My broker didn't show up for work...

With such a project maybe it might be best to work direct with a carrier that can either cover the freight with their own trucks or has the ability to broker it out to dependable partner carriers from their own network instead of working with non-asset based. This is funny because it reminds me of how typical CHR agents operate. It's like they just take a day off at random times thoughout the week for golf, or whatever it is they do. If you work with one of them consistently you'll get emails kicked back "out of the office until...." after a while it's like wow this fellow takes off as much time as I do lol, but I don't have his commitments.

 

Lets take Tyson as an example. A trucking company signs a contract with Tyson to ship chickens from the flash freeze facility to their cold storage for lets say $2.00 a mile. This is a dedicated route picking up at the same place and delivering to the same place. Every week they look at the cost of fuel. If the fuel goes up by the national average so does their rate for that week to maybe $2.05. If the price of fuel goes down they still get their $2.00.

A fuel service charge is put in place so a trucking company still gets their agreed on rate. If there was no FSC fuel could go up $4.00 a gallon and the trucking company would have to default on the contract or do the runs for free.

A single load has no fuel surcharge. This is the price of the fuel today and this is the rate.

You can play with numbers all day. $1.50 a mile and $.50 cents a mile FSC or $.50 cents a mile and $1.50 a mike FSC. It's still $2.00 a mile!

 

I certainly do know what a FSC is and how it's used. I figure it on all of my big contracts so that I can make up for fuel volatility but I also add a FSC into my rates when its just a one shot deal as well. While it might still be gross revenue the load doesn't get moved by my truck without that extra percentage. Most customers that I deal with feel better about that extra charge if it's billed as a fuel surcharge. So go ahead with your one truck operation and I'll go back to running my 20 trucks and dealing with multi million dollar a year contracts that very well do have FSC in them.

 

since when? I charge a fsc on all my so called one shot deals. never had a problem with the customers.

 

You must not know what the hell a FSC is either then.

 

I don't know a lot of things!!??

 

Yea me neither lol

 

For an independent finding their own loads, yes. For someone giving up a percentage, not necessarily. 85% of $2.00 is $1.70... 85% of $1.50 plus 100% of $0.50fsc is $1.775...

 

I'm only speaking for myself as an independent. As far as someone leased on doing a percentage it's up to the company and not the driver. And once again, FSC only comes into play when a carrier has an agreement on a fixed and regular route.