Picking my own freight baby! My journey to & of being on Schneider choice, the Adventure & Numbers!

Whipper and I have claimed the Midwest. Everybody else out.

 

Be there again on Wednesday....

Was there last week....

Roll on....

 

If only I had a slightly newer truck, I'd give you and wipper a run for your money.

On another note, I was just offered a 2010 T2000 w/the ISX 15 recently overalled for under $30,000. Maybe I should buy it and sign on to schneider to steal your Midwest freight.

 

Did someone say supper, I'm kinda hungry.

 

FW your thread has offered me some pretty good laughs (mostly at individuals) again. Sorry to sneak in again but I am having a hard time keeping quiet about 1 or 3 things. LOL

If you all don't want cheap rates then stop hauling the cheap freight. It's not the brokers fault or the shippers fault. Nobody at all is holding a gun to any of our heads saying "move this crap at $1 or I'll shoot you". Nope, nobody at all. And most (I know not all) of the brokers there at SNI are in house. If you are hauling cheap freight then you need to look in the mirror and ask the man (or woman) looking back at you why. You have a truck payment to make? Well that goes into point number 2.

There is a very high rate of LP failures. Don't blame the companies or the finance deals or even the freight. There is only one person to blame when it comes to these failures. Take a look in that mirror again. Everything is in that contract that people sign. Every charge, expense and requirement. And if your doing it with the company your leasing on to (as many at SNI seem to) then it's really 2 leases that people need to read and understand. But most don't and as such fail. Not SNI fault or the lease company fault, I'm sure you see where this is going.

There is a pretty simply road to success in this business IMO. Always pay the business first. OK second because you have to pay the government first. Always put away for slow times next. We have them every 4-8 years. It's not a surprise, or shouldn't be. If it is then you didn't do your homework BEFORE trying to get in a business. I won't point out who's fault that is. Now you have put aside for the tax man, paid your business to include truck payments, insurance, washes, motels (ok I stay in motels but many don't) and anything else (food on the road falls in here). Now many think you can pay yourself now right? Nope. You better pay your savings account first otherwise when times get like now you will be lucky to live on Ramon if your not already out of business.

Ok I have to re ask about something I think I asked before. Based on your percentage/load board thing. By law you are allowed to see the original bills. So someone (and I know it was an example with fake numbers) could never haul a $2 pm load for .65¢. I'm just saying.

 

Mainly the lack of regulations and protection for the drivers.

 

I'd be curious if anyone has asked to see the original freight bill and not had their lease canceled....

 

TBH I am too. But I'm not there so it's not really my problem. Sorry that sounds like a cop out. Lol

 

So you want more regulations as if the industry doesn't have enough?