Mr. Rando

@maybedanielleee I once ran an add on LinkedIn for freight agent and 75% of the applicants were foreigners

Imagine sitting in Moldova dispatching flatbeds, stepdecks, and conestogas on American highways... for a "conglomerate of companies dedicated to revolutionizing the trucking industry."

I agree with you. The spot rates out of our home base can and do exceed our long term customer rates, and believe me it’s tempting, but those same customers kept us in business the last 4 years. Likewise, we did have a customer that played the rate game during the downturn and we lost a key contract, they are now calling and my answer is simple, go pack sand, our loyal customers that stood by us will receive our capacity.

Spot market rates are like a bad drug. Right now, they seem good, so carriers get hooked. "I need to make back what I lost the last four years." But at some point, the market will swing again. And rates will not be as good. Chasing the high of the spot market is not sustainable for a fleet that wants to grow. One of the most important elements of business growth is reliable revenue. The best way to have reliable revenue in freight is to lock in a contract directly with a shipper. Market is tight? Same rate. Market is soft? Same rate. As long as the rate allows the carrier to be profitable, it's a good thing. Obviously there will be times the spot market is moving at rates higher than the contract rate. In the words of Admiral Ackbar, "it's a trap!" Loyalty is an important virtue in the trucking industry. There are loyal shippers. There are loyal carriers. And when they find each other and are loyal to each other, they experience profitability, reliable service, consistent networks. Thank you for having me on, @FreightWaves!

@atutruckers Ultimately the failure here is on the FMCSA, they failed the entire industry as well as the motoring public.

CBS Sunday Morning News Special Seeking Accountability in Trucking Accidents Deals a death blow to corrupt freight brokerages. Highlighting CH Robinson and their efforts to leave innocent families penniless after preventable truck accidents.

@FreightAlley My customers tell me there is 7-8 years of construction to be completed

Flatbed is "industrial trucking" and the vibes are very strong. Flatbed rejections are above 54% - more than half of all flatbed truckloads are being rejected. The flatbed industry is enjoying strong tailwinds from data centers, power plants, transmission lines, pipelines, etc. The Big Beautiful Bill encouraged companies to use American sources for infrastructure construction, and the data is clear: it is working, and American factories are firing up.

Fly any foreign airline and you will quickly realize that our domestic airlines are trash

@JustaDude2i Fly any foreign airline and you will quickly realize that all domestic airlines are trash

Video shows United Airlines staff threatening to kick a deaf woman off of a flight for offending an off-duty employee. A United Airlines first class passenger and his hearing impaired wife were booted from their flight after a conflict with an off duty crewmember. Video from the cabin shows the man in his seat, upset but controlled, explaining that the employee snapped at his wife because she "didn't hear" and "wasn't listening." He says he tried to explain the disability; the employee got ruder rather than apologizing, and then they sat down.

@maybedanielleee I see so they are just like Xtra Lease, got it 😉

“Super Ego Holding, a U.S.-based leasing company, is committed to transparency, compliance, and high standards of professional conduct,” the company stated, adding: The company calls on the public and media to understand a fundamental fact that the segment ignored entirely: Super Ego is an equipment leasing company, not a carrier company. Every claim made in the segment, including allegations about driver clocks, DOT rate sheets, DOT numbers, and pay, is false and derives from this central misunderstanding."

@maybedanielleee As if the service from the USPS couldn't get any shittier

Looks like USPS is going to try again with the no non-domiciled CDL holders.

@mybestover50 @TiffanyFong Same, my mom is 70 and she's lost 50 pounds

@RandomuserJD20 @TiffanyFong Even my mom does it. She is in her 70s . She says her brain fog is gone and she says she feels she can think again

what the fuck are peptides? should i be taking them??

@mybestover50 @TiffanyFong I lost 30lbs on reta

@TiffanyFong Heck yeah. This is 4 months of retatrutide 💪

Hahaha yes

@carrierwhisper1 @adamlwingfield I'm not joking. If you have some transportation management expertise that I have not learned since I incorporated in 2009, I would love to hear it.

@RandomuserJD20 @adamlwingfield Oh don’t tempt me with a good time 😂😂

Even more importantly, even smaller operators don’t show up in reporting with similar outcomes. No matter where rates sit at the moment, expenses are applying pressure to many smaller outfits disproportionately to mid/larger ones.

@carrierwhisper1 @adamlwingfield Come teach me, I'd love to learn. Heck, I'll buy the plane ticket and put you in a hotel.

@RandomuserJD20 @adamlwingfield I live this daily brother but you’ll learn how to survive the hard way I guess

@carrierwhisper1 @adamlwingfield Everyone is an expert until it’s time to put some skin in the game

@RandomuserJD20 @adamlwingfield Bruh hedge your fuel don’t cry lol

@haulin_cowmobil Typically, the opposite.

Do asset based companies give better rates to shippers than 3pls ?

@FreightAlley Are they saying what I think they are saying? 😳

TD Cowen report extremely bullish on truckload. Truckload carriers seeing high single rate increases, growing to double digits by year end.

@EricLDaugh Needs a sun visor and some chicken lights

🚨 BOOM: Some American drivers are ECSTATIC for Elon Musk's Tesla semitruck "Massive windows, the seat is right in the center. It's usually off to the side and they can't reach the buttons they need to." "10 exterior cameras, obviously these massive screens. They're not inhaling the fumes of a diesel truck. The seat is no longer shaking. All things that are important for a good office or workplace." "There are a lot of benefits and the drivers tell me they love it." @elonmusk 🔥

@adamlwingfield I know of a carrier with a few million in brand-new aluminum flatbeds and brand-new trucks just sitting up against the fence with an inch of dust covering them. I'm convinced the entire operation is a cartel laundering mechanism.

This is more common than one would realize. I remember talking to a guy from Eastern Europe who started as a single truck owner operator who talked about how hard it was and literally in less than 6 years has over 170 trucks and built a brand new shop (literally I struggled to believe it). He operated solely off spot freight and always talked about pressure from his “investment group”. Showed up at breakfast at a conference with an Audemars on his wrist and did nothing but complain about brokers. Saw him at MATS this year and he still is growing. My thought was always where the hell did all this money come from. I’m not a pocket watcher so I didn’t dig in any further but this post tracks…..

@supertrucker @EOSTrucking During Covid they left the front door wide open and went home. Remember it wasn’t until Trump forced the feds back to the office that many were still “working remotely” Jan 2025

Why do we have such a problem with chameleon carriers and companies like SuperEgo these days? Director Barrs calls it a "Front door" problem. So who left the door open? You'd have to ask the people at the FMCSA, many of whom used to work as lobbyists at the ATA.