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Trucker’s Rock has an article about a revolutionary new concept to fix the driver shortage. The title of the article? Higher Pay May Help Trucker Shortage. What? Besides me, who was the genius that thought of that one?
I like the more pay idea a lot better than this one -
Overseas manpower company-trained truckers likely to [...]

The pilot program was a secret and kept from public hearings? No surprise since the entire SPP and Texas Corridor are trying to stay under the radar.

SPECIAL REPORT: Big questions remain on
Mexican pilot program .Charlie Parfrey, president of Parfrey Trucking Brokerage in Spokane, WA, testified on behalf of the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association.
Almost immediately, [...]

An excellent example of taking advantage of the situation -
WCFCourier.com | The Waterloo Cedar-Falls Courier Online!.
By MATTHEW WILDE, Courier Staff Writer
  STEAMBOAT ROCK — Iowa’s burgeoning ethanol industry is fueling the growth of regional trucking firms.
And the best part, officials with both industries say, is it will only get better.
The state’s ethanol industry has [...]

The Money
The Wages are not too bad for Australian’s around 700 a week the average wage in Australia is about 500 a week in Australian Dollars the Australian dollar is less than the U.S. Dollar.
The good part of doing the job is there is no boss looking over you shoulder and every trip is different. [...]

What an idiot –
Trucker’s Search for Party Girls Ends in Robbery, No Girls.
According to the truck driver’s statement he
picked up a hitchhiker in Texarkana. The hitchhiker told the driver he
knew where there were some party girls and a party in Beaumont and told
the driver to take the Magnolia exit.
Once on Isla Avenue the [...]

Since my last post this question has been bouncing around my brain like a BB in the back of my trailer.
Cheap crap coming from Asia is going to travel 30% further to get to a
Mexican super port. Plus the extra miles in Mexico and then add-in the
expense of a toll road on one of the [...]