Companies closed their doors overnight.

[Nilao]

I hear drivers all the time griping that the rates suck now...yet here I am on a 3 day run that pays me $3300.

When I talk to these "owners" why they say rates suck they are basically cutting there own throats. I get "I won't haul more than 30k" Or "I won't haul HazMat" And the all encompassing "cheap freight" yet not a single one can define cheap freight. Had one tell me $3/mile and below was cheap freight...to which I said only if its specialized. every bodies operation is different and ones persons cheap freight is another's good paying load.

I see that rates are down from last year and a lot of people who jumped in while things were good are struggling because they didn't plan for the downturn. I see a lot of low mileage repo's for sale in the near future. But if you compare the market now compared to 2016 then rates are up. You have to be able to put $ away in the booms so you can survive the lulls.

Just my .02 cents