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Originally Posted by GMAN
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Originally Posted by Dispatch_This
Quoting the article in the Dec. 14th. issue of The Trucker, "The top 12 carriers in the industry now control almost 80% of the freight..."
The key word is CONTROL (not HAUL) so it would stand to reason that alot of that freight finds it's way down to to the smaller carriers after it passes through the big boys hands. So your numbers may be correct.
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That is an interesting choice of words they used....CONTROL. Schneider, J.B. Hunt, U.S. Xpress, Covenant, Landstar, etc., they all seem to broker freight. I would like to see the hard numbers and then draw my own conclusion. It would be good to see the number of loads they haul compared to brokering out. Depending on who you talk to, there are from 3-5 million drivers in this country. The major carriers only make up a very small percentage of those trucks. I read some numbers the other day that stated that there were something like 375,000 carriers in the U.S. I don't recall if those numbers are correct or not. Most would have to be single truck or small fleets, if accurate. If you consider the number of total trucks and large number of carriers, it would stand to reason that the major carriers cannot haul the bulk of freight. They could control a large portion of the loads, but cannot haul most of it on their own trucks. I would like to remember where I read that about the large number of carriers. It does give one a different perspective. :?
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I did a little Googling GMAN and this is what I came up with:
Number Crunching
How big is the trucking industry?
Trucking companies -- both public and private -- and warehouses employ an estimated 9 million Americans.
How many trucks operate in the U.S.?
An estimated 15.5 million trucks operate in the United States, 1.9 million of which are tractor-trailers.
How many truckers are there?
More than 3.3 million truck drivers work in the United States. One in 10 are independent, and the majority are owner-operators. Canada employs more than 250,000 truck drivers.
How many trucking companies operate in the U.S.?
An estimated 360,000 motor carriers operate in the United States. Ninety-six percent operate 28 or fewer trucks; 82 percent operate six or fewer trucks.
How much revenue does the trucking industry produce?
Total revenue estimates are $255.5 billion. For-hire, or common carriers, generate an estimated $97.9 billion, more than air transportation, which generates about $18 billion. Private fleets generate revenue estimated at $121 billion.
What is the average operating ratio for trucking companies?
The average operating ratio is 95.2. This means for every dollar it produces in revenue, the trucking company has a cost of 95.2 cents, netting a profit of 4.8 cents on the dollar.
How much do truck drivers earn?
Drivers earn an average of 30.3 cents per mile. Average yearly income for drivers is $32,000. Owner-operators make slightly more, on average.
How much does the trucking industry pay to operate on U.S. roads?
The trucking industry pays an estimated $21.4 billion annually
Source: TruckInfo.net
This is a year old and here is the link to the source:
http://www.inboundlogistics.com/arti...eature02.shtml
I don't know how true it is. I try not to get to involved with statistics cause they can be manipulated so much. There is a famous quote, I don't remember by whom that says "There are two ways to go through life easily, one is to believe everything and the other is to believe nothing."
I tend to believe nothing as I find that the easiest. Otherwise there would be a whole heap of religious stuff I'd have to start doing which I'd rather not do