Post flatbed load photos here V2.0

A pretty good friends of mine is marrying a guy who is a custom baler around home. He claims if the load goes through ANY 3pl that they are taking 25-40% he also says farmers at the biggest Jews which we already know. He says nearly every time they buy hay the transportation is figured up afterwards. I've hauled 2 loads of Hay. 1 from Yankton, SD to the Indianapolis Zoo. Which I thought paid well. And 1 that went 40 miles I got $500 for it. Go to the source of the hay or the farmer buying it is the only way to do it

 

Spot on.

When TX was going through its drought a couple years back we hauled a few loads down there from a local farmer. When the hay was delivered there were two checks cut. One to us and one to bring back to the farmer. Only way to do it.

 

Flatbeddin is what I want to do after school

 

Well then, US_Armyson, welcome to the boards, and tell your Dad (or Mom) thank you for serving.

CPape, the problem with hay is the farmers that have a few trucks laying around. They have farm plates and don't have the insurance and permits to haul for hire loads. So they'll grab up these hay loads for cheap.

And everything SEEMS okay until something goes wrong...

 

I will thank you. If I want to eventually get to heavy haul would flatbed be a good way to climb up to heavy haul? Any info advice is appreciated

 

time to do a gravy run. A/C units.

 

I remember when I was at TMC I picked up a load of hay in Thief River Falls MN. It was a load from a broker who I was picking up from the farmer. This was back when the big drought was going on so the farmer thought it was going to Texas. The broker who I will not mention even though I have his name and phone number still, liked to tell them the loads were going down there but ship them elsewhere. The farmer asked me where in Texas it was going and I said Texas? Its going to Pennsylvania.... All he said was Oh ok, I thought it was Texas. I got a call from the broker about an hour later who decided to yell at me about how he is not suppose to know where the load is going and blah blah blah. I don't remember what that load paid but I will bet anything that the farmers where cutting good deals on the price of hay to people in TX so this guy decided to send it to PA to an Amish farm and rip off 2 people at once! Guy was shady and a real big D bag!

 

that is what we call a blind shipment...

 

Carl I was typing the same thing. Bat Rastards

 

Oh I learned that after the fact. I was informed by the broker that it was a blind shipment but not till after. That's why I was so mad, I cant read minds yet this guy who has the same name as you, expected me to read his!