Truck Shop
Senior Member
Not to change this to a political thread because I hate political discussions or anything to do with politics online. But when deregulation came along in the early 80's implemented by RR
that's when things started a downward spiral in the trucking business. Before that you ran permits for what you could haul and permitted in each state you ran. For instance {household
goods fell under a certain permit, and that permit could be contested by other trucking companies in that area. If you had a Grand Daddy permit it was worth gold and was transferable.
When deregulation took affect it allowed any and everyone in the business and freight rates took it in the a$$ and junk on the road. And in the end you have all the regulations that we
have now to try a control the business.
Petepilot was a old time trucker from that era and I'm sure he can expound on this also. In the old days the signage for permits on the side of a C.O.E. read like the reader board
at the local Dairy Queen back in the 60's, out here it was common to see 11 states listed with permit numbers because most licenced for 11 western states.
that's when things started a downward spiral in the trucking business. Before that you ran permits for what you could haul and permitted in each state you ran. For instance {household
goods fell under a certain permit, and that permit could be contested by other trucking companies in that area. If you had a Grand Daddy permit it was worth gold and was transferable.
When deregulation took affect it allowed any and everyone in the business and freight rates took it in the a$$ and junk on the road. And in the end you have all the regulations that we
have now to try a control the business.
Petepilot was a old time trucker from that era and I'm sure he can expound on this also. In the old days the signage for permits on the side of a C.O.E. read like the reader board
at the local Dairy Queen back in the 60's, out here it was common to see 11 states listed with permit numbers because most licenced for 11 western states.