mercer transportation

Skateboardman
I think the difference from our pay and the outstide load board is not much difference maybel like 10%. So 2.20 to someone with own authority is nothing special but not bad for an easy load. Most drivers assume because Mercer keeps 25 percent that would be the difference if you had your own authority. Reality that would be the difference if you got the load directly from the Milatary not from a load board. Mercer brokers, just like other brokers are brokers to make money and that is usually around 10-20 percent.
Our 75 percent is before Mercer broker fees. Which most other companies just have their brokerage as a different companine so they can advertise paying O/O a higher percentage but it's after broker fees. Here at Mercer, we get 75 percent of the linehaul before any mercer brokerage.
When I had my own authority, the Mercer loads were the left overs and paid almost as much as the Mercer O/O were getting.

 

As a Mercer lease truck, do you not have access to the original freight bills, on each load you haul, after you haul it?

 

Upon request.

 

Ok, that is all that is required, by regulation. We have it easy, at LS, as I have access through our in house website to all my original freight bills. Just log in and look them up. I print them out and stick them in the corresponding trip envelope, I maintain, on each load. Was just curious, as skateboardman stated that he had no idea of the gross rate.

 

He probably meant "off the top of his head".
The gross revenue is clearly shown on each pay statement and broke down to contractor's pay along with fsc and stop offs etc.
In my case my coordinator dispatches me by e-mailing me a screenshot of what he sees on his computer for the trip so I get the full breakdown on gross revenue, agent pay & truck pay before I load anything.

 

Ok, he just left it kind of open, so that is why I asked.

 

yeah, i was quoting the rates i saw on the load board that would be paid to the truck. fuel surcharges vary. a little between customers. so without knowing the take out for surcharge, i couldnt give an exact figure. but yes as each load is settled, we get settlement sheets for each individual load, the fuel charge, linehaul and then our percentage is shown. but i can call and ask all the details.

i have also asked many times what a broker truck would get on a certain load, its just as flightline says, you aint getting the entire 25 per cent.

but honestly since i book loads that meet or exceed my goal only. i dont really concern myself with the entire linehaul, i only worry about what i get really.

i can honestly say, i have never had a problem with a settlement, the few times i have checked its spot on. in several cases i have had money added i didnt expect. at mercer we have on own individual settlement clerk, you deal with one person when ya call, we also have our own log person, permit person etc. when you call you dont talk to any tom dick or harry.

just like the entire operation goes to lunch at 12:30 to 1:30, no dispatching then, in fact no dispatching at five oclock either, you conduct business between 8 and 5 mon thru fri. they have one guy that works 2nd shift, and 3rd shift, for emergencies, advances and check calls, but no dispatching. they are kind of old school in many ways, which suits my old self just fine.

 

Actally on all Milatary loads, the freight gross pay is right on the bills if you know where to look. But most of us, could care less. Just care about how much we are getting paid.

 

Yep, and I've compared identical loads between myself as a LS driver and a Mercer driver i met who was delivering to the same base. We both loaded at Ft. Bragg and delivered to Ft. Hood and both were paid the exact same rate on the military bills. this was when menlo was running them also, here lately tho i have been hauling a lot of loads that were not thru Menlo, and have the old style signature and tally sheet once again.

 

At Autocar:

So how often do you catch an agent throwing out an "All In" rate only to find out there was a FSC, drop pay, tarp pay etc? Furthermore if you don't include this with your paperwork and/or call out the agent will LS correct the issue? That is, of course after you quickly accepted the load and looked into the details later. Does the agent submit the invoicing to LS? If so I would think he/she could easily disguise FSC, tarp, drop pay etc. to their benefit. What I'm asking/saying is who polices the checks and balances? Therein lies one, if not the greatest problem within our industry as it relates to leased O/O working on percentage. Taking the approach/attitude of "The numbers met my criteria" can potentially be very costly.......