Load Boards

I don't believe the loads on those boards are the cream of the crop.

 

Load boards have learned the hard way that they must be more selective in the truckers they use.

http://www.carrier411.com/doublebrokered.cfm

 

I am going to ask my dispatcher if I can resort to a load board if they can't find me a load so I can avoid an unpaid layover. Any recomendations for a good load board? I haul steel.
The only hang up that I can think of is this...
My company's insurance might not cover us hauling loads that someone just happens to find on a load board. They might only be covered for the usual customers that they haul for. I don't know.
Any info would be helpful.
thanks

 

Most companies wont go for that as those loads are brokered and might not pay what the company sets their rates at. Did that make sense?

 

Coolio hit the nail on the head.

Other issues a company looks at. Where is the load going? It may take even longer to find you a load, at your next location.

 

Another thing is the trailer situation. Might be already loaded on a brokers trailer and if you are already pulling a company one, where do you leave it? I doubt they are going to unload one to another.

 

i was just posting a reply to another thread about this new load board ive been trying out...real time freight. its all direct shippers on there. the numbers 800.720.7837 the girl i talked to was michelle. her ext is 2252. im sure they could help you look for a load

 

how hard is it to get loads from a load board when you only have intrastate authority

 

how hard is it to get loads froma load board when you only have intrastate authority