John...before you or Load 1 became an item...rates were cut by carriers in 2008 and never rebounded at least not for the flat rate contracted...we had a culling of the herd as many left the biz....and then the number of units drifted upward to the log jam we have now.....in theory the ones that have entered the market in the last few years are real the cause of some of what we have today, brokers aside.
AGREED...too bad there wasn't a way to track thru Vin #'s....every van posted with carrier and VIN#...what the heck...they'd just make up phoney #'s prolly...
I have been doin for the past 8 years of my life I drive and I also dispatch couple of my vans.. I have never ever taken a load for less then 90 cents a mile ... Or gived to my driver And the times I have I can count on my fingers... So ya rates did go down , but Come on 70 cents a mile I didn't know ppl drive for that....
you be talking .90 with the fuel included or on top of?
and How long are you sitting waiting to win that bid?.....
I don't sit at all... I only drive whatever pays bank. And cover my dead head... , but my drivers sit sometimes it's part of the job .. But they rather sit one more day then the other guy and paid double what he is...
I agree...we do a crappy job....long hours away from home and get what someone needs there right away.....heck an OTR tractor driver is clearing more then we are right now...
4 years ago..fuel was $5.00 a gallon....now Its. less then $2.00....what do you expect?....
what should and what is are 2 different things.....maybe IF 5,000 vans would simple go away we'd get a better rate...supply and demand....but people continue to come into this with no real thought..
