I got my commercial license in 1959 when I was a 16 year old kid. I drove to the courthouse with no driver's license. I took a one page written test, drove around the block and had a license to drive any truck on the road. I hauled gasoline. It took skill to drive. No power steering, no abs, no AC, around 200hp and transmissions that took skill to shift. I have owned trucks for over 60 years. I always prided myself in being able to top wages. But that has changed. All of my equipment is paid for, but rates are so cheap that I don't feel like paying more wages. Last year I sold some trucks. This year I have just parked more this year. And I have not had an application from a driver that my qualifications in probably two years. I don't need drivers that just fell out of trucking school yesterday. My insurance carrier wants to see at least three years experience. There is a shortage of good responsible professional drivers. But there is a big oversupply of steering wheel holders with a license to drive. I can't criticize drivers with English as a second language because English was my third language. And I can't blame people for coming to America to earn more than they can in their home company, but I just can't imagine a carrier hiring someone who is really not proficient in English and has no sense of responsibility. I live near IH35 and IH10 and I spend a lot of time on these two Interstates. I amazed at all the come lately USDOT numbers. In my opinion most of these carriers have no real financial responsibility. These guys can hire anyone with a CDL. If something bad happens they don't have to worry about lawsuits because their company probably has negative equity anyway. I own real estate as well as other business that I need to protect so I have more insurance than only legal requirements. Our industry has gotten really screwed up. Between our government programs and our surplus of carriers, it is going to be a mess for a long time. As long as we have carriers who hire applicants who come in riding a bicycle and more schools turning out these applicants these things aren't going to get better. I am 80 year old. I will keep a few trucks for my loyal drivers, but I doubt that I will see trucking become a healthy industry during my life time.
@NorthAmerican-Trucking-News
7 күн бұрын
Thanks for sharing!
@ThaAlmightyWill
7 күн бұрын
Everyone starts somewhere. Today's trucking school graduate is tomorrow's you. Furthermore, you literally said you didn't even have to go through training to be "qualified". You also didn't have as many distracted drivers on the road. As many distractions. As many regulations etc. Also, to say those coming in now have no financial responsibility is foolish. Last thing, if you have your trucking and real estate under the same company then that's an asset management mistake and you could probably learn a few things from us new guys 🤷🏽. Nonetheless, thanks for your perspective
@thedevilandhertrumpets4268
7 күн бұрын
I love perspectives like this.
@drivingwithryan5857
7 күн бұрын
Speaking the truth! Sounds like someone I would be proud to drive for.
@KennethCrenwelge
7 күн бұрын
@@ThaAlmightyWill There were no driving schools in my day, but trucks always fascinated me. My education is a BBA in accounting and pre law. I never finished law school because of my passion with with trucks. It took skill to drive in those days and I worked hard to develop those skills. The first 20 years my trucks did not transport anything for hire, It was all commodities I traded which included gasoline, grain and feed ingredients. About 40 years ago, I helped organize Pioneer National Bank in Fredericksburg, TX. I was a director and on the loan committee so I know a little about asset management. We sold the bank for 8 times what we had invested after 20 years. By stating that startups are not financially responsible I mean that they probably have a very weak balance sheet. I do have the trucking company in a separate corporation, from other assets or business ventures. But I the course of my 60 years in trucking I have been the plaintiff in litigation over 30 times and always won a settlement. Several times I successfully pierced the "corporate veil" to attach a corporate owner's personal assets. I have been the defendant once. A customer sued our bank and me personally as being head of the loan committee. The plaintiff's contingency based attorney folded about 15 minutes into my deposition. I have not applied for a job in over 60 years. I have always been self employed. If I were a young man I would not consider driving a truck. And If I were still on the loan committee I doubt that I would see many balance sheets that would convince me to finance rolling stock. And I see a lot of mistakes were made in the past few years. I sold 5 trucks through Ritchie Bros not too long ago and had a long conversation with their sales rep. They are seeing a lot of repos. And the buyers aren't financially sound either. I received payment for 3 of the units. 2 went to non paying bidders and they finally sold during their next sale. The entire industry is in upheaval now. I wish you young guys luck in surviving the bad times. Especially the ones that "know it all."
@MidlifeTrucker-ThomBell
7 күн бұрын
Every profession has not kept up with inflation. Just pick one; teachers, law enforcement, nurses, janitors…. This is not limited to trucking. You may be paying your plumber or electrician more but that doesn’t mean the person doing the work is making more. Think about it, it costs more to ship cargo but that doesn’t mean the driver is making more.
@dentman67
7 күн бұрын
Your not dealing with the brightest group of people. They accept being shit on constantly. As long as they have their new F250. They sell. Themselves out. Imagine if 70% of owner operators had 6 months of emergency money. They could shut the country down and demand real pay. Nope, new truck means more
@jasondangelo4life
7 күн бұрын
Sea, rail, and air all have gotten raises and benefits every year because they know their worth and are not afraid to come together and strike for it. Truck drivers are the doormats of transportation because we allow it. If we came together like the others, we would be able to demand the respect and pay that we deserve but we are too busy arguing over what each other wear on our feet. We’ve done this to ourselves.
@NorthAmerican-Trucking-News
6 күн бұрын
It's really crazy how unionization is so difficult for truckers
@jasondangelo4life
6 күн бұрын
@@NorthAmerican-Trucking-News we will pay thousands of dollars in lumper fees, licensing, permits, and fines but a few dollars a month in union dues is a no go. I think we should at least have the option. I would love to have the power and influence of the teamsters to protect me from companies like the one I’m currently stuck with but I get it, some people don’t want it.
@somebody9785
7 күн бұрын
Be the change! Pay YOUR drivers a lot more Mr. ET 👍👍👍👍
@All-Miles-Matter
5 күн бұрын
Dude....if he would be could ya ding dong.
@Stanley_Furley
7 күн бұрын
Simple solution; CDL needs to become a Recognized Trade and be paid appropriately. CDL’s are NOT the ticket to Residency Status. Can you imaging if airlines operated like truck???? Would you ever fly again??? But yet statistically you are far more likely to be injured or killed on the road than in the air.
@NorthAmerican-Trucking-News
7 күн бұрын
It should be recognized. I can't imagine why it isn't
@bradleymayberry6739
7 күн бұрын
You make very good points in the industry. Things have changed a lot with drivers for sure in the last 20years
@NorthAmerican-Trucking-News
6 күн бұрын
Wishing we could take it back to the good ol days
@jayc4715
7 күн бұрын
Pay is not increasing because it's not necessary...drivers are a dime a dozen and will drive for peanuts ..why pay more
@johndyck456
7 күн бұрын
Foreign drivers are the problem
@NorthAmerican-Trucking-News
7 күн бұрын
I wish that drivers held themselves with higher esteem. They're a pillar of any society yet the only one treated as less than by everyone
@CForged
7 күн бұрын
@@NorthAmerican-Trucking-Newswe do and that’s why the top ten percent make the big bucks. Let the rest wallow in their misery and constant humdrum attitudes.
@brandino97yyc
6 күн бұрын
@@NorthAmerican-Trucking-News Someone will always work for less and it hurts everyone. I was a company driver otr cross border from Canada and in the USA I made 68 cpm doing reefers in Canada I 46 cpm for doing reefers
@allisonb9072
4 күн бұрын
I’m about to attend CDL school and am vigorously studying the trucking industry so that I can have a thorough understanding of what I’m getting into. Many companies are paying pennies, especially to new drivers. I feel that people should know their worth, be humble, but yet don’t allow yourself to be a sucker for a company that doesn’t value what you bring to the table. There are some companies that pay well, but as a new driver, you need to have at least 1 solid year of experience. I honestly think that the only companies that pay decently are food service, but you will do a lot of heavy lifting.
@johnhudelson2652
5 күн бұрын
The claim of truck driver shortages is pure unadulterated BS with the low pay.
@NorthAmerican-Trucking-News
5 күн бұрын
We too don't believe in the shortage. We believe companies are just unable to retain their drivers
@johnhudelson2652
5 күн бұрын
@@NorthAmerican-Trucking-News A lot of truck drivers who leave simply find other types of work such as being electricians, plumbers, etc.
@WillVan-gc8zp
4 күн бұрын
Good content, keep up the good work. Hopefully, there is going to be changes soon. For the better, we can only hope.
@NorthAmerican-Trucking-News
4 күн бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@darylb5564
7 күн бұрын
I’m in a unique situation but I got 4 raises this year. But you hit the nail on the head. There’s no barrier to entry. The supply of drivers is just too great. I worked for an awful company when I was new. In orientation they tested us to confirm we could read English. I asked the instructor why they did that since you can’t pass a CDL test without being able to read English. He told me they have ways to do it
@dengchen9679
7 күн бұрын
Trucking is one of the toughest jobs
@ryantremblay3834
7 күн бұрын
Easiest job I've ever had!
@NorthAmerican-Trucking-News
7 күн бұрын
Indeed! It takes such a toll!
@douglasanderson1276
6 күн бұрын
Easy in some respects but very bad for your health and family. Talking about otr
@brianmccarthy3774
7 күн бұрын
Trucking needs to be a recognized trade with the apprenticeship program, a growing rate with the level you are at. Too many unsafe drivers on the road. And bringing back jimmy hoffa wouldn’t hurt
@shawnorourke1337
6 күн бұрын
Just watched your video, another great one. I am a small fleet owner I have 5 trucks here in Ontario, and I would be happy to be involved in a round table discussion. We haul mainly heave and mostly Ontario.
@NorthAmerican-Trucking-News
6 күн бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@WillVan-gc8zp
4 күн бұрын
And the sad thing of it is what people don't realize when they're thinking, oh cheaper labor they're not thinking of the long haul, and what I mean by that is. These foreigners were from other countries that come in that do it cheaper. They're going to take that money, then send it back to where they're going, and not spend the resources that they're getting In the country, they're in just enough to get them by, but most of the money that a citizen would use, it's being spent inside the country or locally, providing more cash for other businesses and bringing expenses down by spending our money in our country. And continuing to do so Because when the money isn't being spent locally, who is going to flip the bill it's not illegal. It's not the foreigner that came in. That's not good that they're cheap. It's the people that think this is a good idea, causing that problem catering to the more and more problems that others are having financially who have to go and get 2 jobs just to maintain or possibly 3 jobs again. There is no reason why citizens are any country should have to put up with that. Because people think, oh cheap labor it is going to be great, but has anyone noticed? The prices going up and not going down of goods and services, and then the the cost of paying somebody It's drastically now cheaper. What I'm saying is, would you rather have somebody that's not going to spend money in in your country to help with bringing me Costa goods and services down, which would be better spent locally, then it would be to send it to somebody who's gonna spend it. In another country. Kind of like a business, if you're not spending money at that business. What happens to that business? It closes right too many poor decisions. Sorry to say in business. It's part of the problem, adding more problems that others don't need. And that's why you're seeing a lot of people closing down because they're hiring cheap labor and and costing locally a problem, it sounds good on paper. Oh, cheap flavor great wonderful. But the people that are getting the cheap labor are not from here or from there in the country, that's the problem we're in, and the best way to nip. This in the butt is not to hire at the moment. Foreigners or cheap labor Beka's. Locally, it needs to be spent locally in order to bring prices and the cost of living expenses down. Kind of like how Ronald Reagan did beckoning Hades, I lived through that. I've watched the price of goods start to drop and services. Start to drop and affordability was much better than but you have people that want to abstract this and make it sound horrible, logically and rationally by saying, oh, it is going to cost us more when in the long run. It's not true. It's better to keep things local for now to build a better local business and bring down the cost locally, because again, it's good these people that are coming from other countries. They have one thing on their mind is sending money back to where they came from. I understand that I don't mean the sound rude butt if they're problems, they should have dealt within their country and not put it on us. Because they caused a lot of grief. I'm just saying the cost of goods and services has not decreased. That's my point. I'm trying to make being cheap mean. Somebody else is paying for it. Innocently, it's paying for it. Do you think the people in government don't know this? They're always trying to figure out ways to make us spend more money by raising taxes for this or that or a law, or a policy that masks As A? Logical reasoning for the citizens in that country, and then it's just a wolf in sheep's clothing because of what the government is doing, and nobody is checking and nobody is balancing this issue unless they're going to talk about lowering prices in goods and services, and in bringing up of the rates, 4 services, these people should not be voted in government. Here in the US they keep making excuses. Oh, it's because of the COVID. No. It is because of no oh, it's because of no, it isn't. It's a scam until people realize what's going on and stop hiring cheap laborers. Foreigners, especially for the moment because that money will not be spent in the country that they came in. Guarantee that, and it's not helping with taxes. It's not helping with bringing inflation down. It's not helping anything. If anything, it's costing us a great deal of money each week each month each year. So for those who keep believing that a hiring sheet flavor is a good thing and a foreigner Until you stop doing that and realize that's the problem, because if it was legit like they claim it is, then we wouldn't have so much inflation or an excuse thereof of raising taxes, costing us a great deal of money and business is a great deal of money. If you want to see the problem stop, don't hire anyone that's not going to be spending money locally, which would help the community, which would grow community, I have nothing against these people, but when people are saying the cheap flavor from other countries that come in to our countries and not notice a revolving problem and then complain about the rates and then complain about the expense. And? wonder why it's happening. And it's a problem that needs to be addressed. You have to notice when a problem is occurring. Actually realize what it is when you're dealing with things outsourcing, pretty much it doesn't work, it starts going up. It starts adding more problems that people don't need Just saying when you're not spending the money out of business that business fails, and they could be the best business. On point with everything and still come up short. If the the people that are working, there are not spending that money locally, it's not helping locally, therefore not helping the business. Therefore cost the goods and things go up. But when you have people that come here and you have people here already working their a**** off and getting nowhere's I wonder what's going on. It's because nobody's spending their money locally. It does help drastic changes will happen when that does start. What should happen and this wouldn't be a problem. We need people that are gonna be business owners. To manage the outcome here, stop hiring cheap labor that isn't going to spend the money here. That's one problem I see happen across-the-board. They think because they're getting a better deal with that life is gonna be pixie, Dustin, rainbows. They might survive a little bit longer, but they always end up closing whether it be one years, 10 years 50 years, they end up closing, because the money that could have been spent locally would have provided lower cost of food the lower cost of fuel lower cost of services. People want cheap, but if you're not spending it in the right places, it's always gonna go up. And again, investigate your government in what they're doing? That's costing, that's good. Country money. And the inflation reason for the inflations or more taxes to be raised or implementing more taxes for this, that in the third which should not be there, because that's costing us more money, you gotta understand if you're not politically, and you are along for the ride. It's in your best interest. Do you know what they're doing? And question, what they do that includes your country in Canada that is making things harder on top of which the the people that are coming in, who are spending their money, not locally is adding to that? I'm just pointing this out and then they're giving them businesses, so they could hire their own and pay a little taxes. It only works if you're a family. It doesn't work if you're a business for a country. Because money isn't being separated from where the source is. This is my point. If the money is being spent locally, you're going to see better, better positive changes, then the negatives, why does it keep happen? Why does it keep happen? Why does it keep happening? Well, if you're going to be cheap somebody else innocently is gonna pay for it. Citizens. Of your country Ann locally are paying for this. It's not therap. To the people that grew up in this country and your country as well should not be put through this. I get it. Everybody wants to make money and want to live. That's successful life button. This way of thinking is costing everybody. Pretty much, most likely you as well. You gotta get rid of the corruption in your government first and the people need to speak up. This isn't normal. This isn't rational. It isn't logical. It's downright evil. The people in your country they're in the government knows this and the people that want to destroy your country needs to be addressed if you want change. Don't hire cheap from other countries because a person that's probably 30 or 40 minutes away. That is, a citizen is going to spend that money locally, which is going to help the economy. Just pointing this out, it may sound like a bunch of hogwash. And it may not make sense again, it's common sense. If these people aren't spending the money, goods and services are getting more and more expensive, why do you think that is? They are a part of it, but they are not the whole reason. Corruption in your government needs to be addressed. But when people are trying to figure out what's going on and And not paying attention it becomes a problem and the numb knee-jerk is to say cheap labor from another country? Oh, that's gonna help. It doesn't help the price of goods and services aren't cheap and this is adding to the problem. I'm not helping our situation that we're facing today. That is 100% sure. It is not helping thinking in that manner, isn't helping at all.
@NorthAmerican-Trucking-News
4 күн бұрын
Thanks for sharing!
@userxxxx-pb5bo
7 күн бұрын
Love the analysis
@NorthAmerican-Trucking-News
7 күн бұрын
Thank you very much!
@JonathonPearson-w2g
2 күн бұрын
I am a driver in the US and there is a lot of foreign companies in Chicago manipulate log books so if you have any new drivers go over there just make sure that you're aware of it FMCSA is cracking down on them now also FMCSA is cracking down on a lease purchase truck drivers because the industry is getting so bad
@Parasefvirte
2 күн бұрын
To many drivers, that is why, anyone can be a truck driver is no big deal
@NorthAmerican-Trucking-News
Күн бұрын
You're right!
@Hazara26
2 күн бұрын
Very easy to solve the problem in Trucking. Get rid of driver Inc and tell the drivers if you don't own the truck then you must work on payroll. Then you will see the industry would stabilize when the owner of the truck would bring their employees on payroll which will benefit the government and excess trucking companies would close. Because the owner have to hire accountant to do the payroll which would leave two choices to owner to drive his truck or pay the employee not in cheque. But there are big companies involved which is lobbying the corrupt government for keeping their head in the sand and ignore.
@mrdavis2928
2 күн бұрын
Glad I left this industry! Never looking back!!
@vanbraxton8422
4 күн бұрын
I drove trucks in 1986 to 91, and they were saying the same thing, only if the truck drivers stuck together, THEY WILL NEVER STICK TOGETHER 😮 Thats why they have the Title " DUMB TRUCKERS ( which doesnt apply to all drivers literally) its the way the overall industry is looked at, & thats very Sad😢
@littu021
7 күн бұрын
Relevant topic, well done Ronnen.
@NorthAmerican-Trucking-News
7 күн бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@kenfreed614
7 күн бұрын
How are new drivers able to qualify for insurance? And if a company self insures or is a member of a captive insurance group, there must be high standards. It would seem an unlimited supply of new drivers serves primarily the mega-carriers.
@ericndassah7745
5 күн бұрын
I am based in Germany. To obtain a truck driving licence is very expensive and it takes about 6 months. Our driving licence in Germany is obtained mostly by the help of Job Center. I had my truck driving licence in 2016 and it costed about 8000 euro paid by Job Center. But today that amount has trippled making it very difficult for job Center to sponsor the driving licence. Truckers salary in Germany is also very low. I do 173 hours a month and my take home is just 2000 Euro.
@NorthAmerican-Trucking-News
5 күн бұрын
Yikes
@ichvox
5 күн бұрын
How many days you spend on the road without going home?
@ericndassah7745
5 күн бұрын
@@ichvox I go home daily. I work mostly during the night and during the day i am home.
@ichvox
5 күн бұрын
@@ericndassah7745 well here if you want to make some money you need to be at least 5 days on the road or about 24 days in the truck a month
@dwainsmilne
7 күн бұрын
In Canada immigration is the number one reason why wages are extremely low, the company that I worked for 24 yrs are pretty much 85% right know compared to around 5 % 10 yrs ago, the company agreed to train the immigrants if they will sign up a contract to promise to drive for 6-10 yrs,and really cheaply, it's come to point where experienced drivers are being pushed out of the industry because with the safety bonuses there too expensive to keep,I can drive for 400 miles and never see anything but immigrants driving the trucks,I have a perfect safety record with this company but they don't want to pay them so they push them out so us experienced drivers are without work???????SAD BUT TRUE????And the young people aren't coming into the industry because for the horrible sacrifice that a driver has to make THERE'S NOT ENOUGH MONEY IN IT,The government is doing it and the big companies are taking advantage of this loophole, if it keeps up this way there will be 100% immigrants running up and down the road SOOOOOO SADDDD????????????????????
@yannia5317
5 күн бұрын
The problem is you don't blame immigrants about you wage the problem you living pay check to pay check so you can't even demand more and you can't strike of all truckers come together and strike for a week you will see what is going to happen but unfortunately 95% or you guys can't survive without working for a week
@rce8540
2 күн бұрын
Been out here since 1976. The immigrants have destroyed trucking. They hauling loads from Petrolia Ontario to Houston Texas for 1795.00 us for c h Robinson. All immigrants 1300 miles. Big money.
@Hazara26
2 күн бұрын
Except government employees whose pay increased in private sector? No one.
@Followerof
7 күн бұрын
Honestly we need a twelve month course for Cdl . Three month class and ten month on the road training. With a longer on the road training. We can teach the ins and outs to new drivers in more detail. Especially for winter time
@ThaAlmightyWill
7 күн бұрын
If drivers want change, do the things that impact change. Push drivers into a union, stabilize rates across the industry. Stop hiring immigrants and cheap labor. Lobby to get fines placed against companies that try to do that circumventing qualified experienced drivers etc etc etc. But lets be real, that wont happen since theres 0 unity in this industry. Almost every single other industry has a structured standard base of pay across the board and some form of union available. Also, from how it sounds, companies are also at fault. If you know what driver pay is supposed to be, pay your drivers their worth and maybe you would have better drivers on the road. Its not the shippers that dictate cost. Its what transportation companies are willing to accept. Stop undercutting, create a pay floor, go from there. But greed wont let them so 🤷🏽.
@jacobharneck1859
3 күн бұрын
0.65 cents a mile average today? Every company I look at wants to pay 0.54 cents at best. Maybe I’m calling the wrong companies.
@donerickson7869
5 күн бұрын
They're being suppressed to by corporate carriers when one parent Corp owns multiple companies job hopping is not going to work as mechanics we are seeing this where you have 6 or 7 car lots owned by only 2 owners they set the rates they are going to pay techs. Also if you get canned for some reason your not going to work at any of the sister dealership.
@NorthAmerican-Trucking-News
4 күн бұрын
Thanks for sharing!
@Smooth_Operator_83
5 күн бұрын
Good topic
@NorthAmerican-Trucking-News
4 күн бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@ichvox
5 күн бұрын
It's not increasing it actually decreasing for drivers and O/O
@NorthAmerican-Trucking-News
4 күн бұрын
That is what we've noticed, yes
@oscarcabrera4626
6 күн бұрын
Hey Ronin you have the training academy. How come you don’t have a training center at ET Transport for new drivers? This way it’s like an apprenticeship or a probationary period before the driver goes on the road. This way they have extra training and are trained by your standard. Just a thought or suggestion. I appreciate all the information and content you’re providing. Thank you
@NorthAmerican-Trucking-News
5 күн бұрын
Trucking Academy isn't a training academy, it's a resource-based platform we've created to help everyone by providing them with documents we would have also needed throughout our trucking journey. Simply put, training new drivers is a whole other expense to go into prematurely. Perhaps once we launch our newest facility and rates improve and become sustainable we can undertake such a ventue
@WalkingDead2024
6 күн бұрын
I just got a penny and a half raise, bringing me to .45 cpm. I wish I was joking.
@NorthAmerican-Trucking-News
5 күн бұрын
You're not? 😦
@buddha6954
2 күн бұрын
It’s because the government brings in too many people to our country. The government uses this as a quick way to train people for a job. So trucking becomes over saturated. Which keeps the pay down.
@dengchen9679
7 күн бұрын
Good point, scarcity is valuable
@NorthAmerican-Trucking-News
7 күн бұрын
It is! That's the backbone of supply and demand. The more scarce, the more demand!
@Kugelbliz
7 күн бұрын
My dad was doing FedEx ground team in the early 1999 to 2006. He would take home $1,200 roughly a week. Even today that is way underpaid. The money has just lost its purchasing power due to inflation. Any truck doing 2500 physical miles should be making 10K a week. That's just not how it works though. The way the market is set up is the ratio between how many loads are available versus how many trucks are available to pull those loads.
@viajandoatrabalhar722
5 күн бұрын
I’m from Portugal 🇵🇹 and I won’t to be a truck driver in USA or Canada not only for the money, I’m a truck driver in Europe I make a good money, but I always dream to live and drive in North America , I hope to be driving over there very soon
@NorthAmerican-Trucking-News
5 күн бұрын
Why North America specifically, if you don't mind my asking?
@viajandoatrabalhar722
5 күн бұрын
@@NorthAmerican-Trucking-News I am a truck driver in Europe for 15 years, and my dream was always to be a truck driver in North America drive big trucks , and I now the market over there is not great but I believe is 100% better than Europe here for you to take a shower. You have to shower on the most dirty places , nobody respect truck drivers anymore in Europe. But the smaller answer is my childish dream
@viajandoatrabalhar722
5 күн бұрын
@@NorthAmerican-Trucking-News I live in spine and I can change to another country in Europe. Let’s say Ireland and get pay 30% more, but still the same kind of trucks The same roads nothing changes . I have now 39 years old and I believe I wait too much, but I never believe to be illegal in another country. Otherwise I am in America for a long time
@ichvox
5 күн бұрын
You are crazy my friend wanting to drive in north america
@chadha1412
6 күн бұрын
Last summer i was doing flatbed which was percentage. With the miles i drove i calculated it to where i was getting paid .43cpm. That would have been a regular wage if the year was 2001. That guy went out of business 3 months later. I agree immigration is so bad i dont see it changing at all. Pretty soon the immigrants will be 80% of the industry. Sad. RIP American trucker.
@williamrichardson3993
7 күн бұрын
In the mid-1970s local drivers in my market were earning $40k per year. I was earning $13k. I was really tempted to make a change. Almost took the plunge.
@NorthAmerican-Trucking-News
7 күн бұрын
Wow...
@tuvoca825
7 күн бұрын
Meanwhile I can't get packages that aren't smashed.... Monopolies suck
@NorthAmerican-Trucking-News
7 күн бұрын
Free us from smashed packages
@AntonioHernandez-bj4cx
4 күн бұрын
Mega carriers hauling cheap freight and hiring foreigners who have minimal skills an also a big problem… it’s called cheap labor, you get get cheaper labor you’ll get bottom performance… steering wheel holders
@hskippie
7 күн бұрын
Make more money at McDonald's working those same hours wake up truck drivers
@DARKTROPICAN
7 күн бұрын
If you think drivers should get .90c a mile then o/o should get $10 a mile to get a profit of today's cost
@NorthAmerican-Trucking-News
6 күн бұрын
That's a steep difference
@supermarioxs1
7 күн бұрын
It’s easy to get your CDL. The hard part is keeping it and keeping it clean….. that’s what I was told when I got mine 15 years ago
@NorthAmerican-Trucking-News
6 күн бұрын
Whoever said that was telling the truth
@supermarioxs1
6 күн бұрын
@@NorthAmerican-Trucking-News my cousin , old school , who trained me… lol I went team 6 months before I went solo….
@WillVan-gc8zp
4 күн бұрын
And I do believe the industry needs to be reformed. And this time around the truckers get to vote on the walls, not the government or special interest groups or socialists. We've done a Bang up job so far with their nonsense. It is time for change positive change. And I do believe we all need to be a part of the laws regulations and in the future to where it will be safe manageable, and we wouldn't have the problems of this saturation of drivers and the ones that take the cheap rates, because they're all probably living out of the truck, and I've seen 3 deep in one tractor. And they weren't American, and they weren't Canadian. Again, we need to have truckers, votes and truckers actually voice the concerns. I don't believe that the tests were easy. Maybe somebody might have been taking shortcuts to get them out, but it wasn't easy. With that being said the schools that you're spending 5 or $6000 for 3 weeks. Should should b more time with training? I do agree with that. backing And driving in the mountains. They're making it easy to flood the market.
@NorthAmerican-Trucking-News
4 күн бұрын
Reformation is definitely needed!
@Mani-g3u4p
7 күн бұрын
No overtime tax does sure has me thinking about getting a local tanker hazmat job .
@NorthAmerican-Trucking-News
7 күн бұрын
I hear they're doing well!
@clintonhunnicutt3049
12 сағат бұрын
Trucking companies are exempt from paying overtime. Good luck finding one that pays ot.
@Mani-g3u4p
6 сағат бұрын
@@clintonhunnicutt3049 I use to work for a local milk company we would get overtime pay not double overtime.
@ownerop8852
7 күн бұрын
As a company driver I should be making $2500 a week with 13 years experience. Instead I competed with lease purchase drivers. Typical week is $1000. My job has been phased out and was “offered” a lease contract. 2 years working for this company I should have $50k set aside to buy another truck reactive my authority. Instead unemployment
@taras885
7 күн бұрын
Don't understand why this topic raise but in WA as a local P&D driver I've seen a good pay increase for hours jobs. Plenty overtime hours and high demand for deliveries.
@NorthAmerican-Trucking-News
7 күн бұрын
Thanks for sharing!
@billymackbuilds9348
7 күн бұрын
Atlantic Canada guys are making .50 cents or less.
@NorthAmerican-Trucking-News
6 күн бұрын
Yikes
@JC09A
4 күн бұрын
Yes, it is true the drivers are available dime a dozen. It is unfortunate to see a driver with 8 yrs long haul cross border experience and a clean abstract is getting 55 cents a mile. So I don’t know which companies pay their drivers 65 cents and what’s the catch.
@natedog01able
5 күн бұрын
The rates were great during the pandemic but the wadges still was the same. I noticed when I was in Brownsville Texas I noticed Mexicans bringing fruits over from Mexico.
@NorthAmerican-Trucking-News
4 күн бұрын
Oh?
@pdotdollarsign
7 күн бұрын
If Trump gets the taxes dropped on overtime pay I’m gonna dump Trucking for sure and get me an hourly job
@hwhitley93
7 күн бұрын
I heard that there’s something wrong with that so instead of an hourly non-tax on your overtime it’s gonna be as a monthly overtime quota so let’s say you get 40+ hours one week and then you only get 30 hours one week it evens out
@WillVan-gc8zp
4 күн бұрын
A lot of things need to be Addressed in the government. In both, however, of our country's and the people need to speak up and address the problems they're facing, before we fall to another disparaging scenario that we all can't afford. Their countries have faced and now living because they did nothing, it's not going to affect me. Those people. You can be rich in it. It may not affect you at that moment, but eventually it will. That's why some people go bankrupt. Because you have people in government that are meddling with people's lives that they have no business. Doing they should be asking the people of the country instead of assinuating what they think, that's another big problem we're both facing. For those people that are making decisions for us. Are not qualified to speak for us. Because they were probably duffed in a locker when they were younger and get back in the day and now they have a little bit of power, and now they're making decisions for you instead of asking you, that is a real big problem. They distract people with racism, sexism and blah blah. Blah, but you can't be racist if you're speaking up for something that is positive that would be a benefit to the country. Not a hindrance, as it's been by allowing them to go and do what they want, and not answer to anyone. It would be great to pull these people out Because they are clearly unfit to be in a place of power, making decisions, blindly that affects the people in the country, they are m and then be a dictator it should never come that.. These people that are causing grief should have been removed a long time ago. And make it better for the country to grow and prosper, with the citizens growing and prospering, not foreigners, not illegals, not outsiders. Getting the full benefit of the country's freedom, so to speak. And then rubbing in our faces when they wave their flags, but they did absolutely nothing to earn what others had done in the past. And because you came from another country? Doesn't mean things should be easier or handed to you? Gotta work hard. Just like everyone else did. There should be no exceptions when it comes our country's. Because then it becomes a, the voter base that is going to tend to vote for the problems that we are facing now. I didn't expect the citizens to continue down this rotten path of working harder, then the illegals, then the foreigners it should never be that way, but it is, and that's the problem. Because socialism does not work, communism does not work fascism. Does not work. And an unelected person does not decide what we all should be doing. Which I mean, the elites who are not elected? Special interest groups who are not elected those people should not a part of our problems, but they are. In more ways than one people don't notice that either. And that's another problem now they're trying to make it sound like Bixby Dustin unicorns. Oh, come into the country blah, blah, blah, we're gonna do this and that, and then they distract you with xenophobic and homophobic racist that kind of nonsense. It's a distraction people you know you're not speak up, they have to prove that you are they can't just say it and then shut you up. They have to prove that you are And they don't know you, so it's their word against yours, but speaking up for what's right and trying to dumb down the masses and the believing that they're racist or believe that there are anything else other than a countryman. It's absurd.
@NorthAmerican-Trucking-News
4 күн бұрын
Thanks for sharing!
@sandroaces
7 күн бұрын
Sounds like employers eating themselves
@DtownJ
6 күн бұрын
All the Muhammad’s from the middle east and Tyrone’s right out of jail isn’t helping either.
@NorthAmerican-Trucking-News
5 күн бұрын
That is not a right thing to say
@dengchen9679
7 күн бұрын
More people means more business, maybe it will becomes good thing in the future 😂
@NorthAmerican-Trucking-News
7 күн бұрын
Maybe
@GeorginsMoreno
7 күн бұрын
Too many unprofessional drivers, plus a lot of drivers with their visa permit, taking our jobs.
@NorthAmerican-Trucking-News
7 күн бұрын
Yeah?
@footalee2
7 күн бұрын
Very interesting and informative 👍 🇯🇲
@lioreliav8423
7 күн бұрын
I'm in Canada 0.55us 0.50cad per mile JOKE!!! And you can drive 13hr and on duty 16hrs. we need to bust!
@NorthAmerican-Trucking-News
7 күн бұрын
These laws need to change to support our drivers. Or at the very least, pay you enough to make running for 13 hours, 16 on duty, worth your while
@lioreliav8423
7 күн бұрын
@@NorthAmerican-Trucking-News I'm just gonna back to sales it's not worth it
@kennethsnyder9236
6 күн бұрын
Driver rate should be $ .87/mi KEYSTONE PIPELINE WILL BENEFIT EVERYONE IN CANADA AND USA Trucking has a 80% drop out rate Right now with trucking, we are racing to the bottom Interland out of Romeoville IL is not going anywhere! The entire country would have to shut down before they close their doors 🚪
@georgiiarakelov6560
7 күн бұрын
I make in trucking less now than 10 years ago ( due to insurance, fuel, repairs, equipment prices, inflation)…
@NorthAmerican-Trucking-News
7 күн бұрын
That's truly something that just doesn't make sense to be happening
@georgiiarakelov6560
7 күн бұрын
@@NorthAmerican-Trucking-News agreed but it is happening. Back then my new truck was ~$130k and trailer $30k…
@victorcastillo9413
7 күн бұрын
Woulda coulda shoulda, the world is paved with good intentions!!!! How many migrants are you hiring to drive?
@NorthAmerican-Trucking-News
7 күн бұрын
LMIA? We don't run that program currently. We actually require applicants to be citizens of Canada or the US to apply
@Edhardd
7 күн бұрын
I saw for now only beginning of the video but in Poland we have the same problems. They say that there is shortage of drivers but there really is no shortage of them. In our country if you dont have work, you can get truck driver license for free from government employment office. Drivers have been earning similarly for 6 years. It means that every year they earn less. My father as an owner operator in 1998 earned in one year at home with big building plot. Today it would take at least 5 years. Polish drivers works in Germany. In Poland we have every year more ukraine and other nations drivers. New drivers even form Poland are happy that earn more than productions workers , but thease are not the same money what was in past times. It looks bad.
@MidlifeTrucker-ThomBell
7 күн бұрын
In one sentence you say there’s no driver shortage. In the next paragraph you give the reason s for the shortage; retention and pay. You can’t have it both ways. There is a driver shortage. Look at your current driver force. How many will be with you in 5 years, 10 years? Some will leave for other industries, some will retire, some because life changed.
@kentr2424
6 күн бұрын
He's right in saying that there' no driver shortage - driver being defined as someone who holds a Class A or 1 CDL. The "shortage" is that there aren't enough CDL holders willing to work long hours for sh!tty pay far from home!. If companies want to find and (more importantly) RETAIN drivers, they're going to have to step up with MUCH better pay and benefits - it's that simple. Now, that will reduce the companies' profit somewhat, but compare that reduction to your constant training costs and tell me which one is cheaper.
@NorthAmerican-Trucking-News
6 күн бұрын
There's no shortage, there is just no retention. Drivers are being cycled in and out of companies, in and out of trucking. They drive with you for a few months, maybe years and then they're out of there. This industry doesn't sustain drivers well enough to motivate them to stay.
@MidlifeTrucker-ThomBell
5 күн бұрын
@@NorthAmerican-Trucking-NewsYou can’t say there’s no shortage, then give the reason for the shortage is no retention. Lack of retention is a reason for the shortage.
@MidlifeTrucker-ThomBell
5 күн бұрын
@@kentr2424 You are giving the reasons for a driver shortage while saying there isn’t a shortage. I make six figures as a company driver. How much should the job pay?
@NorthAmerican-Trucking-News
5 күн бұрын
Shortage would mean a lack of drivers in the industry overall. A shortage is needing 100,000 truckers and only having access to 50,000. The truckers are there, they're just not willing to stick with these companies. It's not that it's difficult to find truckers, it's that it's difficult to find them. Lack of retention is an issue in and of itself, not a cause of a shortage.
@bayardpelton7650
2 күн бұрын
The goverment needs transportation cost to stay down. They keep there thumb on transportation ,agriculture,housing and energy
@kennethsnyder9236
6 күн бұрын
One day later aired ☝️
@NorthAmerican-Trucking-News
6 күн бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@preppertrucker5736
7 күн бұрын
I only make $.52 a mile and of course $.65 doesn’t sound too bad but it’s not just the sense per mile as it is the runs that you are doing because if you are constantly picking up load at 3 to 400 miles and having live unloads it really doesn’t matter if you’re making $.80 a mile so the runs are very important….. if you are making 1000 to 1500 mile runs that’s not bad but distribution centers are becoming closer and closer and this is going to become a bigger problem as well…..
@Runingwild99
7 күн бұрын
Simple economics, more supply of drivers than demand.
@vanbraxton8422
4 күн бұрын
They really want you to drive 11 hrs a day including loading & unloading?
@sosanotsammy21
7 күн бұрын
Its the credit system. No more business credit. Everyone has to sacrafice blood sweat & years, save and gamble with their own money, no more OPM nonsense. That'll filter any industry.
@AtanasTzvetkov
5 күн бұрын
We are stupid ( drivers) only one week to strike gonna be positive for us. ONLY ONE WEEK
@NorthAmerican-Trucking-News
5 күн бұрын
Unionization seems to be very difficult for truckers
@AtanasTzvetkov
5 күн бұрын
@NorthAmerican-Trucking-News yes. But just think about if all drivers shut down for a week and we have representative to talk with them we can win the battle. This money we loose for a week or two during strike they gonna back.
@sosanotsammy21
7 күн бұрын
The problem is everyone in the trucking industry who are irrelevant and unnecessary, get paid before the driver 😂. NO DRIVER = no need for INSURANCE, BROKER, CARRIER, FMCSA but they all see the money before you do DRIVER. Wake up and seal your butt cheeks, or forever keep em spread
@douglasanderson1276
6 күн бұрын
I am a new driver get 2500 to 3000 a week for .50 cpm. Not planing on killing myself for that pay.
@Todd26789
6 күн бұрын
10 companies was trying to hire at .50 cpm for 1 year last but I decline that pay because I been driving for a year and I’m not driving for .50 cpm that’s rookie pay
@ce1jenkins816
7 күн бұрын
What happened to the government crack down on companies lease programs
@NorthAmerican-Trucking-News
7 күн бұрын
We'll look into that
@peterliggett5233
7 күн бұрын
Thère was a time in the USA when unions were very strong and the Teamsters were very tough. They were formed in the depression when wages were really bad.They were popular because you needed goid basic wages to survive, not just to expand which they knew in the 1930, was not going to happen If a company did not pay decent wages it got shut down.Teamsters ruled and alot of time by force. If the systems the problem war needs to be waged on the system itself.Go for the insurance companies and brokers let it collapse for awhile.
@jeancadet5862
5 күн бұрын
there is no money over the road anymore go local
@NorthAmerican-Trucking-News
4 күн бұрын
Locals also get to go home a lot so it's a win-win
@CryptoHunterFx
7 күн бұрын
Blaming the immigration for the driver payment crisis is ridiculous. Most of the immigrants can't have papers or access to get a Cdl. Real problem here are the brokers. They are taking all the money from the customer. And crying, you won't solve nothing. Be a better driver, and get paid for what you deserve, go and get you hazmat, tanker, and double endorsement and you will have better options.
@gabinyetov
7 күн бұрын
I worked for big Canadian transport company, they have many drivers that they brought and sponsored. Filipinos, Indians, Ukrainians, Signed contracts, they can't quit, basically slaves..
@kentr2424
7 күн бұрын
Immigration IS part of the problem - but not the only part. Brokers get X amount of money from the shipper, and they pay as little as they can to the driver/company. Why? Because the less they pay to the driver or company, the more they get to KEEP for themselves! THAT is the major problem with freight brokerages right now - they're keeping far too much from what the shipper is willing to pay. As much as I hate to say it, gov't regulation is desperately needed in this sector of the industry so that the drivers and companies get a fair piece of the pie.....
@kylemckee
7 күн бұрын
@cryptohunter, you do realize that the majority of undocs drive WITHOUT a CDL. They are illegally driving 80,000 pound commercial vehicles without a current CDL. The industry and shady companies are hiring these drivers who "knowingly" make money delivering cheap freight
@userxxxx-pb5bo
7 күн бұрын
What you said is a very small part of the problem. Immigration on the other hand is one of the major parts of the problem Immigration - legal or illegal gives work permits to new people in majority of the cases. Then they can get CDL license. In Canada it’s fucked up, refugees are richer than Canadians.
@NorthAmerican-Trucking-News
7 күн бұрын
You make it sound mighty easy
@michaelduvall913
7 күн бұрын
The problem with this is that the regulations are being factored onto the drivers as a whole and the influx of illegals driving should not be a factor in the industry regulations and should only apply to those who are or companies who use this type of driver
@infamous602az
7 күн бұрын
Thanks!
@NorthAmerican-Trucking-News
7 күн бұрын
You are most welcome!
@STOPPOLICECORRUPTION
6 күн бұрын
Are drug cartels helping subsidize their members to help take over trucking ?
@NorthAmerican-Trucking-News
5 күн бұрын
Huh?
@adonisdelatorre5587
4 күн бұрын
This inmigrante from canada and says immigrant drivers are the problem 😢😢why don’t say are to many carriers and drivers for the volume of loads ,in 08 the old school drivers says that inmigrant and new drivers,and why you don’t pay to your drivers 92 c in 2022 when drivans are 3 dollars a mile
@aaronbyrne139
7 күн бұрын
The penguins look hungry.
@davelowen5198
5 күн бұрын
I started in 1978 at .17 per mile ..and remember being told it was more than I was worth...lmso😂😂
@NorthAmerican-Trucking-News
4 күн бұрын
Woah
@arthurstyles5493
7 күн бұрын
Dot has to make money
@WillVan-gc8zp
4 күн бұрын
One saturation..
@bladerunner983
7 күн бұрын
Plenty of affordable real estate in Edmonton
@NorthAmerican-Trucking-News
7 күн бұрын
Really?
@bladerunner983
7 күн бұрын
@@NorthAmerican-Trucking-News Yeah really.
@tamchungma
7 күн бұрын
what company hire new truck driver in GTA?
@Hazara26
2 күн бұрын
But not everyone wants to become a truck drivers. Show many how many Chinese, Philippinos, Arabs, Iranians and other races in trucking industry except Punjabis. Every Punjabis come here wants to become truck driver. From India when they come here their dream is to become truck driver. Canada is shitty country with all the government departments employees lazy and interested only getting their paycheques but no actions. Look at Australia how they control and monitor the sectors and implement the laws.
@TheScarface74
7 күн бұрын
ur talking about 65 cm a mile in canada idd really like to see that in quebec or should i say montreal , so if u have any compagnie paying idd love to get some names , i have clean record no crash no tickets fast and twic acrd , 6 years in the industrie her in canada i did oversize halling yeah soo the numbers that ur talking about its just a dream to me , the work is goign dowm sooo fast the rates is dropping as wel i use to make 60 cents as incorporated they droped it to 55 so yeah
@ronnielockamy9010
4 күн бұрын
What about safety it was all about safety
@scottpresfield4859
7 күн бұрын
United States was built on little or no pay for workers…
@M0rmagil
7 күн бұрын
Lie
@Plainstreamer
5 күн бұрын
Vote for Haitians and it will go to drains. Don’t forget about rule of capitalism they own u
@NorthAmerican-Trucking-News
5 күн бұрын
Hoh?
@pauliefromphilly
7 күн бұрын
TIME FOR A WORK STOPPAGE
@M0rmagil
7 күн бұрын
Hard to increase a cost when the supply for a particular service or product isn’t tightening. Would you pay more for something when you don’t have to? How about when you’re not making any money? No? Then why would you think wages for a job should increase? 😜
@NorthAmerican-Trucking-News
7 күн бұрын
Simply put, remove all truckers from the industry for a week. Watch society crumble. Trucking is a pillar of society. Same as doctors. Same as police officers. Society can't function if freight isn't being moved. Therefore, truckers should be paid as such.
@M0rmagil
7 күн бұрын
@@NorthAmerican-Trucking-News unfortunately, the necessity of a job doesn’t translate into how remunerative a job is. It’s scarcity in relation to the demand. Love your channel. 👍🏻👍🏻
@NorthAmerican-Trucking-News
5 күн бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@dengchen9679
7 күн бұрын
That's crazy
@NorthAmerican-Trucking-News
7 күн бұрын
What gave it away?
@dengchen9679
7 күн бұрын
Is it because there is less load or more drivers available?
@Taha83
7 күн бұрын
There more than enough noncitizen foreign drivers driving on slavery wages. This is the main issue
@NorthAmerican-Trucking-News
7 күн бұрын
It's because driver retention is low. Drivers are cycled in and out of companies and trucking as a whole
@tamchungma
7 күн бұрын
I am in Canada , should I get in trucking in 2024.
@kentr2424
7 күн бұрын
No, the freight market is horrible right now, and it won't get better until at least mid way through 2025.
@DC-vc6lz
7 күн бұрын
ABSOLUTELY 💯 PERCENT TRUCKING IS BEST IN THE 2024... COULDN'T BE ANY BETTER....BUY 10 TRUCKS AND GO FOR ALL THE LOW RATES AND DEAL WITH ALL THE CROOKED PEOPLE IN THIS GOD FORSAKEN CAREER PATH YOU WANT TO CHOOSE.... SO TO ANSWER YOURE QUESTION... FU** NO
@shahid55s52
7 күн бұрын
i just got laid off sooo theres that. reason? company went under
@NorthAmerican-Trucking-News
7 күн бұрын
That's a great question. Does this video provide any insights for your decision?
@adamekgolchannel
7 күн бұрын
Rip trucking
@victorcastillo9413
7 күн бұрын
NOBODY'S paying what you're talking about, what are you guys paying? I don’t think it's😢. 92 cents.
@johndyck456
7 күн бұрын
He said it should be there according to inflation not saying people made that
@NorthAmerican-Trucking-News
7 күн бұрын
We're saying that driver pay SHOULD be near 92 cents but the fact that it's not is the point of this live
@victorcastillo9413
7 күн бұрын
@NorthAmerican-Trucking-News then why even talk about it especially when the driver's not taking on the risk, sure we'd all love to make that kind of money but that's just wishful thinking it'll never happen (at least not in our lifetime).
@johndyck456
7 күн бұрын
@victorcastillo9413 did you listen he said rate from 18 years ago adjusted to inflation today would be that
@victorcastillo9413
7 күн бұрын
@johndyck456 So what!! It's all if, if, right now is what's affecting all of us not some figures from 24 years ago.
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