Reefer O/O tells horror stories of brokers - how accurate is this?

x1Heavy · Sep 15, 2018

Doing_flatbed_nc said: ↑

Most brokers are honest and will find out info they don't know bc they don't want to pay a TONU.

Then there's TQL. They're more interested in finding out what you'll run a load for. Then if you agree to book it, prepare to wait a long time before getting a rate con bc they're going to fish for other carriers who will come in cheaper.

I will never book a TQL load, but I will give them my high dollar rates all day long.

Coyote is another crap brokerage. I know some here rely on them but nope. If you are going to trust teenagers to get you your load and then get you paid, you are flirting with disaster. Mickey Mouse Logistics is a better name for those twits.

Some smaller agents are hit or miss. I called a guy a few weeks ago about a load and asked about dimensions. He said, "I'm a GD broker! If you can haul the load, tell me! I can't bother my customers with stupid questions!"

And he said it just like that.

99/100 times, everyone is professional. Those 1%ers though... jeez
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Ahem. I would have alot of stupid questions. They either come up now or later at the customer when they fail to dock me, begin to unload me or somehow royally screw up the situation and I demand more information to resolve this.

Sometimes I thank god for decent dispatchers willing to fill me in as much all they know before we get into too deep on some of these loads.

Long FLD · Sep 15, 2018

RussianBearTruckeR said: ↑

Why can't truckers have a direct relationship with shippers...Will Brokers become absolute one day? With all the technology we have now (look at Uber Freight for instance), why is a Broker even necessary - why can't shippers post on freight boards to connect directly with the trucker & maybe offer an in house position to an employee that just monitors the shipment directly?
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Let’s say you were a company that shipped 50 loads a week. Would you want to deal with hundreds of drivers to move those 50 loads and would you rather deal with one person and let them worry about moving the loads?

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