN CRISIS, LESS OO’S TO FILL THE VOID, MORE DEMAND ON CO. DRIVERS WHO DONT HAVE THE COMMITMENT AS OO’S DO, SO HOW LONG WILL THEY LAST, THIER ALL READY TREATED LIKE SH.T. THE TALK OF A DRIVER SHORTAGE, IS LIKE THIS, YEA THERES A DRIVER SHORTAGE ALRIGHT (A ‘QUALITIY’ DRIVER SHORTAGE). HOW BOUT THE OLDER HUSBAND/WIFE TEAMS, OH YEAH, THAT WILL WORK, I WOULDNT PUT MY WIFE OF 28 YRS THROUGTH THAT! (I LOVE HER TO MUCH)! SO, THAT LEAVES US WITH THE FORIEIN ELEMET, NEED I SAY MORE!!!!
SO, THATS A LOOK THROUGHT MY TIRED OLD EYES, CALL ME WHAT YOU WILL, THATS NOT MY WORRY, MINE IS WHAT WILL I DO WHEN I HAVE DONE ALL I CAN DO, AN IT COMES TO THE TIME WHEN I HAVE TO HAND MY KEYS OVER TO MY BANKER!!!

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