The New FedEx CC Load Board
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Good bad or indifferent, it is a reflection of where rates are at. That is why I don't fall for the 1.05 and 1.10 linehaul loads that had appeared earlier in the year from a handful of carriers. No reason to be booking bargain loads.
I run a CR unit so i see the C loads. Also, the loads I posted are the ones that are not fast movers. The more desireable loads are scooped up by the people closely monitoring the load board (such as fleet owners or a codriver staying online) Once the load appears and someone hits the accept it disappears.
It means everything to a owner operator / small fleet owner to be this transparent in all transactions.
Kudos to FedEx CC!
My thoughts are that a large Fleet owner would be able to have someone monitor the boards and help keep there trucks loaded. On the down side will we be seeing solo drivers with IPads velcroed to there steering wheels trying to monitor the load board and drive at the same time?
A thought to ponder.
We do have someone watching the board plus our drivers are also watching it. Today our trucks just seem to be in the wrong areas. Some good freight was on the boards, just not around our trucks or we couldn't make the pickup on time. You have bad days sometimes even as a small fleet.
It can be, just not in the right spots it seemed today.
They better not get caught doing that. It's a one year ban from FedEx for messing with a phone when driving.
We've seen two posts providing hard data from the load board. One was posted by Bruno:
All miles: 1,609. Total Pay: $2,183.50. Pay per mile all miles: $1.36
Jack Dixon showed 11 loads off the board, loaded miles only. In more readable form, the numbers are:
While Dixon's number are helpful, they do not tell the full story because the deadhead miles and pay cannot be known without the location of the accepting truck also being known. If someone familiar with the FedEX deadhead pay cares to provide typical deadhead pay, I can add a column to show the effect of a hypothetical DH distance on the total run.
Question: Does the pay shown above include fuel surcharge or does fuel surcharge need to be added?
All miles: 1,609. Total Pay: $2,183.50. Pay per mile all miles: $1.36
Jack Dixon showed 11 loads off the board, loaded miles only. In more readable form, the numbers are:
While Dixon's number are helpful, they do not tell the full story because the deadhead miles and pay cannot be known without the location of the accepting truck also being known. If someone familiar with the FedEX deadhead pay cares to provide typical deadhead pay, I can add a column to show the effect of a hypothetical DH distance on the total run.
Question: Does the pay shown above include fuel surcharge or does fuel surcharge need to be added?
I see notes and I can filter in C and D unit loads
That's not including dead head I believe . If I get a load call then all miles are authorized . Example / I'm en route to Denver from Albuquerque , 450 m all DHPU paid , then 800 miles and change loaded at SE rate of 1.50 plus FSC to Ft Worth so 1250 miles @ 1950$ , averaging 1.58 all miles and 1.65 per loaded mile. If I accepted it off the LB only the first 150 DHPU are paid . First load call this morning was out of Cali with over 600 DHPU all paid on a load to SLC but I was out bid. On this Ft Worth dispatch told me I was the only truck to receive the load call . Don't know why
It calculates to the tenth of a second FCFS then filters out unqualified or too far away . I have text notifications set up so I don't have to stare at my IPAD all day
So you get DH all miles if they call you to cover the load but limited DH if you accept the very same load off the board? If so, that's a brilliant stroke by the carrier. Why pay full deadhead if you don't have to? Put the load on the board first to see if someone will take it with limited deadhead. If not, offer full deadhead and get on the phone to cover the load.
How much do your operating expenses decline if you use the load board to accept a load?
If the DH is paid differently load board verses a dispatch, I would see that to a carriers advantage and a detriment to the operator. Not sure it is a win unless you are going home or real close to the load. If one is going home and is in a isolated area, they likely would get the load out from under another truck just because they might be doing it cheaper? Might be wrong, just an observation with minimal information.