Brokers should earn through commisions. 15%?

First of all, there's a question of division of merits.
It is rediculous that on some short run loads Capstone Logistics- by their monopolized schemes - make more money on a load that a carrier does.
It is a carrier that's heavily invested in this business and exposed to material risks.
It is not healthy per sheer logic that on a load that shipper pays $2000 the owner operator gets $650 only.
Yes, with the oversaturated capacity this would not help carriers too much in the long run but at least it would feel good knowing that brokers efforts are in harmony with carriers interests, ending their parasitic practices.

Also, these rates compromise maintenance regimen of many carriers. They are underfunded and skip on rudimentary things such as brakes and tire service.
Unfortunately, DOT safety whip is too feeble to remedy this. DOT should crack down on the safety issues. Technical requirements should be religiously enforced on frequent basis. Certifications should be done by approved shops with heavy fines if done in frivolous ways. Self certyfing is an insult to human intelligence. Running without a proper periodic (at least quarterly) inspections - of even higher standards than those at CHP scales, would be as illegal as driving a CMV without CDL.
If everyone would be subjected to the same CMV safety standards, the rates automatically would go up.

 

15% is taken arbitrarily. I read or heard somewhere that in 2018...not a bad year for the spot market btw, that the average cut on the rate for brokers was just that. So, if in relatively a good year, when the wolves had full stomach and sheep felt safe, maybe it could work now too. There are arbitrarily determined or regulated commissions in other businesses, such as real estate or medical malpractice law, and have managed to function forever. It should work in this industry too.