Running a truck for an agent?

Thanks. Essentially Malone is a find your own freight, within their network outfit. They have agents who essentially aren't employed by Malone, but work exclusively with Malone and company stores that are employed by Malone. We have a load board, and the agents post loads there, but sometimes they don't post all the good freight, so you have to call the agent.

I do not know how these agents work when they own the truck and employ the driver, but except for dealing with maintenance issues, there is no contact with CRST corporate offices. Malone is run completely separate from them and Malone management understands many drivers' aversion to anything to do with the name.

 

The agents do have access to where the truck is supposed to deliver, so I have been called by agents, Malone and CRST logistics (one exception to talking to corporate) regarding covering loads. I have taken some and refused some of these loads.

 

Don't be mad when you find out that the agent gets a cut before the rate gets down to the truck. Typically agents work on a percentage too, and theirs and Malones will come off the top, before the truck sees a rate, but all companies are like that, just some drivers get bent if they think they are hauling direct freight and getting paid a percentage on the whole rate.

 

Malone's cut is after the rate. If it is CRST logistics instead of Malone, then they get a cut before the rate and again after the rate. Even Malone company dispatchers say to stay away from logistics loads because of the double cut.

 

There should b e a rate con that shows what the load pays to the truck. The agent always gets their percentage off the top before the rate gets to the truck, that is how they are paid, at least the agents I know of, they are basically a broker without having to have the bond and just find loads for the company or companies they are an agent for.

Every truck I have ever driven besides my own, I was paid percentage or hourly, I never had a problem with it.

 

Should be, but they'll tell you "all in", which is not all in! All in is what my truck gets, not just adding the gross linehaul and FSC together.

 

Lots of the freight I hauled, I just billed at a certain cost, not really a fuel surcharge, just a price. to deliver the load. Now I never had over 3 oo's and we worked well together, my drivers were also paid on percentage, and even if I hauled a load with a seperate fuel surcharge (broker load) I went ahead and paid them the percentage on it too, just to avoid any confusion. I know mot everyone will be doing it the way I did, but it worked for me and them too.

 

That's why the agent has his own trucks so when the owner ops out dont want the load he can put it on one of his own to cover the load. That way he doesn't have a passed of customer