Truck's gone. Money's gone. Spot market fiasco.

Hell I'll take that bet all day!!!

 

There is no inherent right to be successful by hauling brokered freight. You could be successful in something for a few months or years and then you’ll have to make a change or drastic changes to stay successful. Same thing doesn’t work all the time. If you’re unwilling to change, don’t expect to succeed. If you’re in business with a primary goal , only focusing on your hopes, dreams, and desires- without considering your customers, hopes, dreams, and desires.- It may be hard to succeed. Just hauling 3pl loads you really never get a chance to have your own customer to serve. Brokers have their place. Freight, payers, and carriers can benefit from their services. But it’s only a segment….

 

diversify…. During planting season I’ve talked to the farm service centers and pull their trailers to the field. They pay hourly rate furthest I went was 50 miles out.
They pay the same every year, with 4 hour minimum call out if it rains or anything still got 4 hours coming.

 

Pretty much. At the end of the day, the issue is that there's still too many operators, be they brokers or carriers, for the freight available. The post-COVID boom brought in a *lot* of capacity. Freight volumes, last I checked, were around 2019 levels, which weren't anything spectacular. Even lanes I've been running for the same customer with the same carriers for years have been pushed down. The cycle will continue to cycle. Eventually the shoe will be on the other foot, and we'll be back to customers #####ing at us for overcharging them. It's a yo-yo effect of who's complaining about what.

 

100% blame goes to the owner. He effed himself more than anyone else came close.

Don't become an OO thinking you can run it like a driver.

This guy would have failed with covid rates too, just may have taken a bit longer.

See ya

 

For curiousity's sake- how far had he travelled before it needed repowering?