Opening my own freight brokerage

How will you be getting loads? How will you be getting carriers?

 

If your on The Internet Truckstop you will be listed as having no credit rating for 1 year. Most of us will not even look at your loads. The one way you can attract carriers during that first year is to advertise that you pay via Comchek on delivery. The first year is tough. Your going to have to pay more then everyone else and bite the bullet.

 

If you have customers why not become a agent for a agent based carrier, no up front cost, no factoring, no bond. They handle the credit and collections and supply approved carriers, you get a commission check every week.

 

I think they all usually look for 1 year experience in the business as an agent, maybe im wrong

 

Wrong, they look for customer base

 

Martin, Skateboard is right. I wouldn't haul for anyone with no credit rating, especially a new broker number. I let my brokerage lie dormant for about 2 years, just brokering to guys I knew and had mutual trust with, until I had no "no or slow pays" on my record. We paid very quickly and had great rates for the truckers, but when OOIDA jumped into the ring to raise the broker bond to $75K it knocked out a bunch of us who didn't do enough business to warrant the higher cost in bond. I tried to tell them they were going to screw a bunch of us small operators but Todd Spencer wouldn't listen. Now, not only us, but a bunch of other small brokers I used to haul loads for, are no longer in business. What a shame. Crooks will always find a way to get into this business - just like there are crooked truckers out there. You better watch for them, too. Don't get screwed by the criminal element in the carrier side. There's one notorious criminal family who are out of the Hazard, KY area and have had MANY MC#'s. AODD Transport, L A Transport, United Logistics (TN) was the last one. Here is the crook owner's name. He and his inbreeds have all been part of the game of starting up new companies when the reputation got bad enough to shut them down. Internet Truckstop has a good rating system for these bad carriers, too. You'll need to get set up with that.

[h=1]AODD Transport[/h]

On this page you will find important information about AODD Transport based in Hazard, KY, like the address, contact person and details, as well as the email address and home page.



COMPANY NAME:
AODD Transport


HideLOCATION ADDRESSLOCATION STREET:
416 Mahogany Hill Drive


LOCATION CITY:
Hazard


LOCATION ZIP:
41701


COUNTY:
Perry


STATE:
Kentucky



Transportation


HideCONTACT PERSONCONTACT NAME:
Elliot Campbell


CONTACT ROLE:
Owner

 

AODD, L A Transport, and a few others are out of business. Hopefully, that crook is blacklisted.

 

This is the best solution in this case that I have found.