Does JB Hunt or other trucking carriers use load boards to find freight?

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  1. Newtrucker123579

    Newtrucker123579 Light Load Member

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    Can a freight broker use these load boards and broker them out?
     
    Newtrucker123579, Aug 10, 2023
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    There’s a reason that J.B Hunt got rid of their OTR Division years ago and now only use independent Owner Operators. They figured it out years ago. Some Independent O/O will work very cheap because they don’t have a clue of what it really cost out here. I see trains rolling through my town with nothing but JB trailers on them. If you think that’s cheap freight you are ignorant.
     
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    Wouldn't that be double brokering?
     
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    Actually it's pretty simple, JBH and many others contract much more freight than they can cover, then they find losers to haul it for pennies.
     
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