DOES ANYONE KNOW ABOUT BETTER CAR LOAD WEBSITES? (LOAD BOARDS)

How much or what % from load car hauler dispatcher get ?

I got 2x8car haulers and my dispatcher finds loads for me from CentralDispatch, how much or what % from loads he finds should I pay him?

 

I think that you mean to ask how much the *broker* gets, and I'm fairly certain that it varies with the deal that is made.

Dispatchers usually work for carriers, and ordinarily are paid either by the hour or at an annual salary rate (which is usually less than the drivers in their fleets, make).

Brokers often get 30% of what the load pays - sometimes less, sometimes more - depending upon the terms that they negotiate with the shipper and the carrier or independent driver. From the driver's perspective, being a broker looks like a pretty good gig, if you can get it. Problem is, it's essentially a sales job, getting people to send you freight and getting drivers to haul it; and it requires a significant commitment of time to build the relationships that are necessary to make a living at it. It also requires good communication and social skills, which those of us who live isolated in bathroomless coffins, often lack...

We need them, and they need us - but it is not exactly a peer relationship. We typically need them more than they need us, so we are in the weaker negotiating position. The deals that they negotiate with us are consequently usually weighted heavily in the brokers' favor... :-/

All just my own opinion, of course, and the next fifty forum posts on this thread will probably all contradict me...

 

Sometimes when I read threads like this one I can't help but shake my head. Between the Brokers/logistics companies (same thing really) I would dare to say over half of all freight moved in this country EVEN the megas, across all types, reefer, dry van and flatbed have loads that at some time been on a broker/logistics company boards. My father spent the time from 1974 till he retired in 1992 driving for W R Grace out of Duncan SC then for a while actually based out of Houston. They would leave Duncan SC loaded with goods from the Cayovac plant there. make the delivery then in most cases get a broker load for a backhaul. Some of the most crooked people in trucking are in this part of it. The company drivers only really get exposed to this crooked stuff when they hand over a $300 to $1,000 comcheck to a lumper! It is also one reason I am so dang glad I retired.