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

Not to mention alot of drivers don't understand the business side. Most trucking company charges well over .90 cts a mile to the shipper if it's direct contract or spot bid. Imagine the look on their face if one found out the trucking company billed a shipper $2.90 a mile on a van load of 35000 lbs of non-hazmat prepackaged material out of NJ to Indy under a contracted rate that all carriers with a least 150 trucks to dedicate to them are allowed to be able to be on their approved carrier list and book loads on the shipper intranet website! As you mentioned, that's one BIG reason why the trucking companies and 3pl brokers are advertising in truckstops. So many truck drivers have no idea they are flying in the dark!

 

Why is freight going into the upper Midwest so cheap? I get it from the NE, but ####, even from Ohio we're talking a lousy buck a mile?

 

Because SNI floods the market with Lease drivers who are willing to take it. It then gives them the ability to lower rates knowing there's drivers willing to run it.

 

Yeah and it's also one of the reasons people hate us and support many of the restrictions against us...

 

People support restrictions because they think it'll benefit them.

 

People support restrictions because they think it'll benefit them.

 

So basically right place, right time on the board gets the nuggets huh? I just don't want to be married to this dang board. Already spent 2 hours the last couple nights looking and didn't get other crap done. Then looking on breaks too. I think I'm going to just book a full week and not look back. Lol

 

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you won't find much at night. It takes a while but you'll start seeing what to look for and when to look for it based on where you're at and where you're willing to go.