Flatbed Routes:Advice

I’d really be surprised if anyone would come on here and tell you where their best routes are. I mean what’s next? You want our girlfriends phone numbers and maybe our best fishing spot where I caught a 10# bass? Not trying to be rude but would you give out information on your best customers?

 

Some company drivers are very experienced. It’s not out of the question to run loads and pre planned loads by them. Just because the computer says this load is best, doesn’t mean it’s the best option

 

7k-9k a week gross per truck 5 days a week... that is pretty good.... Dont fix what aint broken?

 

How are you paying your drivers? Mileage, percentage, hourly, flat rate? W-2 or 1099?
Getting your drivers paid is a number one priority and with the miles you're running your cash flow should be pretty good.

 

Listen to your drivers.... they can tell you when a load from the XYZ shipper is a real waste of time and not worth going back. Don't write a shipper off on one report, give the bad reports a second chance with a different driver.
The load that takes 3 or 4 hours to load or unload for a shorter haul (under 300 miles) may be a cost.

 

Not hauling recyclables on a flatbed is a tip for starters

 

Don't get why this is hard to understand. Other drivers are your competition, not the brokers, not the shippers, not the customers, not the lumpers. The driver parked next to you at night hauling cheap freight is your problem. If I had lanes setup to and from my house with a broker before they even put it on the board, why would I want to share that information with other drivers? If I was a painter and has a customer paying me $5,500 a square foot, why would I go around telling all the other painters in the area hey this guy is giving money away, come undercut me and take my business away?

 

Some drivers go around doing just that