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What is better a dispatching service or you using a load board?

Discussion in 'Motor Carrier Questions - The Inside Scoop' started by Regional, Apr 23, 2020.

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Aug 22, 2020 #11

Rob2isking Light Load Member

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BigBadWolf123 said: ↑

Depends on your experience in booking loads , what factoring you are using, are you driving on your own MC or leased . In any case if you have 2-3 years of dispatching you could easily drive and dispatch yourself. Thats game winning combo but.... Dispatching only looks and sounds easy. Book with fake broker (and there are tons of them out there ) and you will end up driving load out of VA to TX for 3 per mile but you will never be payed for it. Not to mention fuel advance scams , wrong product , hidden hazmat , rate negotiations (yeah i know all driver thing they could negotiate better but thats what dispatchers are actually trained for ) , apt schedule etc etc So unless you worked and got trained as dispatcher for few years i strongly advise you to leave board work to your dispatcher ...same goes for route planing over the week....
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I’m new to the load boards myself. I’ve rarely gotten a broker to come up on rate. Some will some won’t budge. Have had some hang up on me for asking for a reasonable rate. I don’t pay for the expensive part that shows all the extra stuff like 7 day moving avg type stuff. Is it worth getting? Most my loads are short runs between 150-350 miles. Usually don’t go much over 300 cuz I gotta get back home to my kids.

Rob2isking, Aug 22, 2020

Rob2isking, Aug 22, 2020

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