At the crossroads and frustrated!!!

As a broker, you could certainly pick all the better loads.>!!

If I could stay clean, in a nice air-conditioned office, and have regular lunch breaks and regular doctor appointments, or emergency appointments, then you bet the office is the way to go. As a broker, you can work from home as well.

You can do both, however you may also stretch yourself thin, in which you may not be of any service to your customers as a broker. Do you want to lose good loads all because you couldn't answer the phone.>??

 

Drive first to learn what the drivers face in their job; then be a broker later.
Many brokers get angry when a driver says he can't make the delivery tomorrow because it's a long way from Miami to San Diego. You'll be a better broker if you have personal experience as to what the drivers/trucking companies are going through.

 

A broker with actual trucking experience will do a much better job for his customers by not promising what he can't deliver. If brokers and dispatchers were required to have at least 5 years on the road, this business would run a lot smoother.

 

I agree with all the posts. A person with hands on experience is a way better broker. You can even help out your own if you have an idea on whats going on that imagining what it sounds like. Get your cdl. Its an eye opener

 

everything but the cdl

 

Amen! Freddy57. Preach it loud and proud!

Somebody get this man a cold beer and a bigger box to shout his wisdom from!