This year i think it would be safe to say!

Reefer but everyone is gone for the weekend dont have many brokers ..Iam set up with alot of big names but I bought some melons over here broke down and now Iam stuck here ..till monday

If anyone knows any good companys to become a carrier for let me know I look for my own loads ...

 

I'm sorry but I just don't understand how one can make it on 1.50 a mile being an O/O. I'm not an O/O myself, although I dream about it from time to time, but I'm still intelligent enough to understand operating costs. I just don't understand it.

 

I am out of the loop with boxes and reefers anymore to be honest, best broker we dealt with in your area was Bonita truck brokers. Have no clue even the number anymore but know they are still running as a broker or how they are doing.

 

It is not easy but you cannot run loads off the boards to be honest, settling in with a few trusting brokers and keeping a good reputation with reliable service is the key. Stay out for more than a couple weeks and you can do it but homebodies that are just starting out will never happen.

I was working in my family trucking and after years of that I went and had my own truck, that burned bridges. I went and sold the truck and trailers to go driving for a company, I made far less but kept my family life together.

Now I am looking at getting a older tractor and newer trailer since I built up a good reputation with a few brokers over the years and was getting very good rates for my company hauls. I made over 15k a month for the loads to the company truck, problem is the owner resigned on our agreement. So I told him to shove it and now his unit is setting still not making any money, the brokers will not pass anything on to him.

Keeping out of payments for the tractor is the key, just have to keep on top of it and not let things hit you all at once.

 

Yes, there will always be low rates. But bad?!? My van guys had best month ever and first week was better than best week last month. And other than being a holiday weekend not showing any signs of slowing.

Heck, I even got a great rate to move 100,000 bushels of corn. And that NEVER happens. But this makes me smile because of all those hopper only guys just blow steam out their ears when we part-time hopper pullers come in and "steal" loads.

 

LS is a complicated beast but one worth getting to know.

They actually have multiple boards for approved carriers with certain boards being invitation only for both carriers and agents.

And then there are are agents that try and work with just BCOs, ones that just want to move the load and ones that would rather work with outside carriers.

My suggestion to anyone that starts hauling for LS is to keep track of what agency you are hauling for. You need to think of each of them as separate brokers. Get to learn what they do, how they work and if they will look to work with an outside carrier before a BCO.

If you get in good with an agent that doesn't care you can do pretty well as everyone does better in the system with outside carriers. Even know a couple ex-BCOs that went independent and are now doing the same dedicated lane they did as a BCO but at much better rate.

 

HAha PLS is sucking the profit right outta there.

 

I cant wait till this thing in florida turns around and we start getting busy and making that money ...anyone know when that will happen ..i hear this is normal but this year is one of the worse ...what do you guys think


Im hauling 48 reefer

 

IAm just starting out maybe i dont got a good broker cause Iam from florida and its horrible local is paying more and going to georgia and back then otr ...only can run the east though maybe thats my issue .

 

Are you independent or are you leased to someone? I that trailer yours? Send me an email. There is a dispatch company out of FL that has what looks like decent rates right now going to the East Coast.

And why only the East Coast? I that all you are plated for?