Cause for concern .. IMO

[Big Dad]

I work in transportation have for many ,many years ..

Maybe I'm being a little dark but, we have a invading army and no one even knows it .

Many moons ago, every truck driver was a normal , hard working 30ish to 50ish , mostly white group , when the economy tanked in 2007/08 10's of 1000's of those types of guys, had no freight to haul, transportation business's collapsed , last time I checked in 2010 .. 24,000 MC#s had been turned in . they were out of work

Got so dismal, I stopped looking

Well, today, the transportation industry is back on its feet, we are busy but, just about every driver / "dispatcher" I deal with is Russian, pakistani, middle eastern,etc. now, some of them are good fellas but most are freaking dirt bags, they lie, cheat , undependable, overreact at the moment something does not go right ..

if what they did in Germany is a start , I feared this forever, we have 1000's of them in 18 wheel bombs in American right now


maybe they are all just hard working people trying to make a nickle too

[Craizie]

I work in transportation have for many ,many years ..

Maybe I'm being a little dark but, we have a invading army and no one even knows it .

Many moons ago, every truck driver was a normal , hard working 30ish to 50ish , mostly white group , when the economy tanked in 2007/08 10's of 1000's of those types of guys, had no freight to haul, transportation business's collapsed , last time I checked in 2010 .. 24,000 MC#s had been turned in . they were out of work

Got so dismal, I stopped looking

Well, today, the transportation industry is back on its feet, we are busy but, just about every driver / "dispatcher" I deal with is Russian, pakistani, middle eastern,etc. now, some of them are good fellas but most are freaking dirt bags, they lie, cheat , undependable, overreact at the moment something does not go right ..

if what they did in Germany is a start , I feared this forever, we have 1000's of them in 18 wheel bombs in American right now


maybe they are all just hard working people trying to make a nickle too

Almost every OTR driver I deal with is from Ukraine or Russia and we book hundreds of loads everyday. They are mostly good people, but you do get the asshole dispatchers that lie about team loads, wait time, and other dumb shit. We require both drivers to check in for our loads, and we get the same dumb ass I'm picking him up on the way lie every time. We'll just cancel and rebook.

[Big Dad]

"Super single"

[Craizie]

"Super single"

Oh they're going to be a day late because of a mechanical or are you lying to me because it's a single?

[Big Dad]

still want team rate though however

[Craizie]

still want team rate though however

I ain't paying shit if they dicked me on a load. I'll be nice and polite run up until I get a POD. Then they can get fucked.

[Big Dad]

Then I just have to listen to them scream at me 100 times, I keep my shit pretty straight so it does not happen often..

They are different people for sure

[black2002ls]

I have noticed this over the last few years having to commute to work. I see very few "good ol' boys" . I'm seening more and more foreigners and dumb asses. Cutting off the fast lane, almost causing accidents, etc. 99% of the time when I finally get around one of these jack wagons they appear to be of middle eastern descent

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[Big Dad]

None of them can speak a lick of English .

Lots of Ethiopians too , so black they get in truck oil light comes on

[cyclonescott]

My dad was a diesel truck mechanic before he retired. There was a middle eastern truck team that brought their rig in for service. When the shop went to service the rig the mechanic noticed a foul smell. Upon investigation he noticed a 5 gallon bucket in the sleeper and a hole cut into the floor. The drivers would just shit and piss into the bucket while driving and let everything fly onto the bottom of the truck and road while driving. They were asked to leave and not come back.

[BP]

How do you guys feel about Amazon jumping into the trucking game? Personally I hate dealing with most of our freight brokers. It seems like you get a new rep every month. We aren't big enough fish to get a deal with R&L on our own.

http://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-building-uber-for-trucking-app-2016-12

[Craizie]

My dad was a diesel truck mechanic before he retired. There was a middle eastern truck team that brought their rig in for service. When the shop went to service the rig the mechanic noticed a foul smell. Upon investigation he noticed a 5 gallon bucket in the sleeper and a hole cut into the floor. The drivers would just shit and piss into the bucket while driving and let everything fly onto the bottom of the truck and road while driving. They were asked to leave and not come back.

I used to wash trucks as a side gig ( outside only ), one dude offered me an extra $40 to clean the inside, he said it wasn't too dirty. Opened up the door and the smell was fucking terrible. He had a funnel in front of his chair he would use to piss in. I had to nah, brah him.

[Big Dad]

How do you guys feel about Amazon jumping into the trucking game? Personally I hate dealing with most of our freight brokers. It seems like you get a new rep every month. We aren't big enough fish to get a deal with R&L on our own.

http://www.businessinsider.com/amazo...ng-app-2016-12

Kinda have things like that now

DAT is the oldest and the best I think , others have tried it ..

Thinking that there is a way to automate it with no one here trying to figure it out for someone else , I don't think is possible but .. hey , whatever .. I'm ready to do something else anyway

[Craizie]

How do you guys feel about Amazon jumping into the trucking game? Personally I hate dealing with most of our freight brokers. It seems like you get a new rep every month. We aren't big enough fish to get a deal with R&L on our own.

http://www.businessinsider.com/amazo...ng-app-2016-12

Truck load or LTL?

[Chili]

Just like most unfavorable jobs, over the road trucking jobs are being taken over by immigrants. Nothing new.