Good day professionals . I'm a one man army . I have had a direct connection here , and there . It seems sometimes that I can get better rates off the board vs dealing with a direct customer . It has now come to be that I haven't been seeing that much freight in my area popping up on the boards as of late . I have seen the big boys moving in like Landstar , Cowan , Brown just to name a few . Those large carriers are covering what I use to call easy picking . Its getting pretty hard for me to find good paying loads within a 50 mile radius . The thing about thsee carries is that they hire O/O , and pay them 1.25 - 1.50 per mile . I use to get 2 - 4 $ per mile out of the same area . I now feel like the guys that lease on to them are selling their self short , and hurting guys like me . Just my thoughts . What do you all think ?
My Rant As A Independent Carrier
Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by freight-time, Apr 24, 2017.
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I have direct customers, some have no problem paying my rate-some piss & moan that they are too high. All my shipments are LTL, so the ones that complain, I just tell them to call Roadway or Conway and see what happens to their freight.. lol
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Dude, I got to tell you that many don't give a crap about the personal touch when it comes to the truck, they care that they get the product off their docks and out to their customer. Personal touch stuff comes into play when there is a problem that has cropped up.
You are selling capacity, nothing else. Unless they want exclusive use of that truck, it is always about capacity.Protein Hauler, High Desert Dweller, freight-time and 10 others Thank this. -
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This has been going on for a long time. Nothing new other then it has affected YOU personally. This happens in all business types. Even small donut shops deal with competition reality at some point.
You had a good thing going. Thing is you're not the only one in the business, and others are hungry where perhaps you became complacent and took things for granted?
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Prolly "other people's fault"...Stwik and spyder7723 Thank this. -
This will be an unpopular opinion, but an honest one: the days of independents is in the past. There are some hanging on, but In reality they can't compete forever against corporations. Look at the independent truck stops. They have parking at 2am for a reason. It's not just trucking either. Megas can sell for less than your overhead. Period. Swift makes a profit charging 1.10 a mile. O/O can't beat that. Customers care about price 1st and 2nd. Service and speed is a distant 3rd
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