Can These Rates Off The Boards Get N E Cheaper ?

The only time you should live off of load boards is when their is significantly fewer truck than loads. Any other time you need direct freight to thrive. Even if you have to give a cut to a company to run their lanes your still likely to do better.

 

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Call places around the house that you know to start. Within 50 miles of my house their is a steel plant. Several hay operations. A grocery warehousing outfit. Several agriculture equipment manufacturers and more. Theirs more work than I have time for.

 

http://www.thetruckersreport.com/tr...get-a-direct-customer-skip-the-broker.306494/

 

All equipment types pay pathetically on the load boards. I get calls for over dimensional loads that pay worse then daily flat bed loads, it's crazy.

Even direct shippers have stopped calling because there is always some schmuck to run these loads for nothing.

 

Read this article. Sounds like were in for a long ride!

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-...shelves-and-store-closings-all-across-america

 

In my hometown today Shaw Industries announced the closure of a plant that had been in operation since 1973. They're consolidating what was done there at plants in Calhoun and Dalton, GA. 228 people out of work and about 82 will be offered the option to relocate to Shaw plants in other areas. Those were good jobs for the community. Probably will be reading lots of stories like these in the coming months.

And you know something @Flipflops. I have noticed when we go get groceries that the shelves do in fact always seem to be sparse and even bare at times. I told my old lady one time it reminded me of pictures of the old Soviet Union but really didn't think much of it. That article makes sense. I'm not sure I agree there is a conspiracy to keep them bare so ordinary people can't stock up on necessities but it would make sense trying to keep inventory levels as low as possible to keep costs down. Heaven only knows if they need to rush order trucks to cover any kind of real demand they won't have any problem finding them.

 

With so much competition it's hard to run out of stock, that's my opinion. A lot of foods probably expire before they can even be sold. I've also noticed a lot more reefer guys are hauling drying freight now a days too. Last time I hauled any "food" was hauling eggs which was 2 months ago.