Degradation of the Car Hauling Business

Kudos !! It's mind boggling the arrogance and stupidity that we all see on a daily basis .

 

You mean, like this:
Vans damaged when car hauler collides with overpass, Michigan troopers say

 

It amazes me where some drivers park, regardless of what they're driving, be it tractor trailer or hot shot.
That said, I do see higher frequency of hot shot being ignorant of not only courtesy for others, but being blatantly disrespectful of others.
I get that we all run out of hours at some point.
I know that we're fried extra crispy mentally at the end of that clock.
How do we help others do better?

 

A car hauler pickup is a job for new immigrants. They can not get a CDL right away when they get here, so they start from pickups.
I am an old immigrant myself and belong to few Facebook groups where every single day someone new who just crossed the border is asking for a driver job.
When I immigrated 20 years ago it was crazy hard to get into this country. Nowadays people literally fly to Mexico, walk to US border and get in. Few weeks later they can get a driver's license and start hauling cars

 

It's been noticeable the last few years. Now, instead of difficult communication with guys learning English, we see guys who have zero grasp of English and communicate with Google Translate.

 

I believe there are multiple factors of inventory issues, one main one is manufacturers don’t want to go back to pre pandemic levels of inventory and it is the reason why we have a downturn. They literally want to switch over to order based system.

now as far as the hot shot guys, it’s the trickle up effect I guess. Copy of a copy of a copy of a copy isn’t going to be 100% pristine. More experienced and qualified drivers move up in rank and the idiots get filtered out. But due to the turn over rate not enough experienced or common sense guys come into the field, leaving the door wide open to people who havnt even driven a car in their own country.

stupid multiplied faster than common sense.


I also believe if a broker is held responsible for the load instead of the carrier, they would often choose the costlier service provider with the best record. Since carrier insurance covers damages the broker is only looking for the cheapest carrier, the shipper still gets paid for the load and doesn’t care who the carrier is most of the time, the receiver is the only one getting the shaft due to lack of inventory but at most times it’s easily replaceable.

 

scraping the bottom of the barrel for drivers...livestock haulers no different,,,one of the larger livestock haulers advertising accepting applications from newly arrived immigrants,,,training provided...recipe for disaster

 

Quite frankly, who passes for a carhauler in a stinger nowadays is just as scary. I see stuff every day that would have gotten them fired not all that long ago.

Instead of doing it right, quickly, it's become do it fast as you can, no matter how sketchy. I see loads everyday that are unsecured, and often a foot or more higher than they need to be, solely because loading them right would take a few minutes longer.