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from shipper, 3rd party logistics companies and in many cases OTHER BROKERS, an example is Military Freight,,about 10 years ago the US Military made Menlo World Wide ( Owned by Con-Way) an exclusive contract to administer and control 99% of all Military Freight,,Even Landstar, Mercer and all other brokers must get their Military Freight from Menlo,, Menlo is the Master Broker,,then the carriers like Lanstar, Mercer and the brokers take their cut,, A friend a year ago haul a M988 tank wrecker,,weight 142,000 lbs, from Ga to Ca he got $24,000,,,Menlo got $59,000 from the government,,,the broker he got the load from took $5,000.. Menlo has made it very difficult for small carriers to do business with them, Look at it this way ,,most brokers are like pimps.. IF you can it's much better if you can find your own ho!

 

FYI Menlo is almost completely out, All military freight I have hauled in the last 2 years has been direct from spot quote.

 

What's really surprising is how a load will get passed around like a soccer ball before some company does the actual hauling. The customers have no idea WHO or WHICH carrier will show up with the load. With the way the industry operates, criminals operating as ghost carriers (defunct carriers with uncancelled DOT data) can pick up attractive loads and make them magically disappear. 30 thousand pounds of California Walnuts disappeared this way.....yummy.