Respect my Authoritay!

I found it pretty hard to deal with any broker but the big guys my first 6 months. I did run a few from smaller guys but not many. CHR will set you up with a contact once you sign up with them depending on your area. You can call or email these guys none stop and ask what the rates are. My broker now sends me the rates they have off the system they run when I tell him I will be in whatever area I am at. So now I see the low and high of what they will take. If I ask for a load he just tells me the max and then I push up from what DAT is saying average is. Unless it is a good deal then I might take it. Just got a job like that from MO to OK for 2100 one day pick and drop next morning. Make sure to build that partnership right away. some will laugh and say CHR is no good but it honestly depends on the contact you have with them.

 

Good intel, it will get easy. Remain professional all the time.

 

There is nothing hard about it. Just time consuming RE Paperwork and all the other things that go along with it. I do NOT have the patience to deal with brokers. That's why I have customers.

 

Nope. Everything soinds good. Today was the first cool day not in the 90’s we've had in 7 months and the first not in the 100’s for 40 or so days so the coolant didn’t have to work so hard. Lol!

 

About the only difference between your rig and mine is I'm running low pro 22.5 tires. Getting about the same numbers when I run like I should. But I have a lead foot. When I'm on the turnpike and the speed limit is 80 I'm going to do 80.

 

Sounds like good fuel mileage from some one that is practicing economy.

 

Congrats. Keep trying new brokers. Search the boards and call them and get packets done with any free time you have.

I started, as others have stated, with CHR and TQL. Nowadays I won't touch them. Every time I try they screw me.

Here are some other big 3pl's and brokers that a lot of people don't think of first off. Def worth a call to see if they will run you because they do have the freight. I'm a van guy though BTW.

BNSF
Arcbest
Armstrong
Cowan
Meadowlark
Transcorr/Venture