Where is everyone #2!!

The Seattle Baristas have nothing on a Cuban with an espresso machine.

 

Nope that was all in permits, pilots all of it. Hence the laughter before I hung up the phone.


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That's those non English speaking fellas with the junk equipment doing that. Then once they get to Baltimore they'll have to bounce 500 miles to get anything or they'll load out of the port off the boards for $1.50 all in.

I have seen several of them here lately with van/reefer spec'd trucks that are 10+ years old, rusted out trailers, 3 3/8" chains on the rack running down the road with 70k+ on the trailer.

Don't get me wrong about old trucks, some of the best heavy haul rigs are older but going and buying a wore out Crete/Shaffer junkliner and heading out at 150k # is not only bad business it's unsafe! I really wish the crack DOT would start checking the ratings on these trucks and put them jokers out of business.

 

A Cubano with an espresso machine makes those Seattle batista's look like they're making tea. Cubano coffee is like cocaine in a cup!

 

If I could thank this a hundred times I would because you are absolutely right. Pisses me off to no end that I'm expected to run my decent well maintained equipment for the same rates as those pricks.

I'm extremely thankful for my direct customers that understand good, fast, and cheap don't work together.


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Unless your wife is driving the escort vehicle, that isn't even a break even rate. If I'm going to lose money hauling a load, I might as well not haul it and lose money deadheading. I bet that broker is making a nice chunk though, probably about 2 bucks a mile.

 

I doubt it. I tried getting into brokering and it's very tough. The only way to be successful is to have a bunch of direct customers. From what I gathered, it is the trucking companies who broker out loads that they can't fill in house, through their in house broker dept who are putting most of the loads out, so it's still the conglomerate trucking companies keeping the biggest piece of the pie.

But I did it for less than 2 weeks because I was on 100% commission and couldn't book any loads. It was too hard to get drivers willing to do it at the available rates and the other broker was never willing to budge high enough.

 

I kno but there's a bunch if ######### or there.

Break it out a guy will have 3000 in fuel around 1400 in permits at 14 3 high he'll have to run a pole car across Iowa which is better than running weight thru Missouri so another 300 for that which leaves 1800 out of the 6500 for me to pay for everything else in that weeks time. No thanks I'll stay on the couch.


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I had my own brokerage. Trust me that broker is making cash. Of course you need direct freight, what else would you broker???

 

Hmmm....anyone in the Houston area heading to CA, with an extra bunk?