Fuel surcharge

Unless you break it out internally,how do you know if your linehaul "rate" is up or down? Even with just a few loads a week you would have no idea what it was a year ago. I guess if it's run by the seat of the pants but that doesn't work as you get larger.

 

I don't understand what you are asking?

I'm talking about when we agree to $700 all-in. Next month, same load but fuel is up $.10/gal. I say, fuel is up. I can do it for $710. Typically don't get push back. May do this a couple times. Then fuel drops. I say nothing but we are still getting $730. Now fuel is up again and am back saying fuel is up, I can do it for $740.

Once I have had a broker tell me he raised it before on fuel and didn't adjust. I just played Columbo and went along.

 

If you can remember every load evn 3 months later,how much it was,what fuel was then,and give a rate today based on that,then you have a mind wasted on trucking.

 

Its not so much remembering every load its keeping a record of it, easy to do with a spread sheet especially if you do the same load more then once.

 

The point was breaking out a FSC in a consistent manner to get accurate linehaul rates. FSC is variable,linehaul is fixed(untill it is raised) Get carriers everyday day that haul at a lesser linehaul than they did 6 months ago bcause the FSC is higher.

 

It is all right there in our dispatch software. And when it was just me it was pretty easy.

 

First off there is no FSC. You are talking about cost and profit. Drivers are making less because expenses (fuel) is up.

And that is O/O 101. Know your costs every week.

But fuel goes up and down. So when it is down do you lower your all-in-rate? I hope not. This is a way to get your all-in-rate up over all. You are taking advantage of a broker that has a limited knowledge of the trucking industry.

 

So FSC isn't meaningless? Forgive my confusion. If i haul something a year ago for 3.00+FSC i wouldn't haul it today for 3.00+FSC.

 

Never said anything about lowering a rate. It's raising a rate as time goes on.

 

I don't labor under an illusion that a broker pays more than the customer.(not talking contracts either) And if one did i sure wouldn't want them owing me money.