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@VikeClones And how is he gonna fix it? Because he can’t

A nation whose freight infrastructure depends on a workforce that is transient, undocumented, unorganized, and operating at the margin of legality is a nation whose supply chain can be disrupted, managed, or weaponized far more easily than one with a stable, professional, sovereign driver class.

@thefreightnerd You’re correct. I’m not sure. But the narrative of paying a driver $60k and expecting top quality performance needs to end.

@Neve1De But would all of the other participants be willing to pay that wage? That's the trillion dollar question.

The driver shortage is real and the most common arguments against it actually prove its existence. The FreightX hive mind should use their powers of persuasion to commission a study to quantify the economic impact of raising the bar across the industry. Things like increasing enforcement, setting hard limits on vehicle and equipment OOS, issuing safety ratings on 100% of fleets, increasing insurance requirements, and possibly even nationalizing CDL training and issuance. I don't have a solid basis for this other an informed guess based on experience, but I suspect the impact would be in the range of 1-1.5m driver pulled off the roads. Possibly even higher depending on how high we raise the bar. This will force data-based conversations around the future of the industry and move us from rhetoric to results.

@FreightBrkrGuy But it still is if it’s also used in fuel. Ethanol is a byproduct

@Neve1De Corn is an incredibly popular food item

Ethanol in gas is such bullshit. End subsidies for food in fuel.

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@Thewastedyea Mine does!!

You mean your ladies don’t meal prep you labeled meals when you go OTR? Couldn’t be me.

@ScottBonzDMI @KCCINews How about reading road signs?? Safety is the priority

@KCCINews Right. Because talking is what drivers do the most of... Really cool priorities we have here.

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@JerodMcDaniel A whole pile of corn stalks getting NH3 applied here this spring. Are you suggesting they aren’t putting it on and just dragging the toolbar and tanks around to trick everyone?

Jackasses with no knowledge think that farmers are gonna fertilize 95 million acres of corn 🤣🤣 They may plant that many, but y’all are fucking crazy if you think anybody has any $$ to pour into those acres. Keep on huffing paint.

Iowa sunset, sexy rig. Can’t beat it

@Dusty3080467325 Unless it freezes off in the next couple days insurance is just fine. Planting before the date is only a concern for replanting

Lots of corn being planted in NWMO currently I mean like lots of it Fed Crop guideline says 4-5 is early plant date …… No one gives a shit any more ??

@MAPatriot1630 @jasonc_nc I think you understand that we aren’t using food as fuel.

@Neve1De @jasonc_nc Do you have a reading comprehension problem? Read the posts above slowly and if you still have questions let me know.

Effectively all growth in corn production over the last 20 years is for ethanol. ~20 million acres of conservation land, grassland, and soybean rotation was turned into corn monoculture that effectively strip mines the topsoil. Meanwhile it’s the most fertilizer dependent crop with only a 40% uptake rate. So ~1.7 million tons of nitrogen runoff flows into the Mississippi basin annually while also polluting their own water supplies. This runoff ends up expanding the Gulf deadzone, which is also where 40% of domestic seafood comes from. It’s hard to find a worse way to create fuel, with a wicked level of waste and downstream consequences.

@MAPatriot1630 @jasonc_nc Explain how

@Neve1De @jasonc_nc immoral farmer

@MAPatriot1630 @jasonc_nc We don’t eat ethanol

@jasonc_nc Using food as fuel is immoral.

@maybedanielleee Proud of you, and I thank you greatly for all you’ve done in such a short amount of time. Keep going, keep digging. It’s obvious you’re a game changer for us

Break out of the imaginary box you’ve created for yourself. Seek the truth. Fight for something that’s worth fighting for. Go all in. All gas. No brakes. Believe in yourself, even if it feels impossible. If it feels impossible, definitely keep fighting. You absolutely have to keep going. It will take time. It will take more time. Keep going. Keep fighting. It will be worth it. ♥️🚛🇺🇸

@linehaulsteward @GordMagill Bless your heart 🙄🙄

@GordMagill Teamsters don’t need booths or handshakes. We prove it at 3am on the dock, on the picket line shutting terminals down, and in contracts we rip open for real pay & safe rigs. The only show that matters is the one where truckers get their due.

Something non-truckers ought to know is that here at MATS, the worlds largest trucker facing industry conference and trade show, there is not a single representative of member from the Teamsters or the American Trucking Associations, and that tells you all you need to know.

In the past 13 years I’ve estimated def (emmisions systems) have cost me $500,000, with zero dollars extra income. So that’s just wta !!

More clarification is needed…. Please

@Andrew32855963 @BenTheRecluse @FreightAlley California can no longer dictate US EPA regs

@BenTheRecluse @FreightAlley you may wanna look at it again

How does someone that owns a current diesel get their sensor removed?