I need military loads for RGN

The rate was fine, haven't done it again though. The broker and I have the same business relationship with the military. We both have tenders in place, mine just happens to be a little lower. I asked the guy there why they choose that broker and he said cause they get a truck there so fast. I said for that rate I could too. Told him we were in the system at a lower rate and why don't they go with the lower bidder like advertised when you start the whole thing. He advised they generally just use the same 3 brokers. Okay, fine. He's never called and never will. There not concerned with saving any of our taxpayer monies, and if they actually went with the lowest bidder I wouldn't get the frieght because I wasn't the lowest either. So in the end you can spend a couple thousand and a few months getting set up on a system you're never gonna get the opportunity to do anything with.

 

dont take this the wrong way but 3 to 4 per mile for that kind of weight. you should be running yer but off. but you wont make anything heavy haul is slow all over right now, i have been sitting all month because nobody has offered me a good rate. my rule of thumb 1$ per axle depending on how many axles it takes to haul. that rate is my bottom line. i usally get more than that. anything under i DONT haul it.

 

How's that any different than you or anyone else that goes in and cuts a rate to get somebody's business?

 

Because I didn't have a developed relationship with someone giving me the freight? It's back soliciting and not I, nor anyone in my company do it.

 

I really love the mindset here. We go out and build a relationship with a new customer, Spend the time and money to get in the door, work for months sometimes years to prove ourselves. Accomodate to people like this, wether it be changing the pickup or delivery date, to suit thier travel arrangements, deal with customs, appointments, pay them faster than customers pay us, etc.
And then they go in and back door ya, for the same money you were paying them.

People talk about slimey freight brokers.

I spent months on a new lead recently, as soon as the check was cashed by the first guy that hauled for me out of there (paid him 6 bucks a mile, btw, kept 200 bucks on a 3500 load) he was on the phone to my customer trying to back door me.

 

It's ridiculous... It absolutely blows my mind how ignorant some people are.

 

I was desperate for a truck after calling this guy for months I finally got in the door. Sad part was, we run a few trucks of our own, and this was freight I was chasing for them. Just so happened they called when we didnt have one of our guys near there.

Lesson learned.

I had a load last week that a trucker called on, quoted me 1500 less than what I had in it. I told him it was covered because its a core piece of business for me, and I dont want to lose it to someone who will work that cheap.
Even if I paid him what I usually pay, (7500 out of 8000, he wanted 6500)
hed be knocking on thier door the minute the check cleared, and id be out of a customer, for a little while.
Id like to get setup with landstar btw, you guys pay well on the specialized end of things, from what ive been offered.

 

Most usually...Landstar Canada is growing by leaps and bounds too.

 

You call it ignorance, but it is plain and simple business. Get used to it, it will never end.

 

Oh, but it will...when you've run your business into the ground because you fail to come through. It's not business...it's being a sleezebag, plain and simple.