Where is everyone #5

If anybody knows about crusty, it would be you.

 

What’s with the crime tape?

 

I see several items that would look good parked in my shop!! I wonder if they'd take a check?



Fairly certain my wife would not be impressed, but it sure would be fun!!

 

You mean to not impress your wife?

 

They put that up to keep people from wandering in to the area where high pressure lines, chemicals and extremely loud equipment is running. Basically if you go in there you need extra PPE.

It's so loud with all the horsepower running that the ground and everything nearby has a vibration that you can feel. Stand still long enough and you kinda start feeling numb.

 

Well freight out of here is scarce so gonna bounce west and load out of Fort Bliss tomorrow. Drop at Fort Polk Friday. Rate doesn't really justify it but what's a poor boy to do?

 

Yeah a bad dispatcher can put a company out of business quick, fast, and in a hurry. That's why its important that you thoroughly vet a dispatcher before you put them in control of one of the primary revenue generating functions of your business. Here are some questions you can ask to make sure your prospective dispatcher isn't totally clueless:

1. Ask market specific questions. I.e "what are the best paying lanes for dry vans right now?", or "is the truck to load ratio favorable to the carrier in my home state?" If they freeze up here, they'll probably run your business straight into the ground if you hire them.

2. Ask them who they're top 5 brokers are, and which brokers they try to avoid. If you've been in this business for any respectable amount of time, you'll have at least five brokers that you like to work with. You'll also have two or three that you wouldn't book a load with if they offered to drive the truck for you. If they cant rattle them off quickly, they probably don't have much "experience".

3. Ask them questions about new HOS regulations. It's EXTREMELY important for your dispatcher to be familiar with HOS laws or they just may book freight you can't legally run, and in turn, you just may get blackballed by certain brokers if they have to constantly recover loads your company dropped because of your dispatcher!

4. Ask them what factoring companies they reccomend and what % rate they can offer. Most people who have no experience can't name a single factoring company let alone what a decent rate is.

5. Last but not least, ask them if they've ever operated a CMV themselves. While there are plenty of great dispatchers who have never been behind the wheel, I find that people who have are much more equipped to service a carrier. There are somethings that you just won't understand until you've been out there.

Hopefully this helps somebody.

 

@Ruthless what do you think of that 1952 Ford F6?

 

Decent. Not something I’d want to own, but definitely has it’s own kinda cool.

 

About to take a pre-employment drug test so its on file for the new company.

I hope I studied enough. I took as many drugs as I could get. Although the flying alligators are a bit distracting...