Would you take Higher Rate and less Miles or More Miles and Lower Rate?
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Murraycroexp
Veteran Expediter
And now it seems brokers are competing with the brokers who's freight they are double brokering. Confusing AND illegal???
IMO.. You have the best Van for this market I said in here years ago miles per gallon is what it may come down toReason ..why I kept it to just two 2006 Sprinters
Oh wait let me throw up my smokescreen and blame the eastern Europeans LOL
Now is a great time to have a good customer base.
Less carriers in the game the better, too much competition out there... honestly how will they all survive, haven't they come and gone over the years. OVM Interesting observation on the 168 hours per week, never looked at it that way and time is money.
So I came to the realization that the fuel surcharge was around .26 -.27 at panther back in 2011-2012. With my hazmat I was clearing .97-.99 a mile in Sprinter. Fuel was around $3.25-4.00 a gallon. Now its half of that, so why isn't the surcharge currently at .13 - .14 a mile..... ? Carriers are skimming rates lower by taking away fuel from drivers or are they phasing out old trucks and getting rid of as many drivers as possible at higher contract rates and bringing on new ones at lower contract amounts.... hmmmm or are they like the government and want people to question things as little as possible.
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because carriers know what is good for youLess carriers in the game the better, too much competition out there... honestly how will they all survive, haven't they come and gone over the years. OVM Interesting observation on the 168 hours per week, never looked at it that way and time is money.
So I came to the realization that the fuel surcharge was around .26 -.27 at panther back in 2011-2012. With my hazmat I was clearing .97-.99 a mile in Sprinter. Fuel was around $3.25-4.00 a gallon. Now its half of that, so why isn't the surcharge currently at .13 - .14 a mile..... ? Carriers are skimming rates lower by taking away fuel from drivers or are they phasing out old trucks and getting rid of as many drivers as possible at higher contract rates and bringing on new ones at lower contract amounts.... hmmmm or are they like the goverment and want to people to question things as little as possible.
BUT ITS TO OLD .... lol ... remember 6 model years old or newer .... thus 2010 or newer...
But most of the carriers that have that rule are some of the most screw over carriers you could sign on with
That would be a good Question to ask Carrier Recruitors ... even in Canada ....
So two dispatchers have this load they look at the board and see Charlie is next up but they know he will want $.90 one dispatcher says to the other let's just sell it for $.70 and screw Charlie..
So they turn over a profit on the load and make it even more insulting they continue to charge Charlie his weekly fees and they still make more profit
So they turn over a profit on the load and make it even more insulting they continue to charge Charlie his weekly fees and they still make more profit
Yes, but an LTL isn't an expedite freight, it can be delivered even after one month from the p/u day... some shipper from LA tried once to give me an LTL going to Michigan, for $500! When I told the guy that we're expediters and he can have it delivered in 48 hrs, he said there's no rush, we can put it in a warehouse and deliver it anytime within a month...
My point was it was going to be an expedite only because somebody thought it didn't get shipped when it should have...at that point is when an LTL shipment becomes an expedite shipment
Yeah, but if your magnet means Laredo to Michigan, another is Laredo to So Cal, another Laredo to New England, etc, do you really care about those other magnets if you're wanting to get back towards Taylor ?
I wear many hats... Or magnets.. As long as I get loaded at my price I care not what they say...
While I get a good per mile rate I've yet to see one cent for deadhead. Kinda feeling left out here
tknight
Veteran Expediter
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