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Originally Posted by badgirlfilms
wow you must have a Crystal Ball
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No... I'm in the trucking industry so I see it before it hits you. Just the same as I see spikes before you will see them..
A few months ago, I was seeing trailer after trailer of aluminum ingets ( large blocks of aluminum stock) rolling down the road. It was crazy how many loads of it I was seeing... Now none...none at all..
Why was that? It's was because of the steel and aluminum tarriffs. Factories and suppliers were trying to get their hands on as much as they could at pre tariff prices before the cost went up by 20% or what ever it is now.
That was freight you could see because it was on flatbeds... What you can't see is lot of the stuff I haul like frozen meat and other food products they used to get shipped overseas. ( yes one of our biggest exports in this country is food) All that freight is dead, it all has Tarriffs on it now. Major cities that normally would see 500 loads on a load board everyday are in the 100 range.
Last year Nov and Dec were the best 2 months I've ever had, this year its dead.. I'm lucky, I turn my current truck in Jan 4th and go home until I buy my next one (no more leasing for me). I can afford to sit out the winter and then some if need be but I can tell its gonna get much worse..
What I'm seeing now is what you guys will see next year...