How many negotiate?
Discussion in 'Freight Broker Forum' started by JonJon78, Oct 22, 2020.
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PPDCT Thanks this.
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Wow, are you dry van? This was a van load.
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Load was posted yesterday on ITS Michigan City, Indiana to Solon, Ohio. Loaded 13:00 delivered 20:00 straight thru today Friday... No tarp, shingles, #45k... 302 miles broker had it at $1700.00...
Posting was 6+ hours old which surprised me, I figured at that rate it was more than likely already gone and they just forgot to remove it.
Now for a guy like myself I feel thats a really good rate for shingles on that lane considering Solon is Cleveland area which, is definitely a good flatbed market. TBH I think that's a really good rate for most general flatbed freight no tarp provided its not delivering to BFE like N. Dakota or a place similar, some folks might not agree but ok...
So me asking the broker for more money is that greedy or just business? To be honest I felt kinda bad asking for more, I was actually pretty reluctant but did anyhow... Nothing earth shattering, and extra $100... Broker agreed on rate...
So $1800 for 302 miles...
I see that lane always posted for $750-$1000...
Maybe it was posted at that rate due to the Friday night drop and the chances of getting a reload on a Saturday was slim?
They certainly didn't appear to need them at the delivery point, had pallets of shingles stacked up like no tomorrow...Dave_in_AZ, Dino soar, D.Tibbitt and 2 others Thank this. -
Now, as to whether or not they needed it? Hard to say. Don't know the jobsite or how fast they're gonna go through it. Probably they did, since that's $800 more than I'd expect to need to pay on that lane.Dino soar, D.Tibbitt, Midwest Trucker and 2 others Thank this. -
But even with that I was surprised to see it listed that high...
And for the record it didn't deliver to a job site it was a Home Depot DC....D.Tibbitt, 4mer trucker and PPDCT Thank this. -
And with that Home Depot deal- I gotta imagine that was some contracted deal and the broker was under the gun. I'm currently trying to muscle in on a potential new customer who's contracted with CH Robinson. Apparently they've been dropping the ball the past few months.D.Tibbitt, Midwest Trucker and JonJon78 Thank this. -
And you know he's on some broker fourm complaining about how a lazy no good trucker is taking advantage of him.Dino soar, D.Tibbitt, Midwest Trucker and 2 others Thank this. -
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