From a broker- tracking your truck?

Sephora in Salt Lake City has gps in the load. I loaded and headed east instead of west to get cheaper fuel withn 20 minutes broker was on the phone "i notice your truck is heading east do,you know that California is west? Lol

 

Why is the rate you quoted me so low...."well I can see you are only 10 miles from the pick up and your truck is not moving" ha ha no thanks

 

Pay us more money and we will put GPS. If you keep the rates lower then no.

 

That's one of the top three reasons to pull a flat.

 

I don't care what you pull, your going to hit delays eventually.

Flatbed shows up.

Machinery needed to unload not ready.

You wait.

Now this is of course less common than the typical van operation.

I toss the idea of grabbing a step deck on a weekly basis. Maybe next week...

 

Yes, delays at job sites can happen. Crane shows up late for example. Or it rains like hell so can't get in. But in my experience, it's a lot easier to collect detention on flat freight than it ever was pulling a reefer or van. And it's a real rate, not some insulting 25 an hour bs.

And it's rare that delays happen. Unlike at every warehouse where you bust ### to get there only to be told to go park in the staging area for six hours.

 

I was told it was going to be a while before they could get me unloaded the other day. About a half hour later they had my bills ready. I started cracking up and tolled the lady your and my idea of "be a while " is completely different. Lol.

 

I have gps tracking. Just call me and I'll tell you where any of the trucks are. I charge $25 per check call. How many per day would you like?

 

There is a shipper out of Waynesboro,VA..... This was years ago.... Who wanted an "LTL rate" on some refrigeration equipment. Well, shortly after the truck leaves their dock I started to get calls about an eta. 3 called in I lost patience and explained that ltl gets there when find another partial. It could be weeks.

 

Jb hunt brokers loads want you to click on a link in a text message so they can track you. Told them no thanks. Not very often I get a load from them, but other brokers do tons of check calls. I've talked to my company about this and all those check calls. Agreed the broker should be calling the company for my location and reefer setting. We use qualcomm so the company knows exactly where I am and the reefer has tracking with info. And reduces the chance of cell phone use. and increase in safety by calling the company and not me.

SO ALL COMMUNICATION GOES THROUGH THE COMPANY!!