TQL is taking 44 percent of the load. How many others are doing the same thing?

They're f**** crooks.. All should b locked up

so....who is the uneducated here? are you actually telling us any customer would pay 44% more for their loads?

Here is another one taking a big chunck of the pie 35%. I hauled these loads last winter at $1,400. Then the brokers came in and cut the rate to $1,000.

Truckers make bad choices all the time, there isn’t one anywhere that can make a living on 40 hours of trucking, yet they continue to add trucks and put immigrants in them, then blame brokers for s***** rates? If you can’t pay your bills or retain quality help the market don’t need you, find a new dream.

That is the same logic as "If everyone refuses to pay taxes, what is the government going to do? Arrest the whole country?"

As much as people talk, 1 in a million might actually buck the system. The only way to do anything is if the we have MORE government intervention that requires brokers to tell what they are getting for every load.

Do we really want the government more involved in our lives despite this sounding like a good idea?

Shed your invisable chains and politely decline the load. And go about your business.

It is my belief that had the government stayed out of this in the first place, the market would have taken care of itself. As soon as it was mandated that we need a brokers license to post a load that a customer asked us to move for them, it took all of the hard work and trust that was built up and threw it out the window! I see to many in this bulk brokerage game taking money off of the top of the load when they get it and STILL taking their 10-20 percent off of what is left! It is despicable and sleezy to say the least! If you are out there working for a carrier who works with brokers and he does not save himself some work by screenshotting the confirmation from the broker, there is a good chance they are skimming off of the top from you! Seems to be a hard lesson for some to learn, but honesty is the best policy!

I cannot offer information about other brokers, but I can tell you that I do not take 44% off the top of a load.

I charge a very reasonable rate for the current market. We believe in fighting for the right rate for carriers, so we can have long-lasting relationships.

I do not voluntarily let carriers know my rate, but when they ask, I tell them everytime.

I strongly believe that there is room for everyone at the table, if we work well, and communicate with each other.

When we are working together, it allows everyone to do what they do best. Brokers can haggle with shippers and work out all the details, so the driver only has to worry about where they need to be, and when they need to be there, and keep the product safe along the way.

Think about it this way...if Bob owns a bakery, his only focus should be on making the best loaf of bread for his customers. In order to make the best possible loaf of bread, Bob has to source the best ingredients, perfect the recipe, and make sure he has the best workers, and motivate them to do well every day. Sure...Bob can focus on trying to market the bread, hire his own drivers to deliver the bread, and keep shelves stocked, but that takes time away from providing the best loaf of bread for his customer.

There is nothing dishonest about taking 44% off of a load. If they were able to prospect, sell and aquire a customer that is willing to pay a 44% premium over what it actually costs to hire a truck, then they are very good at their business. They must be great sales people and/or provide a lot of value to their customer. It is business- noone owes anyone anything. I don't understand where this notion came from that broker's should be 501(c) nonprofits out to donate extra revenue to truckers. Should truckers offer their tire shop $700 for a $500 tire because the tire shop has mentioned they are struggling? Businesses exist to make a profit for themselves, and there is nothing unethical about raising your margins by increasing revenue and lowering costs. That's the name of the game in business.

Rather than piss everyone off, why don't headlines like this motivate carriers to acquire their own customers? While complaining that the broker is taking too much because they themselves are doing all of the work, they fail to ackwnoedlge that they wouldn't be doing any work if the broker didn't source it for them. When we struggle, we need to find our own fault before others' and take responsiblity for improving our situation. If we think that the problem is brokers keeping too much, then our focus should be on building direct freight customers. Think its too hard? Then maybe reconsider the notion that brokers don't do anything if they are in fact doing the thing you yourself is unwilling to do.

The bottom line is this: Shippers hire brokers to make sourcing trucks easier. Carriers use brokers to make sourcing work easier. The price difference between what the shipper pays and what the carrier charges is, by simple definition, the value of the broker. If you feel too at mercy of that equation, prepare to be a sales person and implement a business plan that does not involve brokers.

Lastly, understad that the true force driving the equation is the supply and demand relationship between freight needing to be moved and trucks availabe to move it. Brokers are also caught in the middle of that equation and are also failing at a high pace in today's market.

Get them to make walmart, mcDonald, the food truck, flying J, progressive show us what they pay for stuff while you are at it

That is not how business work.....know your market, know your cost of doing business, know your profit margin, do the math to calculate the rate you must get, negotiate better!

More regulations are not going to make things better for either the trucker or the broker. In the end it is a market of supply and demand, the margins for both the trucker and the broker go up and down depending on the market. Creating more regulations so we can prove what we already know is wasteful and will just add cost to the whole industry which will be good for no one especially the small guys. If a broker can command a high brokerage commission good for them. If a trucker goes direct to shippers and develops good dedicated business good for them. The market will correct the bad actors we don't need the gov't involved to do this.