“The brokers make too much”

Yes non competes should be illegal in all industries.

once again cancellations are a Tonu and you gotta chase it down, and everything falls on the carrier to prove in court to get paid. Why? Why can a broker like TQL get away with not paying for 10 loads a carrier did because one load had an issue?


these are the issues that need to be fixed.


Just because other brokers make 0 off of you doesn’t mean you won’t know what they make when you do use their service.

It’s there for anyone to know. But in this industry everything is screwed up.

 

I think we both make money off the shipper. Question is how much you value the trucking part of the equation over the broker. I take it you think the trucker should have most of the pain in a bad rate environment, and that is where we are differing, values. One party suffering more than the other. And imo, the wrong party. The establishment being most important is not what I value

 

Nobody is forcing you to nail cheap freight. Don't haul for that broker until the non compete time is up and solicit the shipper.
More regulations is the last thing we need.

 

Huge difference between legal and wise. They can, but if they want to stay in business they won't.

Also I'm not a broker. I just believe in personal responsibility.

 

I believe I read that Prior to deregulation Truckers were making the equivalent of 120,000 today.

 

Why should non competes be illegal?
Why the hell are you 10 non paid loads deep to one broker, gets to be 3 and they're on my "don't use until caught up list."
If they're that deep into owing you don't use them, even after they do pay you, that will end it quicker than regulations.
How big are brokerages, several million on into billions of dollars a year. Who do you think is going to write any regulations for them, owner operators or the companies with billions of dollars?

 

That's possible, thats has more to do with value of the dollar than brokers taking bigger cuts.

 

If you want to ruin a not yet cynical mans dreams, check this thread out.

Research

 

If I’m a broker and I am losing $500 on a load, and the carrier who I desperately need all of a sudden cancels. Who in government do I contact to put them in jail or fine them?

Yes, this happens when the shoe is on the other foot. But oh, y’all gov regulation super stars probably aren’t worried about that aspect.

 

One reason alone, it keeps a man from working in the industry he’s built his career on.

I personally don’t have issues with brokers, I don’t let them screw me, I get paid no matter what.


what I do have issue with is the owner operators or self righteous guys screaming “freedom” like Mel Gibson but are more then willing to Kick the carrier next to them down.

y’all want free markets but complain about low ballers. Y’all want freedom but want more regulation for new comers, y’all want more crap for new comers to go through so your cushy relationships with your brokers aren’t threatened.


so much for freedom when: it’s “ I want freedom for me but my freedom isn’t for you”.


either regulate all or none. That’s true freedom.


maybe once the brokers see that there are to many brokers and they themselves are getting hit harder they would scream for regulation.