Truckload Rates
Discussion in 'Freight Broker Forum' started by JimmyTwoTimes, Jun 30, 2020.
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Midwest Trucker, kemosabi49, Brettj3876 and 1 other person Thank this.
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Are you guys still seeing pretty high rates out there? It was brutal most of the week, but it feels like today it might be starting to cool off a little, but that might be wishful thinking. What are you guys seeing?
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Last edited: Jul 10, 2020
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As a carrier I’ve quoted what I see fit on about 6 loads this week. 1 was a direct, and the other broker loads. I didn’t get 1 load.
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Actually 2 were direct and 1 of the responses I got was “you are giving me what brokers are quoting me” lol guess he thought I was going to give him a deal.
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I guess I'd need to see the lanes you're paying higher on, and for what equipment, because that doesn't jive with what I'm seeing.
Regarding Freightwaves and their outbound tender info, I've never really found it to be all that particularly helpful except as a general barometer that working in the space has already told me. Just my thoughts on that, though.p608, JimmyTwoTimes and Dale thompson Thank this. -
I both agree and disagree with you on freightwaves. I do agree that often times when freightwaves tells me xzy market is tough my general response tends to be "No S*&T freightwaves, I can tell that by looking at the number of calls required to book a load and the fact that my cost to the truck has gone up 15%".
Where I find it most useful for my group is that I can share the data with a customer that I need to raise rates on. I used to share DAT trend lines with customers when I needed to visually show that the market had adjusted upward, but customers would often focus on the $ amount instead of the trend line. I like that FW shows tender volume and rejections.
One additional use that I like is that it helps me confirm whether or not WE are just struggling out of a particular region, or if it is industry wide.
And brief update on the market, from where I sit it still seems realllllllly tough this week.clausland, Midwest Trucker, Truckermania and 1 other person Thank this.
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