Trucking is a 1) A SCAM, 2) A FORM OF LEGAL SLAVERY, 3) A SWEATSHOP ON WHEELS and 4) THE CAMPING TRIP FROM HELL!

….but you're going back into it? Either it ain't all that bad, your decision-making is just plain awful, or you're a masochist – you love pain. And how can you make the carriers or shippers pay for all violations? In 15 years I've very rarely ever had anyone load me over gross, and after some experience you can almost always get the trailer loaded with enough balance to be able to get it scaled out on axle weights.

I absolutely agree 100% with you on the 14 hour rule – that was a terrible idea in my opinion. It took away the flexibility we needed to get the job done safely and efficiently based on how we feel from day to day.

Only an idiot wants to work more than 10 hours a day

I'm a small-town guy – don't tell that to the farmers. Even today I'm not on the road, but I'm up at 4:00 a.m. seven days a week workin my *ss off. Where I come from they call it old-school, blue-collar, hard-working people. Others call us idiots, but we don't mind a bit.

And to be paid for every hour you're away from home would make a mess out of the trucking industry. What would stop a driver from constantly trying to do as little work as possible? You'd be getting paid for doing nothing – who wouldn't want that? Trucking companies get paid when the wheels are turning and so do drivers. Having the same interests is what makes moving freight so efficient in the US. But I approach it differently because I've been a small business owner for a lot of years – I know how incredibly difficult it is to make money no matter what business you're in. If you've never run a business, it's easy to say "We should all get paid ten times as much as we are, even when we're doing nothing!" Run a small business for a couple of years and your outlook on life will change drastically.

You're not naive at all – it's a good question. What the cargo thieves will do is stake out shippers that are shipping high value cargo. They know where the cigarette companies, computer companies, electronics warehouses, pharmaceutical warehouses, and other high value shippers are. They will usually sit nearby and follow trucks as they leave the place loaded. If the driver parks the truck somewhere or drops the trailer and leaves it unattended, that's when they strike.

That's why most trucking companies will insist that once you load a high value load you must drive a minimum of 200 miles before stopping – the thieves will only follow a truck for so long before they give up and go back to follow another one.