Are there any truck drivers on USMB?

[M14 Shooter]

If there's a strike, rates will go up and there will be drivers on the road taking advantage of the rate increase.

Want to know a secret?
When fuel prices go up, so do fuel surcharges - and everyone, including the truckers, makes more money.

 

[MarcATL]

MarcATL will grasp any straw that he thinks hurts Trump.

Many people are saying what I pointed out in the OP.

 

[M14 Shooter]

Many people are saying what I pointed out in the OP.

Quantify this.

 

[MarcATL]

Quantify this.

My President, Donald Trump, never has to quantify whenever he says "many people are saying." Therefore, I don't have to either.

 

[M14 Shooter]

My President, Donald Trump...

In other words: You made it up.
No surprise.

 

[MarcATL]

In other words: You made it up.
No surprise.

If you're saying that every time Donald Trump used that phrase to preface anything he said was a lie, then...

Is that what you're saying sir?

 

[M14 Shooter]

If you're saying...

... you made the whole thing up.
Yep. That's what I'm saying.

 

[Stryder50]

If so, can you confirm the rumor I'm hearing that a forming consensus has grown between both rightwing and leftwing, Republican and Democratic drivers that they will work to defeat Trump's tariffs in their own way.

Apparently, they won't go into specifics, but it will be felt nationwide should Trump continue down his stated path.

Anyone able to corroborate this?

Tariffs increase the price of the goods that truckers haul.
They, or their employer, get paid a rate per mile.
Cost/value of the goods in the trailer/container have little to no effect what the truck driver earns.

Once again, the OP reveals the depth of ignorance and the desperation to throw any mud on the wall that might impinge Trump.

 

[MarcATL]

Tariffs increase the price of the goods that truckers haul.
They, or their employer, get paid a rate per mile.
Cost/value of the goods in the trailer/container have little to no effect what the truck driver earns.

Once again, the OP reveals the depth of ignorance and the desperation to throw any mud on the wall that might impinge Trump.

Didn't you cheer on your political leaders when they were doing this...?

 

[MarcATL]

... you made the whole thing up.
Yep. That's what I'm saying.

I don't lie or make things up, but it's good to know you believe our President does...

What's behind Trump's "many people are saying" verbal tic: Podcaster

The former president is less inhibited than other political leaders when it comes to speaking his mind, podcaster Ezra Klein said.

www.newsweek.com

 

[Wild Bill Kelsoe]

Want to know a secret?
When fuel prices go up, so do fuel surcharges - and everyone, including the truckers, makes more money.

Not exactly. The rates have to go up, too. Fuel surcharge doesn't cover all the other expenses and the fuel surcharge is taxed, so the money to cover that has to come from somewhere.

 

[j-mac]

Calling that hammer down, scale dodging j-mac for his valuable opinion on this matter.

Herding truck drivers is worse than herding cats.

I would say maybe a few triggered leftist O/O’s, but the vast majority drive company trucks. There’ll be no slowdowns industry wide, trucking companies are already having a tough enough time.

 

[Missourian]

If so, can you confirm the rumor I'm hearing that a forming consensus has grown between both rightwing and leftwing, Republican and Democratic drivers that they will work to defeat Trump's tariffs in their own way.

Apparently, they won't go into specifics, but it will be felt nationwide should Trump continue down his stated path.

Anyone able to corroborate this?

Truck drivers are 70% Trump Supporters.

Trucking maintains strong support of Trump, Republicans

With about six months before Election Day, Overdrive readers, trucking companies and trucking associations put support behind Republican candidates in the 2024 election cycle.

www.overdriveonline.com

 

[J.S.]

If so, can you confirm the rumor I'm hearing...

Hearing from where?

 

[Missourian]

Many people are saying what I pointed out in the OP.

If truck drivers wouldn't strike to stop Electronic Logging...they sure as hell ain't gonna strike to stop anything else.

If this is a hope you're hanging your hat on, be prepared to pick it up off the floor.

 

[Missourian]

Want to know a secret?
When fuel prices go up, so do fuel surcharges - and everyone, including the truckers, makes more money.

Fact.

It does depend on your trucks efficiency and the driver's driving habits...but generally an owner makes more from the surcharge than the additional outlay from higher fuel prices.

 

[White 6]

Moved to Conspiracy Theory as no link supplied to back up rumor supporting thread for discussion.

 

[M14 Shooter]

I don't lie or make things up

The existence of your OP proves otherwise.
You cannot prove the existence of your claimed rumor, and you know it.

 

[M14 Shooter]

Not exactly.

Generally speaking - there are, of course, situational exceptions.
But, when you charge 3-5% more FSC than you're paying, you make more money.

 

[M14 Shooter]

If truck drivers wouldn't strike to stop Electronic Logging...they sure as hell ain't gonna strike to stop anything else.

Truth. ELDs are universally hated.