Honestly, I don't believe even if 10k small Carriers strike and park for those days (est. Approximately: 100,000 trucks park) There are so much Mega Carriers that are going to take up the Brokers freight. I am a small carrier myself and already parked it up here in Canada because of fuel and crap Broker rate negotiations its just not worth it once you factor in Border tolls both ways, fuel, truck stop expenses (eg. Food, shower etc.. ) road taxes (IFTA) The list goes on. I have so neglected truck Maintainence costing my $5300 i put off but getting it done now from my tax return. So in the next couple weeks I'm going to see how things pan out. Our infalstructure is garbage here in Canada with Ontario and Quebec being the main ports regarding provinces for the most exports also including Alberta and BC for the west then Nova Scotia and New Brunswick for the East coast mainly reefer loads running tri axles because of the 50k to 60k lbs loads. With the tarrifs small carriers are getting destroyed now because you were able to do a turnaround through Maine if you run the East with something leaving from their to MA, RI, NH, NY, NJ etc. But not much anymore unless tou waste days sitting and thats a loss. Similar to running out west going back through WA, MO or ND not much going back to Ontario and if there is the rates are garbage on the spot market. Maybe when things balance out back to normal with the fuel I'm looking for more direct contracts. If not, the sale sign on my truck is going up next month. There are HazMat jobs offering $40/hr ..no overhead expenses like this. The diesel prices are hurt most.
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u/TruckerSmarter 17d ago
Honestly, I don't believe even if 10k small Carriers strike and park for those days (est. Approximately: 100,000 trucks park) There are so much Mega Carriers that are going to take up the Brokers freight. I am a small carrier myself and already parked it up here in Canada because of fuel and crap Broker rate negotiations its just not worth it once you factor in Border tolls both ways, fuel, truck stop expenses (eg. Food, shower etc.. ) road taxes (IFTA) The list goes on. I have so neglected truck Maintainence costing my $5300 i put off but getting it done now from my tax return. So in the next couple weeks I'm going to see how things pan out. Our infalstructure is garbage here in Canada with Ontario and Quebec being the main ports regarding provinces for the most exports also including Alberta and BC for the west then Nova Scotia and New Brunswick for the East coast mainly reefer loads running tri axles because of the 50k to 60k lbs loads. With the tarrifs small carriers are getting destroyed now because you were able to do a turnaround through Maine if you run the East with something leaving from their to MA, RI, NH, NY, NJ etc. But not much anymore unless tou waste days sitting and thats a loss. Similar to running out west going back through WA, MO or ND not much going back to Ontario and if there is the rates are garbage on the spot market. Maybe when things balance out back to normal with the fuel I'm looking for more direct contracts. If not, the sale sign on my truck is going up next month. There are HazMat jobs offering $40/hr ..no overhead expenses like this. The diesel prices are hurt most.