Big Rig Nation

This isn’t one video.
This is an entire week.

Starting today at 5:00 PM EST, and continuing all week long, we’re breaking down the one thing that decides whether a driver succeeds or gets quietly drained in this industry:

Structure.

This applies to W-2 drivers, 1099 drivers, lease operators, and owner-operators.

Here’s the part nobody teaches drivers:

It doesn’t matter what the freight pays.
It doesn’t matter what your payments are.
It doesn’t matter what logo is on the truck.

That’s all just doing business.

What actually matters is how the company is structured:

How money flows

How risk is shifted

How bad weeks are created

How good weeks are controlled

How drivers are kept stuck or allowed to grow

When you learn structure, you stop being sold a job and start evaluating a business model.

You stop listening to opinions.
You stop chasing one “good week.”
You stop confusing luck with sustainability.

You learn how the company does business — instead of letting the business be done to you.

That’s how drivers end up in some of the best positions they’ll ever have in trucking.

Bad weeks aren’t bad luck.
They’re the average of a bad system.

All week. Starting today at 5:00 PM EST.
This is driver education most people never get — and it changes everything.

15 hours ago | [YT] | 10

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Has your company ever told you they can’t turn audio off? Yes or no—why?

1 week ago | [YT] | 14

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Not every company made Santa’s nice list this year.

To the men and women behind the wheel — the ones running nights, weekends, holidays, and snowstorms — this is for you.

Thank you for keeping America moving when most of the country is asleep.

Thank you for sacrificing time with your families so others can be home with theirs.

Some companies take care of drivers.
Some don’t.
Choose wisely.

Merry Christmas, Truckers.

— Big Rig Nation

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Big Rig Nation supports the principles behind AFFTRA.

For 44 years, drivers and small carriers have been told this industry is “free market” while rates collapsed, transparency disappeared, and the people actually moving freight were left holding the risk.

AFFTRA doesn’t bring back the old system.
It brings back what worked:
• Transparent freight pricing
• Limits on middleman skimming
• A professional wage for drivers
• Stability instead of chaos

We didn’t write this.
We’re not politicians.
But this framework reflects exactly what we’ve documented for years by analyzing real settlements, contracts, and pay structures.

This isn’t about left vs. right.
It’s about fair vs. broken.

Read it. Question it. Debate it.
But don’t pretend the current system is working for the people on the road.

👇 Tell us what part matters most to you.

#BigRigNationOfficial
#TruckingTruth
#FreightReform
#SupplyChain
#DriverPay

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1 month ago | [YT] | 17

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Another BLC leasing driver just came forward.
He brought us months of settlements, and we’re already reviewing every line with him.

And before anyone from BLC starts spinning the story:

• This wasn’t one of their Alaska drivers.
• This wasn’t someone they fired.
• This was a driver who went there to work, stayed for months, and finally quit because the numbers were driving him broke.

I’m very curious to see what they try to say about this one…
Because this driver has the paperwork to back every word.

We’ll release the full breakdown Monday.

Drivers — what do you think we’re going to find?

1 month ago | [YT] | 19

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This right here is why drivers are FED UP.
A driver had an emergency in Arvin, CA and stopped at the TA.
He needed ONE gallon of Rotella T6 5W-40 — something every truck on the road depends on.

TA charged him $70.77 for ONE gallon.

Let’s put that into perspective:

Actual Prices for the SAME Oil (1 gallon):

Walmart: $23–$29

AutoZone / O’Reilly: $28–$36

Amazon: $24–$32

Even dealership service departments don’t charge $65.99 for a single gallon.

So explain to us how TA magically arrives at 2–3x the national retail price…
Because that’s not convenience markup — that’s captive price gouging.
They know drivers in an emergency can’t shop around, and they take full advantage.

Lets Add to the list:

Paid parking

$18 showers

$15 fast food

Outrageous maintenance rates

And now $70 oil

This industry survives because of truck drivers — and truck drivers are being nickel-and-dimed to death at every turn.

If TA wants to talk about “serving drivers,” here’s a good place to start:
Explain how you justify charging 2–3× the real price for a product every truck needs to stay on the road.

We’re done staying quiet about this.
Drivers deserve better.

— Big Rig Nation

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1 month ago | [YT] | 43

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You guys asked for it — and like always, we’ll give you the real, fair breakdown.
The video on the Big 4 is coming: Mercer, Bennett, ATS, and Landstar.

One of them was a clear winner, and one of them landed dead last — and we’re going to explain exactly why. No fluff, no favoritism, just straight facts for drivers looking for the best place to run.

Stay tuned.
In the meantime, let us know in the comments:
👉 Who do YOU think comes out on top?
👉 Who do you think finishes last?

Your answers might surprise you…

1 month ago | [YT] | 17

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MY STORY — THE TRUTH I LIVED 10 YEARS AGO

I just dropped a new video telling the REAL story of what happened to me almost 10 years ago — and I posted three of my actual settlement sheets from back then.

One week I grossed almost $10,000 and still ended up negative, because the company was showing me edited load rates while keeping the real numbers for themselves.

If you’ve ever wondered why your settlements never add up, or why you can’t get ahead no matter how hard you run…
👉 You need to watch this video.

These statements are mine.
This was my life back then.
And every driver needs to see how this works.

Watch the video here:
👇
https://youtu.be/kSIBKH5bMNA

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1 month ago | [YT] | 10

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Let’s ask the question nobody in government wants to answer:

If they KNOW detention is destroying drivers…
why haven’t they done a damn thing about it?

FMCSA knows.
DOT knows.
Congress knows.
Every study, every report, every statistic shows the same thing:

👉 Drivers lose BILLIONS of dollars every year sitting at docks for free.
👉 Safety gets worse because your clock burns while you wait.
👉 Freight slows down because drivers get stuck instead of moving.
👉 Companies don’t enforce detention because they’re scared to lose a customer.
👉 Shippers take advantage because there’s ZERO penalty for wasting a driver’s time.

And the government STILL does nothing.

They regulate drivers to death — your logs, your breaks, your speed, your paperwork.
But they refuse to regulate the people who hold you for 3, 6, 12 hours like your time is worthless.

Here’s the truth nobody wants to admit:

If detention cost the government money, they would’ve fixed it YEARS ago.

Drivers…
Why do YOU think the government won’t step in and stop detention abuse?
Drop your thoughts, your hours, and your worst dock experience below. 👇

#BigRigNationOfficial 🚛💬
Let’s expose this.

1 month ago | [YT] | 12

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GOOD LEASE vs BAD LEASE — Why 99% of Truckers Choose WRONG

Are you about to sign a trucking lease?
STOP — watch this first.

Watch the full breakdown here:
👉 https://youtu.be/mcLXrhLU3DI


In this video, Patrick from Big Rig Nation breaks down the truth about good leases vs bad leases, and exposes why most lease-purchase programs in 2025 are designed to fail the driver.
We cover:
✔ What a REAL “good lease” looks like
✔ The red flags of a bad lease-purchase
✔ Why 88–90% is the ONLY percentage model that works
✔ How companies use deductions, freight control, and fake insurance to drain your settlement
✔ The difference between specialized freight margins and general freight (Landstar vs megas)
✔ The 60-second test that tells you if a lease is a scam
At Big Rig Nation, we review more REAL driver settlements than any organization in trucking.
Drivers send us their numbers every day — and we haven’t seen a single lease-purchase that actually benefits the driver.
If you want your settlement analyzed or want to know where the REAL money is, connect with us.
We don’t protect companies.
We protect drivers.



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