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Any takers? 🤣

No matter how much I vent about certain brokers, it never fails. At least once every few weeks, a unicorn broker comes along: someone who is an absolute PLEASURE to work with. Sadly, when I say "unicorn broker", I mean someone who is actually a decent human being. That's it. A decent human being with proper business etiquette. Sad how rare this is.

@maybedanielleee @supertrucker 👏🏻🙏🏻🎉🎉🎉🎉

@supertrucker I still haven't processed it. I'm in shock.

Wait, DOT themselves posted this?!

@keyboardchief Thank you! I will check it out 🙏

@TMSuccessful AtoB

I am starting to seriously consider stopping all operations until diesel prices level out.

@keyboardchief Which fuel card do you use?

@TMSuccessful Get a better fuel card. I am still fueling at around $3 and I am on the east coast.

This is what they said: "We extend our condolences to the Walsh family. We disagree with the verdict and the way the facts were characterized at trial. We are evaluating legal options and remain committed to supporting the health and well-being of our employees," said a TQL spokeswoman." 🤬🤬

@TMSuccessful TQL had the chance to settle this case and let it go to trial and in civil law, the jury must be unanimous to be awarded damages. The fact TQL went all the way to trial and doubled down speaks volumes saying the facts were “ mischaracterized”

Wow TQL…. Just wow.

If you're doing business with TQL and this news doesn't bother you... you are part of the problem enabling this work culture.

@UweTeufel 😭😭

@TMSuccessful Now imagine you have to fuel up in 🇨🇦. 2,09/L for Diesel. That calculates to 7.90$/gal... 🫣

New fear unlocked. For the past 4 years I felt a rush of anxiety every morning when logging into my loadboard, preparing for the absolutely horrific rates and upcoming negotiations. Now Wednesdays are the only day I feel anxiety: This is the day we get our fuel card bill.

@AnthonySilverz LOL!

@TMSuccessful i remember thinking “why wouldn’t everyone be in trucking?!” 😂 now i’m like why tf did i choose this hard ass industry, but i do love the actual job

Were you different when you just got into trucking? I remember when I got in, I LOVED TQL…yes. Me. I loved working with them because they were the first broker to give us a load, and consistently gave us freight. I blocked them on everything about 2 years ago because they are a garbage brokerage. The first year, I sent our Christmas cards to every broker we worked with. Yep…hand written Christmas cards to EVERY SINGLE BROKER. I REALLY enjoyed working with brokers (to be fair, I still have a handful of brokers I absolutely adore- small mom and pop brokerages). I saw the best in people when I just got into this industry. Then I started to get burned, I started learning. Then 2022 happened and I saw the ruthless and ugly side of the industry. Then…I joined X. And that completely shattered my view of what I thought was a clean and “by the book” industry. The more you know, the more you learn, the more jaded you become. I am definitely not the same person as I was before. (Still an amazing industry that is very much worth fighting for!)

@MMariomagarin At this point it's a blame game. It's very very sad. Brokers vs carriers. I understand that this has been the case for a long time, and the last 4 years just made the issue worse.

@TMSuccessful Paperwork? come on… we deal with DOT, breakdowns, fuel, insurance, and 80k lbs every day. I get brokers got risk too, but acting like drivers are just complaining ain’t it. we both need each other, simple as that.

"And truckers want to complain about margins and fair wages". There is a SERIOUS disconnect. Brokers take on more risk? Try driving and 80K pound bullet and putting your life at risk everyday bud. You are literally complaining about paperwork.

@bctwins39d What exactly am I wrong about

@TMSuccessful Well…you are wrong. So there is that…

Criticizing or politicizing English language proficiency in trucking is strange to me. (This will be long winded, apologies in advance). Let’s look at another side of transportation: aviation. Did you know that ALL pilots operating internationally for commercial airlines MUST be proficient in the English language as per the ICAO? Same thing applies to air traffic controllers. English is the universal language for international aviation. In the sky, there are no “sky signs”, there are air traffic controllers who are ensure the safe and orderly flow of air traffic. Avianca Flight 052 of 1990 is one of the more discussed crashes caused, in part, by the lack of English Language Proficiency (although there were other factors as well)- but the pilots failed to declare a fuel emergency. Can you imagine what kind of situation we would have if a pilot is not understanding the instructions of an air traffic controller, or vice versa? Scary to even think about. In trucking, we do not have air traffic controllers. We have road signs. In the US, they are in English and most of them are written signs, not pictorial. These trucks share the road with everyone. English Language Proficiency, the ability to understand what you are required to do on the road, its a safety issue, not a political one. No one would willingly get into an airplane knowing that the pilot does not understand/speak the same language as the air traffic controller. So why is there such a disconnect when we are talking about truckers and the importance of them understanding road signs and instructions?

Translation of this post found by @MyroadSG1 : They canceled my DL and CDL with the “Limited Term” marking starting March 6, which were valid until October 27 of next year [2027], along with a valid work permit until December 29 of next year [2027]. Today I went to the DMV (Arleta) in Los Angeles to apply for a CDL replacement. They required me to pay $100 as a service fee and issued me a paper temporary version valid for 60 days. They said that if FMCSA gives the green light, they’ll update it; if not, I have to come back and get a new paper temporary for another 60 days, and so on until it’s finally resolved. It’s not entirely clear at the moment. Right now, no DMV has the right to issue CDLs to immigrants without a green card / passport or one of the 3 active visas. Interestingly, a friend of mine went to a different DMV today, and they sent him to the commercial DMV where they told him the same thing, but he didn’t pay the $100.

@MyroadSG1 @AlexanderErok Я в ауте

@AlexanderErok @TMSuccessful

@TMSuccessful There are many reports on social media stating that the CA DMV is extending CDLs for those among the 13,000 drivers whose licenses were revoked. They are issuing a 60day paper license for $100 and instructing drivers to return in 60 days for a subsequent extension

@BigEaside I am already judging my son’s potential future girlfriends without there even being one. LOL

@TMSuccessful Y? 😅

I came to a realization today. I will be a horrible mother in law. That’s all.

Question. Delilah’s Law HR 5688 bans foreign dispatch. Does that apply to brokers as well? What about brokers who are based in the US but outsource?

@freadomtruck07 Agreed. TQL is a notoriously horrific employer, treating their own people like absolute garbage. But this goes beyond anything I couldn’t have imagined.

@TMSuccessful If that's true that settlement wasn't big enough.