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Theres plently of .60 to .90 loads out of Denver... everyday...

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Captain Dave

 

I don't understand these loads that pay 60 cents. Don't you guys get 65% plus FSC? So is SNI booking these loads for 92 cents? Why would they do that? IC's aren't going to take them, therefore company trucks gotta cover. I just don't get why they'd book a load for those rates.

 

Because they've already taken 2 slices off the top, brokering it to them selfs....

 

Sometimes they show a ridiculously low rate to keep the IC's from taking it. They want it for themselves. I watched 15 loads showing .37 cpm and unconfirmed. One load confirmed @$3.00 per mile. But couldn't get it. Was already assigned to another driver. Guess I wasn't suppose to see it. The rest just mysteriously disappeared. I see a lot of loads like that in different areas.

 

No trucking company is going to sign a contract to haul freight for less than it cost to haul it.

A driver making 35 cpm, will also have matching payroll taxes, W/C insurance, at least partial company paid health and life insurance, vacation and holiday pay, ect. You are now at least 52-55 cpm just for a driver. You can't run a company truck for 40 cpm not counting the driver.

In my experience, bad areas pay a lot more than the rate boards show. And, double brokering your own freight to yourself is a bunch of crap. Who knows how much is scooped off the top. I know there is more off the top in areas where there is more trucks than freight. Seen it happen.

Was leased to a company many years ago that the freight paid great. I could drive over 500 miles to NJ and deadhead home, and still make a lot of money. They started a brokerage and brokered to themselves, cut the rate almost in half.

Companies know if an o/o or l/o is making too much money, they will stay home more.