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Veteran Expediter
Over the past few years, I have read many posts regarding which carrier is the best.
Recently, I had the opportunity to work with a carrier that is considered by many to be the best in the wonderful world of expediting.
On the corporate side they are extremely professional, they have the best safety record in the industry, and their loaded rate was exceptional.
I am leaving that carrier. Why?
A while back, the Colonel made a very profound statement, “Bigger ain’t better.â€
As much as I am struggling to admit it, he was correct!
Leo also had an influence on my decision. We have spoken a couple of times at the Expo, we have chatted on IM and I have followed his posts on EO. Over the course of time he has repeatedly stated as to why his trucks are with a particular carrier. Paraphrasing his comments, it just comes down to the “best fitâ€; what works for the individual when all aspects are considered.
Examples:
A particular carrier might have more freight opportunities in your home area.
A carrier’s base of operations may get you by the house on a regular basis.
Some folks like smaller, more cohesive, organizations.
A few carriers are known for having excessively high deadhead miles.
And a few carriers seem to regularly have difficulty finding return loads.
Personally, I am partial to accountability. Whenever those who have control over my income can operate without impunity, and are not held responsible for their actions, such dealings create an ethical stumbling block for me. After speaking the truth in a gracious and kind manner, only then to be passed over with available freight offers, (I can read a computer screen quite well, thank you) the hand writing on the wall becomes very legible; it says, “Time to move on.†I am not a proponent of carrier hopping, I see that too often in the church, but sometimes you just have to learn by experience.
Recently, I had the opportunity to work with a carrier that is considered by many to be the best in the wonderful world of expediting.
On the corporate side they are extremely professional, they have the best safety record in the industry, and their loaded rate was exceptional.
I am leaving that carrier. Why?
A while back, the Colonel made a very profound statement, “Bigger ain’t better.â€
As much as I am struggling to admit it, he was correct!
Leo also had an influence on my decision. We have spoken a couple of times at the Expo, we have chatted on IM and I have followed his posts on EO. Over the course of time he has repeatedly stated as to why his trucks are with a particular carrier. Paraphrasing his comments, it just comes down to the “best fitâ€; what works for the individual when all aspects are considered.
Examples:
A particular carrier might have more freight opportunities in your home area.
A carrier’s base of operations may get you by the house on a regular basis.
Some folks like smaller, more cohesive, organizations.
A few carriers are known for having excessively high deadhead miles.
And a few carriers seem to regularly have difficulty finding return loads.
Personally, I am partial to accountability. Whenever those who have control over my income can operate without impunity, and are not held responsible for their actions, such dealings create an ethical stumbling block for me. After speaking the truth in a gracious and kind manner, only then to be passed over with available freight offers, (I can read a computer screen quite well, thank you) the hand writing on the wall becomes very legible; it says, “Time to move on.†I am not a proponent of carrier hopping, I see that too often in the church, but sometimes you just have to learn by experience.
