Direct Freight Loadboard - Time waste

bigbyrc · Dec 10, 2019

izifaddag said: ↑

Ok this thread went a little sideways but never mind.
This was to fill a hole for anybody looking for some basic information about the load board Direct Freight. Then it has turned into a discussion about Convoy.
So here goes.
I have been using Convoy for about 1 year 3 months. I quite regularly take freight with them. I have had several long conversations with several people there. On occasion they have called me to offer me loads.
They are good people.
They are a broker. They are not an app where you can get direct freight.
They are a brokerage with a method of getting the deal done with the minimum of fuss. They have been copied by just about everybody now. JB Hunt have unsuccessfully tried it with 360. CHR has Navisphere - not worth a light. The Coyote app sucks. Uber is ok with reservations.
If I could I would book all my loads with them. They are super easy to deal with and getting paid is a breeze.
The problem is they don't have any freight ! Same with Uber. The reason that I prefer them - if possible - is because they don't fool around and I do not get charged ANYTHING to get my own money. JBH stills charges you even if you use the app. I object to doing the work, paying for the fuel and all the fees then on top of that giving them 1.5% just to get my own money.
5% factoring is completely out of the question.
I also strongly object to paying for a loadboard. They are useless for me. Now a load board that someone has had the gumption to set up that allows carriers to DIRECTLY interact with shippers would be the bomb.
Doesn't exist though.
So I will keep plodding forward until something breaks. I am not starving. I do ok.
All brokerages are thieves. They take a HUGE cut for themselves. Uber recently made a mistake with some paperwork with me and I saw for myself. They grabbed 33%.
Most of my stuff is CHR.
I believe I do this the best way. I book with the same guy all the time. He actively looks for me constantly. It is like having a dispatcher without paying anything. I have found that leasing is just a glorified dispatch service. A VERY expensive way to do that.
I know this guy. We have spoken many times about our arrangement. It is in his best interests to negotiate as high a rate as he can. I am also a steady stream of revenue in a commission driven job. I give him a little security. We work together and there have been several times that I have known for a fact that he is eating when others in his office are going hungry.
When he cannot help and it happens regularly just lately I turn to first Convoy, then Uber. Lastly JBH and Truckloads. At the bottom of the list is Coyote. They charge 3% and are a pain.
When I had Truckstop load board I took 2 loads with them, a waste of money. I liked the load board and the features but it was like taking a hammer to crack an egg.
It was money down the drain. If there isn't any freight or the rates are an insult then it is going to be that way everywhere and chucking money at a load board isn't going to change that. So I will sit before I will take below my rate. Bottom line is that the strong relationship method is the best. Doesn't have to be CHR just somebody with actual freight - not promises.
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YOU THINK AROUND THE SAME WAY I DO!!! ( DON'T HAVE TIME TO PLAY MIND GAMES WITH THESE CLOWN'S, WE GOT CHILDREN TO RAISE AND A LIFE TO LIVE!!)✌✌✌

Brettj3876 · Dec 16, 2019

izifaddag said: ↑

Please explain how you 'work for it'. I seriously want to know. Please outline the work I need to do. I would like to know what you mean by this.
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Litteraly go out and pound the pavement. The spots you frequent, you have a rapport with them already? so thats the 1st place to go along with some coffee n doughnuts or pizza whatever.

Friends or family have a warehouse job, maybe even in shipping/receiving dept? All sorts of ways to go about getting your own freight.

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