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Put yourself in their shoes: why should shippers raise the rates when there's plenty of fools out there willing to haul for $0?Originally Posted by devildice
X2!!!!! Screw the shippers, agents, brokers and everyone else that expects a truck to haul a load where they all make a profit and the truck makes zero. I too will sit and even DH home regardless of where in the country I am before I haul a cheap load.
Why should companies raise wages when people will drive their trucks for .25 cpm?
Even in the fast food industry, there's a minimum wage. Another burger flipper can't underbid you at McDonald's by working for $2.00/hr. And yet in trucking, some moron can undercut you by hauling loads for zilch.
So many drivers blame the shippers, blame the receivers, blame the grocery *****houses, blame the mega carriers, blame the brokers, etc for the ills that befall this industry. But the real blame lies in the mirror...