Truck Load Rates Halt 8 Week Slide 2.0

They’ll send around a pumper truck. I’ve seen it more and more at RV parks.

 

I guess thats cheaper than installing holding tanks.

 

People don’t care about Corona anymore. Only about half the politicians do as well. Keep it shut down! At least through Nov 3rd then it’ll be as if nothing ever happened. Don’t go out and rally, just stay home in your basement and mail in that vote. We’ll take it from here..

 

Is it me, or does the guy in the bottom left have a giant boner and the lady in fanny pack taking a pic of it?

 

Had a call from a young broker this morning trying to get a load in my area moved tomorrow morning up to Portland OR. Told him I was off Monday/Tuesday and had a load booked on Wednesday so I wouldn't be able to do it. We chatted for a while and he's the first broker who has called me with the right attitude. Said he's been doing this for a year and trying to build relationships with small carriers for regular freight. I told him that's why I usually don't deal with brokers because they just like to turn and burn to the carrier with the lowest rate. So he and his partner called me back an hour later desperate. Said they've called over 100 carriers with no luck. They finally offered me $4.00 per mile with free quick pay. That still gave me time to DH back home and pick up my Wednesday load, and get my contract load on Friday. It's going to be a great week.

 

That post brings back a lot of memories. Especially early on before we had any DTP rating or knew any carriers. Having like one customer and doing anything possible to keep them happy including losing money on a load plus sometimes even wiring money after they pick the load. Nobody would call on the load and none of the posted trucks would be interested and say they want more miles. Especially if it loaded Friday for Monday delivery and it was only 400 mile run. We would use DAT to lookup carriers in the area and just start cold calling them. lol

After hours of calls we found a 15 truck outfit and the 75 yr old owner took a liking to me and said he would run it there and go empty back to help us out. I came in on a Saturday to cross dock the load and my little old beater of a truck could deliver it Monday. Here like 8 years later he still runs loads for us and is our first call.

 

Wait you mean you werent just born with freight to screw the carrier on? You had to actually work for it?

 

Still bums me out that we run different kinds of freight. Would love to work with ya!