Simple curious questions that most O/O should know please

Most of the dispatch services I've investigated can't equal the rates I get on my own, so I fail to see how they can earn their pay when I start with less profit. Maybe yours is the exception.

 

OIC, well good luck then

 

Sounds like you created another mouse trap to do the same thing a dozen other companies are already doing.

It is simply a business that you get out of it what you put into it.

As with any business, maximize revenue, minimize expense. And to minimize expense, don't turn the wheels. Manage you fixed expenses to get them as low as possible. The generally getting short runs, not big runs.

But what do I know, I'm just a trained monkey......

 

I have seen services that tell you the trip pays "Y", when it really pays "X" and they pocket "Z", plus commission.

I charge 10% plus a dollar an auto, and do all the back office work including billing and collections. So it is not hard over all for me to get 10% more for a run when I call a broker/dealer who knows my voice. I am sure that you too can do that since you have years of experiance. But these new guys just starting out don't have a clue it a trip is paying high or low and might not even ask for more money. Nor will they have the relationship with brokers that you and I have built.

And from my side, I fight to get ever freakin dollar possible as that is how I get paid. No flat rate "Gary" rates. If the driver is not rolling, I don't get paid. So my job is to keep them rolling at as much money as possible so I can make as much as possible. And while all but one of my dispatch service guys is kicked back at the house this morning, I am doing billing and other paper work for them. That freedom has some value to most drivers.