The fact of the matter is brother it don't matter where u go it's all tough right now I'm with landstar been here 7yrs and it's ups and downs running on dedicated lanes. Even when rates where crazy I stayed on lanes because I knew this would happen it always does. My advice is go to a company build relationships and when u find something decent stick with it. It gives u stability. I mean it's not crazy money but it's consistent. Good luck brother

@japotts1943

9 ай бұрын

Shout out to you, brother. Im with Landstar as well. I've been here for 3 years. Just switched to flatbed, and i think the pay got worse.😂 Im laughing, but im serious. Keep on fighting the good fight.

@TruckerAK

9 ай бұрын

Yup your right the grass ain’t greener on the other side anywhere

@TruckerAK

9 ай бұрын

But I understand where you are coming from I’m trying to find agents at Bennett but it’s just a little tough right now

Should get an agri local gig. No logs home daily

I left Bennett couple weeks ago. Couldn’t keep sitting around waiting on a decent paying load. I went back to pulling homes

One thing about life, when times are good, you gotta be laying back for the bad times, because you’re guaranteed they are coming, somewhere down the road. It’ll get better at some point, you just gotta keep on diggin…

Truckers gotta come together and stand together! Until then the brokers will have control!

I thought you were gonna start driving your dads old truck.

You gotta haul dedicated freight right now. Or keep doing 100 to 200 mile short hops every day.

It would be cheaper to get a motel than idle for 34 hours.

I'm driving a box truck regionally these days, it's not worth it out there anymore.

I couldn't stand being a company driver. I bought a truck and leased on with an "owner operator" company. Biggest mistake I've made in a long time. Rates definitely are not what I was told they were going to be. I'm hanging on and pinching pennies.

Unregulated freight is killing the industry. Brokers are simply doing what they are allowed to do.

What size is your steering wheel n what's the difference from the regular size is it more turning as you make turns

I could only imagine bro. Sorry to hear it’s so rough out there. May God Bless you in Jesus Christ Name Amen.

That’s why I went local o/o flatbed doing better now even when prices were crazy , the consistency, home everyday off on the weekends 10-12 hrs a day + running no elog just time sheet. So appreciative of finding this opportunity!

It's been the same for me to! Lately sitting around in truck stops. Not worth running for little money! If I was considering company I'd go local for sure. Good luck AK!

you got this Trucker. Hang in there, ride the storm, it will turn around.

Hey bud, I need help, have same truck, my cab is tilted to front how , you can see airbags tilted to front

Hang it up doc! Like you said one major breakdown and it’s over. I guarantee there’s no OO out here making money that’s able to stack away money for a blown engine because the profit margin just isn’t there! Be smart and just get you a local company job home daily. If we all came together as drivers and keep these trucks parked for a month until they come off that money and pay us for our time and value then we’ll be winning. But that’s all wishful thinking. Good Luck with whatever you do but I’m going back to the basics with less stress

@MrHines88

8 ай бұрын

Totally Agree 💯

its toughtout there, hang on brother

Took a month off to see what’s going to happen, going back on Monday just doing local work by the hour. See what happens after that, might take the rest of the year off.

Sounds crazy to hear man i run steel myself shit ain't perfect out here but im still running good loads still home every weekend i see rate confirmations on every load so i know what its really worth. But ill say one thing you have all kinds of guy's jumping companies right now and believe me you go to the back of the list everyone else has history with their agents and having history helps!! I stay above 3.50 a mile so maybe time at one place will help build relationships not just giving negative attitudes with them

I feel the same way- came to landstar with high hope - and I'm losing my butt - rates are just too low and fuel is too high to survive - I can't live off of a buck seventy...

i wouldn't move a truck for $2 a mile now its was like 13 years ago and we thought 2 a mile was good lol everything has gone up but the rates aren't but training is, trucks are, i figured it had to have gone up since everything has doubled in price now!

Let’s open up a road side assistance tire repair for trucks. They charge a lot just to come out and put on a tire

How did you connect the truck to your generator? Say hi to Clarksville for me(MY HOMETOWN) I have a new generator and haven't quite figured how to install to make it work.

That's was a bad design at GM. Sierra did me like that a few years ago. I was afraid that I would have to get another heater core or something. Those little connectors get brittle and break over time. My uncle took those connectors off and hooked the hoses directly to the heater core pipes.

Look into doing AG. Hopper bottom work stays rolling steady

@scottberry5266

9 ай бұрын

It’s cheaper to get a room than idle for 10 hours. I never stay in my truck at night. Holiday inn express here I come.

I was leased with Landstar during 2009 Economic crash 💥 I’ll never forget those days! I ended up selling my truck and becoming a company driver. It’s unreal how these brokers get away with keeping most of the money while the driver does all the work! And being a company driver Is torture you have no freedom troll dispatcher’s trolling you! Have a good one! Stay safe on the road!..☮️

Praying for your success

The whole economy is just going to shit! All kinds of people have jobs, but nobody that is working is making any GD money to survive. its like the depression in the 30s but with completely different factors in it. The big 3 are on strike, all automotive industries connected to it are going to be a trouble with in a few weeks. Corporate greed is rampant, government and personal debt is too high, interest rates are high, wages are low. What a shit show!

It ain't the brokers. It's just the current market. No broker will pass up a chance to make more money. Just like when it was the driver's market. No driver was offering cheaper rates.

I'm staying home, and when I do run, I stay in my state, and I don't move from my rate. To many carriers came in at the Gold rush and destroyed the rates. Brokers took advantage through their greed.

Try JRC in Seville FL…. I was O/O for them in the north east and do very well

If the brokers are getting all the money, go work for them. Follow the money.

@1crypto587

9 ай бұрын

The government needs to step in and regulate the brokers better. They should be forced by law to disclose how much they charge customers and only allowed to keep a small percentage of what the load pays.

@brentwortham

9 ай бұрын

Why would you want more government interference? It’s called business.

@TruckerAK

9 ай бұрын

I’d rather not be a scumbag broker. I got to much pride to sit there and fuck people over.

I been living in a car 2 years trying new work, but still nothing is that profitable. Might go back trucking not sure

I got the generator ac thing 1st thing i got my truck, it was pricey. At first but paid itself off with in 1 month, just by counting fuel consumption of the trk running all night,thats not even considering the wear and tear on the motor idling.

@Montoya1991

9 ай бұрын

Best decision to make as an owner op, lil more hassle but it definitely pays off more

We all need to stop just park the trucks. Ive been outta mines for 3 weeks. Even if you get a job still not enough with prices of everything now its fucking unreal out here.

Where you at bro??? I saw your truck in Houston @ the Texas Truck Market show

Bro as much as I love long nose Pete’s and non aero trucks there’s a reason why they’re more common. Fuel is everything. Cheap freight for you might not be for someone else and so on. Having low overhead and getting the best fuel Milage possible makes a hell of a difference. Slowing down will make a huge difference too. A lot of people don’t want to hear it but it’s true. I hope for the best and love your videos and hope to come to bennett at some point

@kmtspartan3

9 ай бұрын

I disagree with you brother. The MPG really come from rear end and transmission setup as well as which motor. The difference isn’t as big as promoted. I get 7-7.5 mpg in a long nose classic. The myth comes from Pete’s that typically have CAT in them, which everyone knows is a gas guzzler.

@JoshsTruckingadventures

9 ай бұрын

@@kmtspartan3 agreed the rear end, tires, and trans can make a huge difference but 7-7.5 is still a ways off of the 579 8-10 I get. Trust me in no way am I saying I wouldn’t drive a Pete bc I would but I’d find one with a series 60 or n14

@kmtspartan3

9 ай бұрын

@@JoshsTruckingadventures yea your situation is definitely an exception, I’ve spoken to countless people that run cascading, Volvos, you name it and they’re getting 7-8 of they’re lucky.

@kmtspartan3

9 ай бұрын

@@JoshsTruckingadventures also, sorry I forgot to mention. I have 3.73 rears, with really small tires. If I ran better rears and bigger tires I guarantee I could touch 8-9 no doubt.

@JoshsTruckingadventures

9 ай бұрын

@@kmtspartan3 yeah with a 13 speed you’d be fine with 2:64-3.23 and you’d be good but it depends on what you do. I do stepdeck and specialize in equipment. Most of my heavy loads I get which still get around 7.5 is about 46k and it’s just to get me to another piece of equipment. But that’s one thing about paccar. Ifnyou get the engines running right they get really good fuel Milage. You just have to run max Milage and don’t idle them under 1k

I'm doing pretty good right now. I'm leased on with a company that has good freight. Probably 85% of the freight is direct customers freight. I'm averaging $2500/week after fuel and insurance and home every weekend if I want.

@kajg4236

9 ай бұрын

what state?

Ppl are running but the trucks kn the road are definitely less, many truck stops look empty except the ones in c Big cities

yer gah’dam right and DC dont giver flyin shiet

Pull end dump or bulk tank. Local work great money.

Random but does anybody know if a classic hood will fit on a FLD?

@kyvirlogistics4993

9 ай бұрын

Depends on the year

@user-zv6qp6en7t

9 ай бұрын

Maybe, but make sure it's a set back axle.

i think for the amount of time yove been trucking if you would have your own company by now. with direct freight things would have been a lot better. paid off truck and knowledge on the mechanic side you would have been solid

You should try looking up Tim gentry. He owns gentry and sons trucking. Maybe he could help you out I watch all his KZread videos. He is a great guy.

Why u only turn on one side of the Jake brakes button? Or you have both up??? I use both of them. Left one is 2 cyl and right is 4 cyl

@scottbulach

9 ай бұрын

What?

@axist1235

9 ай бұрын

@@scottbulach who?

@TruckerAK

9 ай бұрын

One button turns on both it’s the way the shop fixed my jakes

1400$ on 650 miles is what 2.10 a mile? I applied to warren for the step deck division but the 35% cut they take was too much for me to accept with the way rates ar,not to mention that i couldn't dispatch myself which mean they wouldnt care if load picks up 300 miles away if a load pays good from shipper to receiver which dhd miles would make it worthless,it wouldn't matter if their customer rates were very good but its rough everywhere even with customer freight. They keep dropping and dropping their rates bc they know how it is on the loadboards

For what crap is paying I say go local save in fuel and maintenance in the long run it’s the same thing and you home daily. Add up all the cost of over the road plus fuel plus maintenance you breaking the same bread my guy

Just buy a dump truck 👍🏼

Man im going to miss seeing the classic on videos but yeah itz alright unless your keeping it.

I do disagree on brokers. Biggest issue is money was good everyone bought a truck... now the freight market is back to pre covid. The market is saturated with too many trucks.

Does anyone know if ak is still alive?

What's up I'll give you a tip try My way express in erie Pennsylvania they pay 90% i talk to a dispatcher they don't do anything under 3 bucks and you can use spot freight

HEY BUDDY, Freight waves is saying that rates hit rock bottom and now on the rise and predicting 2024 rates to those of 2019. Stay hopeful... 2024 will bring in a new president.

We are all hamster in a wheel

Lease your truck to companies that have their own freight, let’s you self dispatch, and let’s you run their loadboard + the 3rd party ones. Yes it’s mainly rough/slow everywhere but seems to me like you’re doing worse than us folks that are leased on somewhere

It’s the sausage Patties!!! There ain’t no damn where to stop and get a good meal!! The brokers own the monopoly on sausage Patties!! Any real trucker knows that!!

Why are you just looking at Bennett agents you have access to ace doran agents and the company they have in texas they have agents all over your not networking

run port !!!! or rail broo

You gotta get with a company that got dedicated freight not just leasing you on and tossing you to the load board. Get with Blair logistics or something.

Bra you still at Bennett?

I agree with you 1000% bro. IM just tireddddddddd of the bs with brokers. Im basically living from check to check and praying I don’t have a break down.

You are leasing on to the wrong people. I'm an owner op running refer and I'm doing pretty good.

Try another company like power source in indiana

Cut out the the middle man the broker . Find you a contract with a company.

Try ace doran they are owned by Bennett but have way better rates they are not Bennett agents theyhave there own agents

Brokers ARE NOT killing the industry. There's numerous reasons why the industry is in the toilet and first and foremost is immigrants. Eastern European, Asian and Indian drivers have flooded the industry, there is an over capacity of 700k trucks. Extremely low consumer spending since the Covid panic ended, massive inflation, increased energy costs, increased production costs, and then you can blame brokers last. Damn, so much ignorance in the industry, maybe if an IQ test was mandatory, the industry would improve. How can anyone be this ignorant in 2023 with instant knowledge in the palm of your hands?

@MrKartman8

9 ай бұрын

You are right

@1crypto587

9 ай бұрын

The government needs to step in and regulate the brokers better. They should be forced by law to disclose how much they charge customers and only allowed to keep a small percentage of what the load pays.

@1crypto587

9 ай бұрын

Immigrants have built this country. Without immigration us would crumble.

@godsok1

9 ай бұрын

@@1crypto587the government has NEVER fixed anything!!

@TruckerAK

9 ай бұрын

Brokers are also the reason lol agents at Bennett take 10-20% off the loads before posting them on the load boards & yes immigrants are also the reason people flying other people over here on work visas and throwing them in trucks and puttin them to work with 0 english.

Ever thought about Agri work?

Twist your straps and they do better

I thought you sold truck?

Break a leg usually means good luck. You look like you have mechanic skills. You're young, try something new.

I’m making 10k a week o/o. Only running m to f

If you can't handle the lows of work and life, you don't deserve the highs

@highwayghost6390

9 ай бұрын

Your wrong when peoples take advantage of the situation for their own greed its another level

You can’t keep saying owner operators can’t survive. The reality is your running an old truck and racing the arse off it! Your mpg is shocking so all your doing is throwing it in the tank. A modern truck going slower will easily do 10mpg so that’s the reason they are making profit and your just pissing it up the wall.

The government needs to step in and regulate the brokers better. They should be forced by law to disclose how much they charge customers and only allowed to keep a small percentage of what the load pays. Common sense. Truckers do all the heavy lifting.

Go see a nasal doctor on your days off. Eating your burgers through the whole video lol

@davidgriffin14

9 ай бұрын

He's eating his bugers?

@fumanchu9770

9 ай бұрын

yes , i have seen the booger thing in older videos@@davidgriffin14

@wannabetrucker7432

9 ай бұрын

I use to have sinus trouble to but I quit snorting illegal substance and it cleared up

@Pokingthebear999

9 ай бұрын

**Booger**👍

@TruckerAK

9 ай бұрын

Blame the doctor who messed up my surgery. Giving me these problems.

Armine Legendo Jesi dobro?

All the owner ops I fallow on here are crashing and burning, you're like the last one. I'm a company driver and drove for two mega carriers last year and it's the same shit. I could probably make more money at taco bell right now.

@moneyman1588

9 ай бұрын

Who you follow I see alot of them still on here

@davidfischer7895

9 ай бұрын

@moneyman1588 wild beard and velox18 are the last two I can think of that hung it up. A few other guys don't even have channels anymore. There's others that are still rolling but nobody's exactly killing it right now.

@moneyman1588

9 ай бұрын

@@davidfischer7895 you gotta watch interstate made me he just bought his equipment cash he just started his channel and good ole trucker dan

@TruckerAK

9 ай бұрын

Nobody is killing it out here a lot of people can fake it all day that they are making money but truckers lie the second they open their mouths

Wall Street ain’t struggling. All the working class of this country needs to unionize like it was back in the 50s and 60s when the country was strong and a man could easily support the whole family with a good paying union job.

Brokers killing the trucking industry lol if it were that simple

@scottbulach

9 ай бұрын

They ain’t helping

@jyctrucking-joeycruz5972

9 ай бұрын

@@scottbulach no one or nothing is it’s just one of those years,Unfortunately

@TruckerAK

9 ай бұрын

It ain’t just one of those years it’s been like this since the start of 2022.

It’s hard to watch this channel. Dude complains about everything. Rates have settle, deal with it. People came into trucking when brokers were giving out stupid money. Most people who got into trucking at that time. Think rates were like that all the time. It’s boom or bust. If you don’t save any money during the peak of freight. You are going to fail. Most companies are running off there reserve money. People don’t plan for the bust.

Come over here and try Landstar!

first

@scottycollins1829

9 ай бұрын

1,000,000th!!!!!!!!!!😎🔊🔊🔊🔊💰💰💰💰💰💰

Damn the lower load rates, interest rates at their peak will start cutting relatively soon. Economy will pick up and loads should too. Fully confident in ur backup plan. Im making less money hauling butane gas after losing the oil work to an extreme low rate. Were all getting through this lower cycle together, stay strong.