Lots of carriers I work with accept macropoint and check in/out with it WITHOUT providing automatic location updates or turning location services...
You're not wrong at all. I'm not a broker these days, just an operations manager at a brokerage. Main issue is carrier communication. If...
How do brokers get customers?
Why not go get direct customers and cut brokers out entirely?
The "Western 11" fleet at Wilson was part of the Ashley buyout of Wilson's west coast assets. Anyone who wants on those routes should contact...
I try to do the same on my motorcycle too! Always try to filter several cars ahead rather than be in the back. Keep an escape to shoulder open....
There are some nice handheld units out there that can help you get your fix. I have a GPD XD and it can emulate everything up to PS1/PSP/DS very...
Had a truck angry at me for this last week! I sold them the load for 40,000lbs. Ended up getting loaded with 40,575 at the shipper. I really...
As a broker, market rates are just generally down across the board. There are ways to get around a new MC though! -Be polite and personable on...
Most of the time that'd be "Medium Duty". Think somewhere between a 1 Ton pickup and a Class 8.
Definitely get that feeling sometimes, I work at a top 5 brokerage. Tons of good shippers have been called to death by idiot college kids we hire.
If you're just bored at work, seriously consider a job at a brokerage instead of being a dispatcher. Always more work to do, talk to dozens of new...
I live in Detroit and have taken US23 down to Toledo, it's easily driveable by truck and is in good shape as far as Michigan roads are concerned.
PowAir or any other enzyme based odor remover works wonders for soft surfaces!
Even better than RC trucks, is a sim like American Trucking Simulator. I'm a broker and play it on my downtime!
As other brokers on here will tell you, it's really worth just getting hired in at an established brokerage. You will learn so much being thrown...
Dealing with this industry can feel like herding children sometimes, you'll fit right in.
Brokerage I work at has very few hires with prior experience or education in logistics. They like seasoned sales guys, but will hire with none if...
Amen to that. I'm expensive and my customers know it. But they always seem to come crawling back when the "brother man" and "basement dwellers"...
Absolutely! It's not fun having every "I work from my basement" broker calling my customers and undercutting me.
