Comments on: You need a load? Have I got a deal for you! http://lifeontheroad.com/2008/05/08/so-you-need-a-load-going-from-here-to-there-have-i-got-a-deal-for-you/690.html Discussion and opinions about the trucking industry Mon, 08 Sep 2008 06:00:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: thetruckingsoftware.com » Blog Archive » You need a load? Have I got a deal for you! http://lifeontheroad.com/2008/05/08/so-you-need-a-load-going-from-here-to-there-have-i-got-a-deal-for-you/690.html#comment-1949 thetruckingsoftware.com » Blog Archive » You need a load? Have I got a deal for you! Mon, 19 May 2008 15:02:38 +0000 http://lifeontheroad.com/?p=690#comment-1949 [...] May 9, 2008, Brandy [...] [...] May 9, 2008, Brandy [...]

]]> By: william s janoch http://lifeontheroad.com/2008/05/08/so-you-need-a-load-going-from-here-to-there-have-i-got-a-deal-for-you/690.html#comment-1918 william s janoch Sun, 11 May 2008 22:18:26 +0000 http://lifeontheroad.com/?p=690#comment-1918 I wish more people knew how to deal with brokers an more brokers knew how to deal with drivers.I haven't had to use many brokers lately but seams to me that you need to know more to get a fair rate lately. I know how much I need to run my truck but have heard too many taking loads that will drive them out of trucking. I know brokers need to pay bills just like me but wonder if some of them understand they might be cutting their own throat by getting some body to carry a load that makes no money for a driver.I also think the term backhaul should leave trucking if you want to pay me a backhaul you need to get me a outbound rate first. [outbound rate :enough to get there an back an make a little more for me after I pay my truck] I wish more people knew how to deal with brokers an more brokers knew how to deal with drivers.I haven’t had to use many brokers lately but seams to me that you need to know more to get a fair rate lately. I know how much I need to run my truck but have heard too many taking loads that will drive them out of trucking. I know brokers need to pay bills just like me but wonder if some of them understand they might be cutting their own throat by getting some body to carry a load that makes no money for a driver.I also think the term backhaul should leave trucking if you want to pay me a backhaul you need to get me a outbound rate first. [outbound rate :enough to get there an back an make a little more for me after I pay my truck]

]]> By: Donna Snelling http://lifeontheroad.com/2008/05/08/so-you-need-a-load-going-from-here-to-there-have-i-got-a-deal-for-you/690.html#comment-1897 Donna Snelling Sat, 10 May 2008 02:11:48 +0000 http://lifeontheroad.com/?p=690#comment-1897 Thanks Brandy, I was wooed by TTI a few years ago but passed on the job. And sadly the margin statements are indeed factual for some of the large companies and I find that sad. I am sure it seems unbelievable but trust me, it is very true. I hope you continue to keep reading! :) Thanks Brandy, I was wooed by TTI a few years ago but passed on the job. And sadly the margin statements are indeed factual for some of the large companies and I find that sad. I am sure it seems unbelievable but trust me, it is very true.

I hope you continue to keep reading! :)

]]> By: Brandy http://lifeontheroad.com/2008/05/08/so-you-need-a-load-going-from-here-to-there-have-i-got-a-deal-for-you/690.html#comment-1896 Brandy Fri, 09 May 2008 21:38:55 +0000 http://lifeontheroad.com/?p=690#comment-1896 I work for a large brokerage myself, Trinity Transport, Inc. (#19 in the country)and our operations folks do everything in our power to ensure that when a carrier books a load, they are not double brokering it. Too many times I have seen those deals go bad, in addition to being unethical, there are times when the carrier that booked the load will get a fuel advance (we give 40%) after the true carrier loads it and next comes the final payment...then skips out without paying the true driver--never to be heard of again, and then what? Very sticky indeed. We are in the process of spreading the word to our carriers on some quick pay programs we've created to help get money in their pockets faster, your paragraph about feeling for the drivers touched a chord with me as well. I see rigs on the side of the road and in the paper for sale everyday. Trucking is the backbone of America, you are not alone in your empathy for the drivers out there. On the flip side of this, there are brokers like us that are working to provide a livelihood for ourselves as well. We want a FAIR profit, not a GREEDY one (in ref. to the margin statements) I have the rare combination of working for a broker and my husband being a truck driver-it's fair to say my heart is in the right place as is my company's (luckily)!! Very good topic you bring up, Donna. I'm a new reader to this site, but I like what I see so far. I work for a large brokerage myself, Trinity Transport, Inc. (#19 in the country)and our operations folks do everything in our power to ensure that when a carrier books a load, they are not double brokering it. Too many times I have seen those deals go bad, in addition to being unethical, there are times when the carrier that booked the load will get a fuel advance (we give 40%) after the true carrier loads it and next comes the final payment…then skips out without paying the true driver–never to be heard of again, and then what? Very sticky indeed.

We are in the process of spreading the word to our carriers on some quick pay programs we’ve created to help get money in their pockets faster, your paragraph about feeling for the drivers touched a chord with me as well. I see rigs on the side of the road and in the paper for sale everyday. Trucking is the backbone of America, you are not alone in your empathy for the drivers out there. On the flip side of this, there are brokers like us that are working to provide a livelihood for ourselves as well. We want a FAIR profit, not a GREEDY one (in ref. to the margin statements) I have the rare combination of working for a broker and my husband being a truck driver-it’s fair to say my heart is in the right place as is my company’s (luckily)!!

Very good topic you bring up, Donna. I’m a new reader to this site, but I like what I see so far.

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