In the agricultural industry, independently owned and operated farms are disappearing as corporate and cooperative farming operations become the dominant forces.
In the trucking industry, something similar is occurring. Experts lament the decline of the independent “owner-operator” -- a trucker who owns a rig and effectively works as his or her own boss. In fact, the decreasing number of owner-operators may be adding to the pinch of a nationwide trucking shortage.
“If I have a driver quit, it takes a little longer than it used to to find a replacement,” said Dennis Wright, owner of R & W Trucking Inc. in Charleston.
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Local companies lament loss of ‘owner-operators’
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