What is happening to the industry in this country? Last week we heard that "Arrow Trucking" Company closed it's doors. The manner in which they did this was so very sad. The company pulled the fuel cards (the method in which drivers that worked for them purchased fuel) on 1600 trucks! This left 1600 drivers stranded wherever they happened to be. With freight, or without freight, these trucks with drivers could only go as far as the fuel already in their truck tanks would allow them to go. Right before Christmas! Leaving drivers stranded.
It would appear that TMC Trucking will be the next to fall. Schneider already left Seville, Ohio with the exception of using their lot on Rt. 3 for storage.
Freight rates are dropping and loads are scarce.
Tuesday, Tim drove back from the area around Yonkers, New York empty..no return load.
He was paid $77 as a fuel allowance. At the rate of consumption our Kenworth uses, Tim is lucky to get good fuel mileage. He gets 7 miles per gallon. Figure the mileage from Valley City, to Canton to pick up the load, then drive to Yonkers then turn around and come back.
Today he goes to Cleveland and then to somewhere in Pa. It will take 3 hours to load and tarp, drive to Pa. Untarp, unload, turn around and come back empty.
Not good!
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I really hate to hear all of that. Without our truck drivers we would have nearly nothing. I look around the house and know that whatever it is I'm seeing, chances are very likely it arrived on a truck.
This can't end happily.
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