cutthroat rates and brokers

Give farm2fleet a call if you want to lease on with someone. They have a thread here on TTR if you want to read about them.

 

Get your broker authority and cut the brokers out.

 

Insurance carriers don't look kind upon OOs with broker authorities......you may want to re-think that

 

Remember that it is Febuary, the slowest time of the year. Rates are down all over. Stick with it and just wait it out. Also, when rates pick back up (and they will) remember this time and stash a little more away.

 

A student recruiting all ready? LOL. This ought to be good.

 

don't hate the playa hate tha game... brockers pay low because people do it for low rate, supply and demand. ive noticed rates are low right now but fuel is going up again

 

I bet farm to fleet do lots of brockered freight too and they charge %.

 

Why would the insurance carriers not like that?
It seems as long as you have all the Bonds in place they wouldn't care if someone is a broker and O/O.

 

Before you go get a new trailer, give power only a shot. Carry 10 2" straps with ratchet binders on them (a few logistics and wire hooks doesn't hurt, either), and you can pull almost anything in that market. Even with trailer loadout, you're getting an extra $150-$400 on top of whatever the broker on the freight pays, and you're not racking up miles on your own trailer.

If you just don't like brokers then get a few hundred business cards, throw on a suit, and start knocking on some doors. Plenty of shippers are sick of brokers, too, but can't find trucks otherwise. I've already had a few this year begging me for back solicitation.