O/O,Anyone want to do a slow roll in MN ??

I always find it interesting when owner operators and lease operators complain about the rates given by brokers. When a broker accepts a load of freight from a shipper or manufacturer it becomes the brokers load. That load is no longer the shipper or manufacturers load and they do not control or set the rate, the broker does. As an owner operator you have the choice to accept the provided rate, attempt to negotiate a new rate or turn it down all together. People have been complaining about brokers rates for years. Big deal. If you don't like the rate don't haul their freight. I've heard the argument that there needs to be more transparency from the brokers about what they are charging the shippers and how much of a percentage the brokers are taking from the load. In my opinion it's none of our business to know how much money a business is making. We don't ask the gas stations and truck stops how much money they are making off of fuel sales. We don't ask the grocery stores how much money they make off of their products that they sell. A broker is going to try and make the most money that they can. That's business in a free market economy. If the brokers rate is too low to where no one will accept their rate then they adjust the rate so that someone will deliver that freight. This business can be a #####. Business is war especially in trucking. When we start a trucking company we are going to war with all of the other trucking companies out there. We are all fighting for the same freight and the best rate. As the captain of your ship that is headed into battle we have to put out business and our trucks in the best position to win. That means we have to do a good job with the service we provide so that we make our service desirable where shippers, manufacturers and brokers want to continually use our service and pay us good money for it.

I have always been a firm believer in establishing good relationships with the companies that I choose to do business with whether it be a shop to work on my truck or a manufacturer that I haul for. Good relationships are essential to truckers.

Instead of a slow roll protest and delaying traffic I am going to stay on the grind. If I do not make the kind of money I want to make then I will find ways to operate my business better so that I can make more money.

 

Im up here in Crookston Mn going really s l o w to.

 

Another way to increase the $ you take home is slow down,do the things to make truck more efficient and sell the big classic truck that looks pretty with all the chrome thats been bought..

 

Truckers forget sometimes, the economy doesn’t even need to be good for us to be in high demand. All it has to do is reach the bottom and start to bounce back up. We reap the very first benefits of a economy turning around. Everybody else is still struggling, trying to get things going again and just by virtue of that they need goods transported everywhere. The trucking industry Gets hot again before anyone else does. My point? However long this depression lasts, it will last a shorter amount of time for us than anyone else. So be thankful you’re in this field right now. However bad it is for us? It’s worse for everyone else.

 

ok, most the clowns chanting this ######## are driver ragged ex fleet trucks.

 

Just for fun say you all park till you get $3 per miles. On Monday they say ok will pay your $3 per mile but they only have enough loads for half the trucks. Who is going to sit and who get the $3 per mile loads ? What if you call the broker and say I really don't want to sit another day. I can take that load for $2.80 and still make a profit. Another driver say well I can haul it for $2 per mile and Because he does not want to sit and let you take the $3 per mile load.

Everything should remember how we all talk about when ELDs come to trucks and some driver quite. Lots had to run legal so the makes lost a lot of available trucks to move freight. Then only 3 months later the economy took off. Everyone was say how trucking had the perfect storm. Low trucks and lot of demand. So rates went crazy high. Now we are see the opposite no demand for truck and the rate dropping.

You can stop and wait for $3 per mile but without people working, their is not much to ship

 

Well thats all on them if they dont spec their trucks and go through maintaince record and ecu info...
It aint like runnin out to the store for a quart of milk..
$ just doesnt fall in anyones pocket,you gotta put the work into it to get the value outta it..
If op needs more $,find an outfit that pays more or do the few suggestions mentioned..Just cant have it both ways..

My trk is new when i gettem every 3 yrs and maintained nicely..Depending on the load i manage anywhere from the high 7's to 10 mpg...Its a company trk mind you but i still run and maintain as if it were mine..

 

That's joining the race to bottom.

 

So increaseing your mpg by makeing the trk more efficient buying low resistance tires,ceramic wheel bearings and such puts you in the poor house??
Then our economics are totally different then sir..
Just by slowing down alone puts $ back in your pocket..
Anyways..Ill let it all go..Keep doin 75 moh or more in your 5-6 mpg classic truck and ill toot my horn as i got by you at the pumps with a few more bucks for beers n strippers while you sit at the trk stop waitin for dispatch to set you up with a com chk off your next pay you didnt earn yet..
Enjoy your weekend sir...

 

Ya, but this is the only business that I’ve ever seen where the customer sets the rate to do the job........