Union Car Haulers

Im sure Im going to regret starting this but, why do current and former union driver believe they are superior to non-union drivers? Now before everyone gets in an up roar we have all seen our fair share of idiots out there trying to haul cars. Especially in the last 5-10 years or so. Im talking about the good car haulers that didn't happen to work for PMT, Hadley, Allied, Jack Cooper, etc. I started hauling cars in 2004. At that time union car hauling jobs were hard to find as the big union companies were in decline. Plus, I didn't wanna drive the junk they offering.

 

Yeah I love that Sun Country of yours. I wanted one of those for years but didn't have the freight for it. I guess we do pose a threat to them. Well, at least we did. They no longer operate in CA. Pretty much went out of business. Its just a few drivers still around and they act like those of us that didn't haul cars for union companies aren't as good as they are. Plus, a friend of mine gets weekly emails from Cooper offering him freight. Then when he goes and hauls it a bunch of their drivers talk s&^t. Even death threats

 

I actually had one guy ask me one time how I could afford a new Peterbilt and haul so cheap. I told him to use his common sense, I couldn't afford this truck if I was hauling cheap

 

There are good and bad car haulers at every company. Its just the attitude we non-union guys get from there. My wife dispatches for a company that is owned and run by former PMT drivers. They have a lot of drivers that are former Hadley and PMT also. Trust me, some of their freight is the cheapest around. And their drivers damage just as many cars as everyone else. But yet they all feel they are still superior. Trust me there are good union car haulers but they aren't the only good ones

 

In some cases they don't get paid more