Former TQL employee: ask away

Sure, not disputing that at all. My point is that "skin in the game" can take a bunch of different forms.

 

I dont haul much 3pl freight and nothing for tql but when I do I can tell the broker is relieved when I call to hear an experienced truck owner without a tude or a foreign accent .
Some brokers I've dealt with id jump at the chance to work with again but the company im leased to customers come first and I get it .
Contract freight provides me with a secure predictable business atmosphere but I get that 3pl providers are needed also and dont have an issue with them making a profit .
Its a free market and I sure as hell wouldn't want uncle Sam involved....supply and demand .

 

Yep. And there's lots of ways for folks to add value in this industry. I beat the pants off of TQL on service. They smoke me on capacity of loads and trucks. Your company provides direct customers with quality work on demand. More than one way to skin a cat, as they say.

 

To me it's real simple.
It's about the knowledge and investment in your business.

Now these fly by nite trucking companies have done alot of damage to this industry by hauling loads too cheap and screwing the rest of us.
And I don't blame the brokers or the shippers for trying to get the loads moved at the cheapest price. That's their job.
But in most cases,you get the level of service you pay for.

 

Its a little more than that , we are a 100 truck fleet that services some large food and medical supply companies on dedicated lanes on certain days on prime rates .

 

Certainly. And part of the service I provide is hiring the right folks for the right loads, if that makes sense. And I'm not disagreeing with you- I make my living based on providing quality service.

I admit that I was generalizing a bit. Was trying to get my son to sleep. Finally got the little wildmam settled down. Hopefully two is easier than one and a half has proved to be.

At any rate- I appreciate you and @IH Truck Guy both sharing your perspective here. Always nice to get other folks involved, when I accidentally hijack someone else's thread, lol.

 

Its nice to hear yours and others perspective ...I dont view 3pls as an adversary and there's plenty of blame to go around on both ends .

 

Example...when the philladelphia riots happened i was in Binghamton pre-planned on a philladelphia load outbound back to omaha.
Called my dispatcher and said no way I'm going into philladelphia today ...no problem what you wanna do ?
Find something out of ny !
20 minutes later a 3pl solved the problem...wasn't a rate I liked but the market there sucks and always will .

 

You haven't. Everybody here has shared some great info. I'm glad every different kind of carrier and broker in this thread has shared what they have. You can't put trucking in a box.

It's always fascinating to me the different ways so many people are motivated, what really matters to them, what they love and hate, what keeps them up at night, what to watch out for. Always cool to read this kind of stuff about this industry.

There are about a million easter eggs in this thread for the conscientious new owner OR broker.