I've already done that. This post was basically to state that there is no real true reason for why freight rates are so low. I have about roughly 34 shipper accounts. And yes, each one took me less than a few hours to setup. Give or take a bit of time for paperwork and with some of the shippers I have, I have to actually build the load for them. It sounds like you're just mad that I'm exposing how easy it is and you want to argue because it hit a little too close to home. The truth is, the majority of brokers are ripping off carriers and doing little to no work out of their own house. It's not hard work by any excuse you can come up with. It's just communication, you just talk to people. That's it. I think you missed my main point.
Why is FREIGHT SO CHEAP??
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Also I'd like to mention that I found all my shippers by finding leads online first. I never had to leave my house and go door to door. Anyone who does that just ends up bothering the shippers and it's honestly considered desperate. I guess it works for some brokers, but I had better luck researching as much as I could first about a lead before calling. (Each lead took me about 1.5 hrs)
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I think easy financing is to blame. Everywhere you look someone is offering guaranteed financing to make someone else an owner operator over night. Watch the truck related classified pages on facebook, they'll offer up their easy financing and within minutes 30 or more dudes are commenting that hey want to be signed up. Of course freight will be cheap when you flood the industry with disparate operators who now have a huge nut to crack every month before they even turn a wheel. It's a bubble that will burst much like housing did when anybody could get a mortgage.
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Without giving out too much information, I've seen better luck with the smaller shippers. Some of my customers used to pay 3.80/mile on 675 loaded miles. Recently, that same lane is going for 1.68/mile max. That's a huge decrease. Something is definitely amiss, and it's not just as simple as supply and demand.
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