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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;brsims, post: 4435785, member: 32079&quot;]We charge by the hundred weight.&nbsp; Ask your drivers what a fair rate per hundred would be for them, and shoot for the average.&nbsp; Obviously you need to ask a bunch of drivers to get a good range of rates.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, some steel companies run on published rates (like US Steel).&nbsp; Get those rates, trim a FAIR percentage off, and offer the loads to your drivers.&nbsp; IF you aren&#039;t charging a FAIR percentage, your drivers WILL know and they will leave you high and dry.</p><p><br /></p><p>You will never make a killing on steel freight as a broker (or as a O/O, in my opinion), but it can add up if you have steady equipment to haul it.&nbsp; The guys I broker out of USX use the steel freight to move the trucks out to better loads that bring them back.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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