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So what's going to happen is when @skytrash commits himself to say 3 different loads cause he doesn't want to be left without anything is this.

#1 is a great paying load
#2 is ok
#3 is cheap heavy 8foot tarp

He's on the phone with the agent checking on the status of load #1. While the agent has him on hold his QC says he has a message and its showing he just got dispatched on load #3 which is from a different agent.

Agent #1 comes back on the phone and says yes that load is a good load I will get you dispatched, but now he's SOL on that load because that agent #3s load was just dispatched to him....

Correct? He more or less screwed himself by committing to three different loads, now he's stuck with the worst of the three...

 

You got that right best to try for load 1 first because nobody wants that 8’ tarp anyway

 

Exactly. That's what I do. One at a time. Heck even if someone did take that really good paying #1 load another good one could have popped up so he wouldn't have had to even consider the cheap load.

 

As soon as I select commit it says I'm accepted. I guess that's why it won't let me commit to more than one load at a time. It really doesn't matter though cause I don't ever commit to more than one load at a time. If I'm looking at loads I'm also looking ahead to see what's in the area that the first load I'm interested in delivers to. Usually I'll have a plan to put 2-4 loads together so committing too multiple loads out of one area wouldn't do be any good.

 

The question was,,, can you commit to more than one load, the answer is yes you can.

But in answer to your posted scenario:

Who would commit to a great load, an ok load and a cheap heavy load?????

That's makes no sense.

But try this scenario on for size,,,,,

You got 4 different loads out of the same shipper, they all 4 pay almost the same per mile , they all 4 go to different areas, but all 4 destinations are decent for reload.

You commit to one , you spend a 6 minutes to see if you have it,
One guy beat you two it by 30 seconds(it happens),
You go back to get one of the other 3, they all have someone committed to them already.

You now have to select from lower paying loads.

You simply dont commit to loads just for the sake of being able to commit,

Yes you can commit to more than one , but as I said in my first post and I have posted many many times here for almost 7 years,

Be prepared to pull any load you commit to.

It would highly counterproductive to commit to a good load, a ok load and a cheap heavy load, would it not.

Fact is, you CAN commit to more than one load, but you use some common sense in doing it .

Theres a time and place where useful.

 

Why would anyone commit to a good load and a bad one? The purpose is commit to equal loads , that either would be fine

Thats the reason

 

It was used as an example of someone not wanting to be stuck without any load, as I said in the opening sentence.

 

Then it's as I said earlier, be prepared to take any load you commit to.

It would be better to have no load than a bad one.

The board position game has been greatly reduced by not having board position for booking ahead ,

But it still comes into play every now and again when empty.

The 4.00 a mile , 2000 pound no tarp load ain't gonna fall to you when you are 20 on the load board, unless it's to the northeast.

I used to figure a 4 foot tarp was worth 10 board positions, a 8 foot was worth 20 to 25 positions.

The load I am on now was just the opposite , I kept seeing it and kept talking myself out of it.

It was on the board for 2 days lol, I finally couldn't stand it, and booked it, 4.06 a mile , 4 foot tarp, 18 foot of trailer 20k pounds, 726 miles , but it came to new jersey for monday, but I managed a 15k ,2.31 a mile to granite city, il. With a 30 mile deadhead.

As I said , when I commit to more than one , it's usually out same shipper at same location.

Same as I also know a great many loads that show 45 k , but are much much less.

Just takes some time to learn them.

 

Exactly, I was just using it as an example of someone that has to be loaded committing to 3 loads with the fear of being stuck without one.

We all know certain guys would rather be loaded cheap and heavy versus dead heading or simply waiting for something else to pop up.

 

Yep, it requires just a bit of patience.

Sometimes you have to slow down to be faster.

Loading for the sake of loading, running for miles instead of revenue , two traps to avoid.