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  1. Mike

    Owner Operator A ‘Great Purge’ is pushing small truckers out of business at an unprecedented rate

    The problem here is, no matter how good the information may be, it’s no longer listened to with comments like that. There are multiple ways to come up with good numbers. When your economy per mile numbers are extremely low and based on local driving, it’s just as easy to use a per month...
  2. Mike

    Owner Operator A ‘Great Purge’ is pushing small truckers out of business at an unprecedented rate

    You are both right on things, and the way expenses are viewed between local and OTR can easily be completely different. Going at each other in the thread does nothing to encourage others to participate, so stop that part of it. Me doing a local load is simple, it’s a day rate, or at the very...
  3. Mike

    Owner Operator A ‘Great Purge’ is pushing small truckers out of business at an unprecedented rate

    You can understand business 100%. Won’t matter if you are the one calling the shots and unable to negotiate the rates you need to make the profit you are seeking. That is what is addressed in the beginning of the article I posted. Trucking is one of the most simple businesses there is to...
  4. Mike

    Owner Operator A ‘Great Purge’ is pushing small truckers out of business at an unprecedented rate

    Not a news article, posting simply because this is a good example of rates being lower because too many truckers that can't negotiate and demand their worth are now in a panic because of the fear stories they read and they are now jumping on whatever load they can find. This shipper knew they...
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