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I didn't know it was a popularity contest
I have seen enough of Steve's numbers to know that they don't add up.
Rev's on the other hand are consistent with Lanstar freight numbers (I was there for 4 years).
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It ain't a popularity contest. it's a I'm better than you contest.
It seems to me that the drivers with their own authority think the are top dog because they have their own company and drivers that lease to a company are stupid.
Now the way i see it is the the thousands of drivers that are running one truck under their own authority and just using the broker boards and have no direct customers are just like another big company with many different names. Most are just making brokers rich. Most freight rates have not gone down, brokers are just taking advantage of the excess trucks and moving freight as cheap as they can get someone to take it. There is plenty of good paying freight out there, you just have to get it before 3 or 4 people take a cut of it.
The biggest change i have seen in trucking was not deregulation(I was there) but the INTERNET load boards which have allowed brokers access to more outlets for their freight and not having to give most of it to big companies that had more experience with freight lanes and rate structures.
Let the flames begin
by the way I fall into the stupid bunch.