Having a lot of cancelled loads lately.

@Oldironfan it's the eld effect.

Loads that take 1 day are now being planned as 2 day loads.

I've adjusted my pricing accordingly. I target $1000/day and so far, I'm yet to have anyone respond with an "outright no" when I counter.

I will deadhead 300 miles if I have to, but the rate always recovers, since I snag them after every available truck is gone.

My 2nd drop this week (Tues nite), put me at $3300 gross, on $500 fuel, and 1050 loaded miles

 

So not bad $2.66666666667 per mile after fuel. I'm tired.

 

I guess. I don't think of it like that.

One more load this week, and I shut it down for the week.

 

This is what it is. The said and unfair thing is that it is not you who decide what your truck is worth or your time. Imagine a brand new truck and trailer both valued over 200K loading at the same customer as a truck next to it - junky, rusty, falling apart truck and trailer, that nobody would give any money for, except perhaps a junk yard owner, and it is possible the new truck owner is pulling the same load for less. I also wish I could convince a broker to override a Rate Confirmation and put there 700 TONU instead. But you are not alone.

 

Sell your truck, cancel your insurance, get a company position.

 

OOOOHHH!!!!! THATS RUTHLESS BRUH!!!

 

You go against their bond if they refuse to pay.

I will tell you this happens when the broker doesn't own the load, meaning they are not getting the load directly.

I had a broker lie to one of my drivers with a rash of canceled loads, he would delay the TONU clause we put into the contract (and he agreed to) for almost a week by setting up other loads which never existed, the driver didn't say much to any one but when I looked at his AR on the truck, I almost lost it.

We invoiced every day there was a TONU, which amounted to a hell of a lot of money, we were told to stick it, and filed against his bond and lawyer also started the paper work for breech of contract. Amazingly we were paid the full amount.

 

How does that work? The charging them for the run even though the service would not have actually been completed if you leave part. I usually tell them I'm invoicing for a TONU ($350) but now you've got me thinking about this now.