Brokers need to be taught a lesson

do you think its the brokers dictating the rate or shippers who simply wont pay more? think about it, a broker is a keeping a percentage , the more the load , the more he gets. why would a broker haul try to book cheap loads.

everyone always blames the broker but if you think shippers are paying top dollar, think again.

 

I kinda agree with you. But Im not asking anyone else to do anything, starts with yourself and quiet frankly , things dont work like that. Dont haul the cheap freight. Seems like I have to make 20 calls sometimes to get just 1 load, 20 calls to weed out the cheapos.
Hauling to haul will get you in trouble when you realise youre not makeing money to put back into your equipment or replace it.
Theres a couple of guys on here always preaching about getting good rates and sometimes even give advise as to how they get the good rates. Follow these guys.
Theres alot of people on here with alot of smarts.

 

on more than one ocassion, broker tells me what they can pay, I politely say thank you, I cant run it for that amount and they can call me back if anything changes.
If youre profesional , youll be surprised alot of times broker will call shipper, tell em they need more to move it & call you back.
Obviously theres alot of factors into this, supply and demand being one.

 

When rates are bad I protest by parking my truck. It has never had an impact on rates as far as I can tell but when freight volumes pick up I get back with it. Freight brokers have nothing to do with that it's a normal ordinary cycle. Too many trucks not much freight. This part of the year tends to get that way. Plan for it and be ready. Hustle when it's good rest up and relax when it ain't.

 

Is this what you did?

Not all markets pay the least amount they can get some sucker to haul it for. Some are well into the $3/mi+ range. Just got to find lanes that work for you, and then turn that into steady business. If shippers are paying the broker a fat rate like you think they are of say $3 or $4 per mile and then trying to sell the load to you the trucker for $1 per mile, why don't you just go to the shipper and tell them you will haul it for $2.75?

 

Nobody says you must use a broker....

Anyway I vote for Allen Lund on July 4, 2014 who is in?

 

blame the truckers hauling it for cheap.
if no one hauls it, rates will go up.