Originally Posted by Teal
Originally Posted by Houston_2
I talked with a trucker today while fueling up and he is hopeful that this won’t happen but feels that it’s a better than even chance that it will. However short lived it’ll be major pain.

Through conversation he mentioned that there are over 7 million over the road truckers moving America. If true, I had no idea that we have that many truckers on the roads.

Puts things in perspective to appreciate them.

More like 3.6m as of 2020 and that number has been decreasing this year. Also - that's a count of "CDL" holders basically so a dump truck guy or straight truck guy is counted but not really OTR as most think of as a "trucker".

8 Unions Reach Tentative Deal with RRs

Having experienced several strikes tentative doesn't mean much. If the Union heads slither in with the company like they usually do I think this might get ugly.

Dog I rescued in January

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