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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;blairandgretchen, post: 11363505, member: 76574&quot;]Securement is really just part of the job. </p><p><br /></p><p>Load and unload however can and should be used. </p><p><br /></p><p>I’ve heard different responses on FSC - some will tell you that it’s strictly national average, others will jam any old figure in there to help you out. </p><p><br /></p><p>Regardless of what the code used is, end of the day it is $ out of the agency pocket and LS pocket. </p><p><br /></p><p>Agents get (I think) 7% of 90% of LH. The employees of agents are usually told to minimize accesorials, unless they really need to move the freight - Agent owners themselves are usually more frivolous with 100% charges. </p><p><br /></p><p>So, $1,000 LH nets the agent $63. </p><p>$10,000 LH gets them $630.</p><p><br /></p><p>So it depends on their volume and agency operations. Do they have 6 employees and an office, handling $100k of freight a week? </p><p><br /></p><p>Or is it a pajama agent at the kitchen table with a laptop just trying to pay the utility bill each week, running off 3PL load email blasts. </p><p><br /></p><p>It took me a while to grasp the entire picture, but it helps your mindset out when you can understand what the agents business operation is - vs. just doing the “You guys are out to F### us and we do all the work and you get paid for doing almost nothing “ </p><p><br /></p><p>I sent an agent kid - employee - $250 after he made the truck $13,000 in 10 days. Young kid, good attitude, lives in an apartment and shared custody of a 6 year old daughter. Always answers the phone, almost 24/7. In my opinion he is worth more than he is paid, so I shared. </p><p><br /></p><p>The freight that doesn’t hit the board&nbsp; - doesn’t hit it for a multiple of reasons. </p><p><br /></p><p>Ok - I’m rambling now.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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