@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
Having a lot of cancelled loads lately.
Discussion in 'Freight Broker Forum' started by afterburn25, Aug 24, 2018.
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One more load this week, and I shut it down for the week.Oldironfan Thanks this. -
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According to the broker your only cost is fuel you dont have maintenance, you dont need money for your time, they try so hard to get you to take the load as close to the fuel cost as they can. And now with elogs you feel bv the burn much harder. Running refrigerated you can only legally do 2 loads a week maybe 3 and I'm talkingvno more then 300 mile loads you should be able to do 5 a week and be home on weekends. That's what I do but since elogs and the way reefer works all bv the waiting I cant do more then 2 or 3 loads a week. A 300 mile load ends up being 2 days to deliver and pick up next load. Oh and your forced to drive over hours to deliver cause you will be fined by reciever if your late. You got in at 3am cause your pickup was a 14:00 appointment and you didnt get loaded till 22:00 gotta go 250 miles get there at 3am cant park at facility nearest truck stop is 10 miles away. If you shut down for the night you cant go till 13:45 appointment is set at 10 am and there is a $300 fine if your late. Say load pays $800 that's a big chuck off an 800 dollar load what can you do just take it.
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Sell your truck, cancel your insurance, get a company position.86scotty, Oxbow, brian991219 and 3 others Thank this. -
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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.Oxbow, W900AOwner and nax Thank this. -
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