Welcome to the United States, post electronic log books, topped by a employment upset of the pandemic.
Driver's have left the business because of the pandemic scares. Now with emp opportunities that you can not have to stay in a truck with a electronic tattletale watching your moves. For 30 years the large trucking companies have been crying about driver shortage, it was a fake shortage of massive turnover they created by being such **** employers. Now the real driver shortage is starting, on top of the strict electronic book restrictions, goods are not moving as quickly.
Manufacturing is slowed and inventories are low, but we have not been this busy as long as I can remember, and choice of higher rate freight without lulls that are usually filled with the low rate freight, so a lot of that junk is just sitting.
I may be wrong, but I'm riding this increasing rate wave as long as I can, and saving for the days when everyone starts holding back and inventories swell back up.