Mr. Rando

@adamlwingfield I’m glade there has been at least some improvement, I’ve had very little success getting anything overturned due to what I can only conclude is ego issues

There are some positive changes to this new DataQ process. The most important one to me is the fact the officer who wrote the violation, can NOT be the one who decides the validity of your challenge (this was asinine to me…). Glad to see this change as it will finally bring neutrality to the violation dispute process for owner ops.

@FreightAlley Agree, there’s zero accountability with foreign ownership

It should be a law that you must be an American citizen to own a trucking company that operates in the US. Why? Because foreign operators are not within the reach of American justice system.

@GordMagill @FreightAlley @freightcaviar Maverick has an outstanding school

@FreightAlley @freightcaviar Find me a single truck driver training school in America that trains you for every possible situation you could come across on this continent, and is long enough for you to *really* learn the ropes. Passing the CDL exam is not enough, and that is all that most of them teach.

@Savsays @boomer_714 That’s a great example of FAFO

UPDATE: Chris Ostroushko says that the backlash his family has been receiving for their actions last weekend has been “overwhelming” and “nonstop” He’s now “second guessing” living in the United States, because he’s unhappy with how negatively the public has reacted to him assaulting a woman on camera. He is in complete disbelief, stating that, "I've never had anything like this happen in my life". Chris and Deyanna have been going on a press tour continuing to assert that they are the real victims, despite millions watching the footage of them instigating everything. There is also a GoFundMe for them, where they are currently trying to raise $8k, stating that they’ve lost their jobs and, “are facing one of the most overwhelming and life-altering moments they have ever experienced”. The family has still taken zero accountability for any of the violence they committed and are in complete shock that they are facing consequences for their actions. Last week Chris also did an interview where he lied, stating that his family is “absolutely not violent" and that all he did was "stay back and watch" everything, despite being on camera shoving me multiple times.

@FreightAlley The ATA lost a tremendous amount of credibility with me and it will take significant effort on their part to ever change my opinion

One of the primary roles of a trade association's role is to establish goodwill between the industry and public. Unfortunately, due to the ATA's campaigns about a fake driver shortage that undermined the livelihoods of truck drivers and economics of carriers, every thing they attempt is treated with suspicion by a large percent of the trucking industry.

@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