If the factoring companies will factor for the shipper than their credit is usually good enough. You can check their Dun and Bradstreet too but...
I just hit my million mile mark this year. I averaged roughly under 100k a year for 10 years.
As someone who has suffered with panic disorder off and on I can tell you that facing your fears isn't always the end-all to getting rid of them....
Like Rollin-coal said,brokers are against the same market pressure carriers are. In reality there really is NO such thing as a set rate. It is all...
The 3 worst receivers I have encountered:Grocers Supply and Kroger in Houston. 6-7 hour unload plus a really rude receiver. Pacific coast...
A lot of shippers use realtime freight,but that board is full of extremely cheap shippers that are even worse than brokers. Not sure if that is...
Rates are soft everywhere for the most part. When TX is slow I would usually deadhead 300-400 miles to AR. or Ks or Amarillo for a meat load going...
As a former broker and one-truck carrier I can tell you that the chances of dealing with a direct major shipper are slim to none. Even if you do...
Honestly I never had issues with getting loads with a new MC number. There were a lot of loads that I could have negotiated much higher on but...
It depends on how many trucks are trying to go west. A lot of them will grab the loads going west for next to nothing or below nothing. I have...
Ok,THAT makes more sense,lol. It depends on which area is busy. In the winter time L.A and southern cal is usually a dead zone for produce and the...
Deadhead from LA to Yakima? That is over a 1000 miles. I doubt any apple load will pay that much going back to LA that would justify deadheading...
That rate is CHEAP. It is usually 3500.00 and depending on how busy southern cal is can go as high as 4000.00. I used to get 4k for avocados back...
They are pretty reasonable depending on what kind of trailer you have. 2/mile going further east of Pa with a reefer is cheap since the further...
The only time I would ask for a fuel advance is if the broker's credit is lower than a A rating. I usually ask for 40-50% upfront and than COD or...
What kind of trailer? To get your own authority first you need to get an Mc number. You can go to the FMCSA website and apply for it yourself and...
There is already a loadboard that lets carriers book a load posted directly by a shipper. It is called realtime freight. The shippers that use...
That is usually the case with recourse factors. When I used D and S they would advance the full 95% within 24 hours. That extra 10% recourse...
I hauled over 35 loads with TQL and I can attest to some of their shady and bottomfeeder practices. On 2 separate loads they short-payed me...
D and S factors is 100% nonrecourse. I have never had to make a collection call on late payments when I gave them the invoice. Some brokers were...
