Admiral Merchants Motor Freight

So how is the freight in and out of Chicago? I'm pulling tanks and while I like what I do, my current company is going through total chaos. Most of the other tanker outfits near me, I have no interest in working for, so I'm considering a change in direction. I pulled flats for a year in the 90's and liked it, but hated the company.

 

@CactusJay

 

Same here!!!! ....what’s Admiral looking like around Chicagoland????

 

Specifically, are their agents around Chicagoland any good?

 

I see their low ball freight offers on the loadboards daily. Not a good sign.

 

I don't know if you knew but I switched to dumps and I've seen some admiral guys in some of the scrap yards with their steps. Knowing the customer I was at, he was pulling cheap freight, but I could be wrong. I never did find someone to talk to other then calling the company.

 

My wife and I have been with Admiral for about a year and a few months with a 53 step, only 5 axles. We like that the agent freight generally pays better than DAT or Internet Truck Stop, and equally happy that Admiral lets us use load boards other than just theirs- unlike landstar for example, so we hardly ever get stuck somewhere because there's no agent freight on the area.

If you use their board they take 25%. If you use DAT or ITS, they take 17%. So you gotta pay attention to what your choices pay to maximize profit.

And the people that work there are really super nice. I seriously have never had the privilege of working with nicer people. They even have an online way to submit permit applications, and they're cheaper than going through a permit place on your own.

I use to run my own authority, but honestly don't see myself ever leaving here. They want you to be successful. And since my wife and I ended the year in the #1 place in the stepdeck division, I'd say we were pretty successful!

 

Do they lease or rent trailers?.....do they have discounts on securement equipment ,headache racks, what area of the country do you run???.....I live in Chicago so I’d be doing 500 mile radius mostly......

 

Is it mostly stepdeck freight?.....I’m a little worried I never see them around Chicagoland, northerlies Indiana, Wisconsin or Michigan...