It's not that they can't find new drivers, it's that the business model specifically relies on new drivers to make money so they want as many as they can get. T

It's not that they can't find new drivers, it's that the business model specifically relies on new drivers to make money so they want as many as they can get. The trucking companies finance the purchase of trucks by these freshly trained "independent" drivers, who may own their truck but also agree to a contract to only take jobs from the trucking company that trained them and provided financing. Many of these drivers make almost no money despite delivering loads, and eventually return the truck and get out of their contract, having made nothing or even lost money.