Why So Much Animosity For Dispatch Services?

Anyway, Animosity or not, who cares. I am sure the shippers "hate" us the carriers to haul their staff too. They must look at us as an added cost that should be limited to as low as possible. And best if they could ship their staff at no cost at all. Shippers or whoever pays the freight bill, appreciate us just like they appreciate their water bill.
Being 45, I am at the point of my life where If I could make at least 75k a year from the inside of my house without a need to take off my robe, that I would gladly do so too.

 

Yes, please leave the robe on.

 

I always try to book last minute freight for my truck. But when dispatching few trucks, it is simply not possible. When I was loading 6 trucks with loadboards freight, I had to prebook loads in advance, which works, but you rarely gonna be able to prebook let's say $1200 on 300 miles.
I think that dispatch service is needed though, there are a lot of stupid people who bought trucks, but have no idea what they are doing. I know a guy who strictly runs Ch Robinson loads, cause he does not wanna bother filling out different brokers packets

 

I've had 3 different dispatch people. Two didn't have a clue. Everyone and their brother thinks they can be a load finder when in fact they can't. They know dick! The last one I had was awesome. She was an actual broker for a very large carrier and did dispatching on the side for 5 people. She charged a flat $100 per week. Don't get me going on that. You also charge a percentage!!! WHY!!! You don't do any more work for a $5,000 load then a $600 load so knock it off!!!

The girl I had was great. Many times I had to tell her to take a break and wait till I called her. She would book me one load after another. She knew everything about loads and the right questions to ask a broker.

 

I think giving away a service like that for a flat $100 a week is nuts. But she was a broker loading your truck. No doubt she made more than $100 per load. I don't even know that I'd do it for 7%.

 

No, she wasn't loading my truck. Never pulled a load for her directly

 

Oh don't worry I don't sleep naked. If I take my robe off I still have pyjamas on me. LOL

 

I like the way you think in terms of profit. High per mile rate is so meaningless, and think the same way you do.

 

A big gross revenue on far too many miles can lead to trouble. You need a certain gross revenue but it's important to keep the miles driven to generate that number as minimal as you can so your net increases. There is a line between the two that one ought to tread. Some guys always jump at the big gross number on longer hauls even though they could likely net the same or even more money on shorter runs.

 

Yes correct, you always have to keep how many miles you are running in the back of you head. But i never quote a shipment based on miles only, unless it's a crappy area and I'm trying to squeeze every penny possible. But I only run to profitable areas.