TQL PITA

if ya had read this forum before you have known TQL was a pain in the rear

 

It's a blessing in disguise ...

 

More of a general statement, but when you have more than an hour of flaming hoops to go through to get set up with a broker to haul a load at a worthwhile rate, you can pretty much count on that load being gone by the time you get it done.

The best example of this was one offer I had going back home out of central TX. The offer was two loads back to back, that could not be combined paperwork-wise (two separate loads), and one was inside TX. This was not long after we started up and did not have TX intrastate authority. The delay from the insurance company filing forms with TX was only 3 hours, but the second load to home was gone when it finally posted. So no enticement to book the first one at that point. The two loads only worked for me together. I have leveraged the TX authority many times since then, so it wasn't a total waste of time.

Another point to ponder is that the "logistics professionals" you engage with when soliciting loads usually don't know jack about trucking regulations. They know a little about HOS in order to schedule. If their cargo is OS/OD they'll know about permits and restrictions. But that's about it. If you question anything about requirements, don't depend on them to get it right. You will be the one paying fines or impounded if it goes wrong. Especially true with TQL, as the person you are working with was probably making smoothies at the mall not too long ago.

 

you said in your first post that everyone knows it takes 20 - 40 days to get active.

why would you think it was done overnight>???

you didn't completely waste your time. in 20 - 40 days you be able to book loads with any american carrier. including TQL.

i'd have intrastate authority in every state that required it. you never know when a load might pop up for $7 a mile and going a very short distance. and there's a total of 40 loads. twas a very good weekend for me in north dakota that weekend.

 

Let me fill you in on a few things.
First that load was a ghost load. It wasn't there to begin with. It was bait to get as many phone calls with each one lowering the price on each call.
Second if you had gotten the load it would have gotten canceled before pick up if another person would do it for less.
Third the point of delivery could be as much as a 100 miles off from the posting.
Forth they might file a claim against your insurance if they find a good reason too

 

I'VE HEARD stories about shippers and receivers being 200 miles from where they are supposed to be. on TQL loads.

first time i heard about insurance claims. have to keep that one in mind.