Brokers need to be taught a lesson

18 hours of brick counting with no detention?!
Did they make you watch the brick layers while they built the first floor?
You make it sound like things go wrong when you get that cheap load but when you get that profitable one or deadhead you just turn the key and the truck just drives, you just watch from the sleeper that it does not get In trouble and drink coffee.
I was in this predicament only once. I got 3 $ per mile from Chi to Michigan. And from there only freight was available for 1.3$ per mile. You could wait there for days only losing time. Yes I grabbed cheap and heavy and averaged over 2$ per mile , netting about 65 cpm after costs and company cut.
Nobody put me in the black book where brokers look for suckers and no one printed on my sleeper Cheap Hauler.
If I had 5 truck fleet and got direct freight to Florida for 3 per mile and coming back for 1.3 right away I'd do that all year around with drivers making 45cpm and me about the same. That's what mega carriers do anyways. Cheap is cheap when it's below market average. 2,5 out of Chicago is cheap for example.
I am only happy I don't turn and burn anymore but I don't deny this business model where they cover 3000+ miles a week for 2.10$ a mile works quite well for more than a few. An updated equipment with superior fuel economy plays big part of this. It's pointless to compare 2.4 gross per mile to 2.1 per mile when all that difference is lost at the pump

 

bill, when you figure out why this happens let me know. sounds like with stuff like I that I would fit real well at f2f. I would buy and pave my own parking space somewhere to sit for money like that, and install a power pole to run my apu on shorepower and put up a mailbox if necessary.

 

i cant recall when I hauled last for these people, but I also dont drive a ton of miles

 

Are you not listening? Why book with them at all? Besides, it's not up to you who I book with. What if they offer me a load with zero DH miles? Can I not do that load for less than if I DH 500 miles? Good grief man look in the mirror. If you cannot command a good enough rate then you are doing something wrong. Focus on things you can change.

 

Use your head for something besides a hat rack. The reason fleets operate like this is because it's much simpler and easier to operate that way, it's no brainer operations. Also, I'm talking about the load being on the truck for 18 hrs plus that's including transit time. You know I go to Michigan once in a while and have found a couple of things that work out better or equal to your lazy method of grabbing cheap, close by. I either grab a partial and try to build on that or go back with just the one partial. Or I deadhead about 300 miles give or take to where I know i can get a better loaded rate. Either way I can average the same money as you or better in probably a similar time frame. You have no idea what sort of fuel mileage I get nor my equipment upgrade plans either.

 

Brokers are smart, once they figure you out, it's all over.....

Best advice I could give someone just starting out.....

Quote high rates and act like you get that rate all day long, no problem.

Be financially able to sit and wait.

Once you get pigeonholed you'll never get away from it....

 

It's a lot like playing cards.

Never be in a hurry.....

Learn your opponent.

Make it count when you know you're holding the winning hand.

 

You sound like your talking about double (and up) brokered loads. I always tell a broker I don't accept double brokered loads.

 

Yes I am listening and I am about to stop because I am breaking a very important rule: Don't waste time.

I don't give a rat's esophagus what UTI and TQL or anyone else pays. I don't compete in that market.