No what you explained is just brokering. Double brokering is where a broker gets a load.. Sells it to another broker then has you haul it. Every...
Demand the bill that who ever billed to the shipper. It will have the shippers name on it or, Contact the shipper and bill them .. That will...
Here we go with back haul.. What is that? Where you back up? There is nothing known as a back haul. Go into the truckstop and tell them that you...
What would it be? Sitting on the dock. That should be about 3 bucks a mile plus permits. Anything less during the winter time is a sucker load.....
if a customer wants it covered.. Why don't they cover it? OSHA states as in orders anything that is over 6 feet high... You WILL have fall...
You should be able to haul some farm equipment, small tractors etc with that kind of weight. Or OD loads. Anymore with all of the pollution...
If they are charging you 15% .. Out on your own you will eat up that real fast with your own authority.. Drug testing Ifta filing, insurance,...
I bet they will be the loudest screamers if your 5 minutes late.. If you log all of your waiting time for that load.. And happened to run out of...
You can only be on duty, on duty not driving for 70 hours per week for your reset. So if you started on Sunday and worked 15 hours a day you can...
That ignore button works so well! And wicris: most people can't find their own customers because brokers have come in and underbid them. Funny...
Thanks for the info
In 1971 we were running for 50-75 cents a mile. Had nice trucks for 15,000 dollars, fuel was about 25 cents. Main driver go a dime, co driver was...
Out of 500 companies that were before deregulation about 480 or more are long gone. Nobody wanted deregulation . Except the shippers, and the...
Exactly! And now we have computers with things like turbo tax. And funny thing with those pesky computers.. The shippers can use them also.. By...
OMG how did we exist before brokers? Funny thing. We did. We made money . And all with out brokers.. And did a better job, as when we told a...
Just something to toss around. The ports in southCarolina will not allow any pre 1997 engines in port. That is exactly how California started in...
It's kind of funny how we ever got freight moved for well over 50 years without these brokers. Something to think about.. When we used to take...
and what's your point. The shippers dispatch their loads to a trucking company or a broker. And you have to handle everything? Then you go out.....
Maybe one may want to point out to the consumer just why stuff is so expensive.. Sure isn't the manufacture, or the grower...or the trucking...
I remember those days with the produce. The farmer would sell to the packing shed.. Which is alright. Then these little slease ball buyers would...
