What are your average rate.

Rather than let your thread be hijacked by... whatever the above is:

Obviously coming from a different side of the house, but rates are starting to creep back up. No idea how long this will go on, or will last, but the past few weeks I've been paying somewhat higher to get stuff done. This is the part of the down cycle which is painful for my end, but signals something better is *probably* coming along. A quick survey of full truckloads over the past month on the flatbed side (excluding short half day hauls) - I'm averaging $2.64 to the truck.

Highest was $3.98/mi (rough lane); lowest was $1.92/mi (not so rough lane.)

 

About 2.20 per mile power only based on the current fuel surcharges.

 

Pretty much. From my understanding which took a bit to understand like you, It's confusing because the brokers an idiot…
after receiving the rate confirmation driver said wtf is going on here.. What's the $400 difference? That wasn't explained verbally or posted in the load details... So Just like you and I trying to understand the stuff going on, being a little confused, the driver started digging into it before hauling some BS… when the driver asked them about it they said not sure why there were two different truck rates of $3,000 or $2,600 perhaps error/omissions or mistake/confusion. The driver said forget all that or working with the BS people, redo the rate Here my authorities, cut out the BS, $3,000 pick up from shipper shearers foods in VA & going direct to Walmart DC in Temple, TX $2.77/mile, not $2.21… If not, not hauling the load will find something else. Driver cut out the broker and used them as a lead though lol, but because the driver was also a broker, the driver had all the authorities to still take the load, time valued money opportunity, made an offer on the spot, and saved himself from continuing to just sit around in Virginia. Ultimately everyone agreed whatever the driver wanted, the 9,000 pound shipment delivered, driver paid $3,000, not $2,600. That was the end of it.


Also, my fault the driver was in Bristol going to Texas to see family. The driver was just looking to find something to go home, went on the load boards to see what was going on & ran into a double broker scammer probably selling him some BS.

 

I didn’t broker the load or haul the load it’s just what the Driver told me last week sent me the screenshot of the ratecon with two different truck rates, told me the broker tried to scam him playing around with the rates. Them said he got the same load for $3000 made delivery and had to use his own broker authority. so maybe from him complaining so much they just gave him the load, co-brokered? basically said whatever go home and paid him the $400 difference.

 

So he agreed to $3000 thinking that that’s what he was getting paid.. Then when the rate con came back as we all see it driver realized I have to pay the 13% broker fee complained about it circumvented the broker hand over fist for the 13% broker rate. Basically scammed the broker $400. so the driver would’ve done the same thing to the broker if the load was $3500 or $3400

 

Perfect example of why transparency is worthless.
More than one broker out there that shows the whole rate minus commission.

 

6.42 last week all miles