Why do they always say that there is a shortage of truckers?

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679939 发表于 2019-08-06 16:24:21 Part of it is because when population grows demand grows. Look at all the truck stops, rest areas and ramps all full at nights despite all the  new truck stops popping up everywhere

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505487 发表于 2019-08-06 19:56:54 Because a lot of Truckers are not very tall. 🤣😂🤣🤣

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211886 发表于 2019-08-07 12:44:31 There is no shortage.\nBig companies, that belong to the ATA (Schneider, Maverick etc.), claim there is a driver shortage.\nAnd yes, from there point of view there is....\nFYI... Their point of view is... Enough trucks need to be sitting around on standby in case a shipper calls and needs a pickup.\nThat's not good.\nThat's bad for small businesses and owner operators.\nThere is no driver shortage. There are approximately 34,000,000 (34 million) registered trucks in the US for hire, excluding military /government trucks.

","text":"Good point. All comments are making sense. Its just that with so many opinions I am having a hard time pinpointing the issue. LOL","replyToPid":171114}

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211886 发表于 2019-08-07 12:44:50 Research guys... Research

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766835 发表于 2019-08-07 12:46:49 So immigrants will come to America and take jobs away from Americans to fuel the Democrat voter base and force Americans to rely on a bigger government.

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614172 发表于 2019-08-07 17:43:07 I dont want to comment on something like this. lOL

","text":"I'll tell you what... Park your truck and head out to the fields and pick produce and fruit from the trees...\nWhat's the problem? To good for that job?\nAnd if you are referring to Mexican drivers...   Squeeze your a$$until your head pops out and then do research....\nThey can make specific deliveries coming from Mexico and specific pickups going back to Mexico. They cannot just drive around and deliver / pickup anywhere.\nBut... We can load your truck and send you to Mexico... We'll send you with American products and off you go...\nWhat's the matter?, you to good for that as well...???\n(wouldn't be surprised if you voted for Donald Chump, yea he's really fixing stuff... Not.\nAnd that wall... please tell me your aren't dumb enough to actually believe Mexico is going to pay for it... Yea, maybe in tariff increases, which in turn gets passed on to Americans in price increases)\nDon't worry... Someday you'll understand... or probably not.","replyToPid":171467}