Brokers blacklisting me because of no inspections-Blaming Highway

Arkansas will be happy to inspect you.

I get the same thing from several brokers who use Highway now, brokers I've used repeatedly in the past, and I've had several inspections each year.

 

I completely understand your frustration, but fraud/theft are incredibly problematic right now. It is genuinely 10X worse than it's ever been, and one stolen load will off set months of work for a customer. One of the key indicators that a carrier MIGHT be fraudulent is inspection data, so many brokerages are using that data even if it gives the occasional "false positive". If there is a better way to avoid fraud I'm all ears.

 

Used to be a day when you knew your broker face to face. They knew you and knew your truck and operation. A guy who stayed under the radar and ran a clean tight ship with no inspection record or trouble with the dot is what they wanted. There once was a day when getting inspections meant you were outlaw or running illegal. Now you are an outlaw for not getting inspected. Mind boggling.

 

Belleville Kansas loves to do inspections. Going south I know.

 

Trust me not just you. I’ve been told in the last 2 years: “Gmail address, can’t use you”
“No inspections”
“Can’t connect to a ELD/ ELD exempt can’t use you”

10 years, same MC, Email, I answer the phone, my voicemail is me, never any major issues with anyone ever. It is frustrating to no end. I have only been hauling for direct customers which is few and far between and the good old brokers that know me well, which is few and far between. It is really sad, and really makes me wonder where I’m heading in life. It has become a joke. I’m going to keep on trucking though for now. oddly enough I still love it.

 

Highway sucks a fat one

Same here
'95 exempt truck
Ain't been inspected since 2020
Authority since 2013
Same email & phone # the whole time

 

Everyone has a camera in their pocket now
How bout a picture of my truck, name & #'s on the door, hell I can even stand in the picture & chuck ya a duce if that's what might help?

Ole southern drawl vs a foreign accident might even give ya the warm fuzzy's? Hell I don't know but y'all need to come up with sumthin..

 

Highway, compiling location information to sell back to brokers to help set rates thanks to everyone eager to give up their ELD log in info to grab that 1.65 load. It's not about fraud detection, it's about money.