Will you/won't you work with a brand spanking new carrier?

Phoenix Heavy Haul · Jun 27, 2023

JimmyTwoTimes said: ↑

Brokers are looking for roadside inspections because it indicates you are actually running trucks and that it isn't a double broker or some other type of scammer. These type of shady players are all over the market right now so anyone on the brokerage side is trying to be as careful as possible.
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Ok that makes sense now.
Thanks for the clarification..definitely a question I’ve been seeking an answer to

Phoenix Heavy Haul · Jun 27, 2023

PPDCT said: ↑

Yeah, I'm aware. I'm not saying it's perfect- I also don't know if OP is running a single truck or multiples, or any of that. But if you've got twenty trucks under your name when we look, and your office looks like it's about one good kick from blowing up and making the news for a meth lab explosion, odds are pretty good that you aren't, in fact running twenty trucks.

Normally I'd agree with you about that. But as @JimmyTwoTimes notes - it's just a potential indicator that there is in fact a potential asset attached to your company. The inability or unwillingness of the powers that be to do anything about the double brokering out there means we have to get creative in how we approach it. And if there's an actual inspection or two, then it saves us from a Friday afternoon fall off, or a pissed off driver coming back after our customer because one of the Glendale buddies decided to stiff them.

It's the world we live in, unfortunately. Hopefully there'll be a push by someone with some teeth to clean these guys up. Until then, we've all got to be prepared to ask and be asked what would otherwise be silly questions.
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Yep makes sense…now that you and Jimmytwotimes explained it.
The scammers make it hard for both of us out here and unfortunately creates a feeling of distrust between carriers and brokers.

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