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Originally Posted by spudhead911
IMO this is a way FedEx CC hopes to get contractors to take the low paying freight they have been offering. I believe by offering the loads to multiple trucks the owner operators/drivers will think that if they don't take the load as soon as it is offered, another truck will jump on it, even thought it is a low paying load. The contractors/drivers will think a very low paying load (a load that they won't make any money on, or very little money) must be taken ASAP, just to beat another truck from getting the load.
Remember FedEx CC cares about their bottom line, not the contractor's bottom line. If they can get rid of all the low paying loads, it's a feather in their caps.
I think this is the main reason the new load offer system is being put into play. Freight rates have not changed, especially in surface expedite in the last 10 years. With all the expediting companies now out there (it seems like a new expediting company comes into being every day) competing for the same freight, the pressure on the carriers to get their contractors to accept this low rate freight has led them to come up with inventive solutions. I think this is one of them
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All companies care about the bottom line,not just FECC,even McDonalds.As in all trucking companies,there are customers that get discounts.Which is better,no load or a discount load?When you lease to a company,be it Panther,FECC,or even JB HUNT,your in a partnership with that company,and if they dont have customers you dont have freight to haul.It may not seem to you right now,but Fecc is trying to improve their relationship with our customers,give them an answer to their shipping needs at a quicker time frame.Even with the discounts,are our rates really that low,sure some may be if you have a long dead head to pick up,but if you check,we get paid more than most others doing the same work