Issues with broker

Wow, are you kidding me?! What companies are you getting freight from? If you don't mind me asking, I use 123 or DAT to look for loads

 

Well, First I don't service that part of the country very often..

secondly, I don't use load boards..

What Load Boards are,in General, Are a place to find a shipment in a last ditch effort to move your truck...Most freight on a load board are scraps left over from a carrier or broker that nobody wants....

And Rates reflect that.. Your Not going to flourish working off load boards....

Your thinking..."Hmmm, This is really convenient though"..Well,Of Course it is, Open load boards to the Public, You didn't think you were the only observer, Did you?

You want market rates Princessleia? You gotta get your own customers

And Im Sorry..But I cant just turn over my Book of business to you..

 

I wasn't asking for your book of business, I was just curious to how you were getting those types of rates. But it makes total sense since you don't use load boards. I'm going to be honest with you, this is my dads business he is the OP I am just helping him with all the paperwork and finding loads the only way I knew how and this is the reason why I decided to join this forum.. To get more info from actual OPs and see what it is that I am doing wrong

 

With all due respect to your father, he is probably the hero in your eyes that mine was in mine, but he is not running his truck as a professional business. The best thing he could do for his bottom line is suspend his mc authority and lease that truck to a good carrier with good paying freight. He would get a better rate and have less expenses and a thousands times less paperwork.

 

This is exactly what I have been trying to tell him but he doesn't listen. After this incident I will have a talk with him and hopefully get this to happen because I totally agree with you.

 

To give you a little ammo to use in your discussions with him about this. I'm leased to a good carrier and get 75 percent of the line haul plus 100% of everything else such as fuel surcharge, extra stops, and detention/layover. The load i just picked up weighs 1674 lbs including dunnage, and pays the truck after my carriers cut 1400+ on 537 miles. This one easy load will net almost as much as your dads last 2 on a quarter of the miles and only ties the truck up for the weekend and it only took 6 minutes to load and secure. Seriously i was at the shipper a total of 6 minutes. Heck by the time you factor in your insurance and dot compliance costs i might even be meeting more.

Now obviously not all my loads are this easy, but it certainly isn't uncommon. Leased to a good carrier with good freight your father would be making 2500 minimum after immediate expenses.

 

The thing is he has worked for really great companies in the past, we live in Texas he used to work in he oil but it's going down now so they aren't paying as much now. So he knows he can be making money, I am guessing he wants to work for himself so he can go wherever he wants whenever. Idk but I need to talk to him soon and it's actually perfect timing because his insurance is about to expire this month, so before he makes that huge expense we can start looking for a good company for him. I feel like running the company has become too much for him which is why my husband and I wanted to step in but we don't know anything about this stuff. Thank you so much Spyder! I hope he decides to lease otherwise I have a whole lot learning to do lol

 

Sounds like your dad is new to his current situation in trucking. He(and you) needs to learn to walk before he can run. How do you do that? For starters stay closer to home, that way if there's nothing paying decent he can stay home or run home empty rather than taking a cheap load just to keep the truck moving. The last thing you want to do is get yourself into a situation where you feel desparate and you think your only option is to accept getting screwed by some broker/shipper/receiver for a cheap rate. You have to stand your ground and not accept the first load that is offered/available if your going to make money. Staying closer to home should help to do that.

 

Princessleia,
What part of Texas do ya'll live in ?

 

San Antonio