Non-Assett Based....that sort of says it all doesn't it?...if I don't make it I loose my ASSetts...what skin do they have in the game?..

I have not found a so called broker that will line up a return load for hoppers. 2.25 per mile to and 2.25 back is a livable rate

flatbed loads are getting 2.10 a running mile with reloads.

I don’t know why people take the break even loads. A lot of farmers in ND tell the elevator that they haul in and they WILL haul out so in come the fancy Pete’s and kw’s. And some 20 something kid loading just to keep the kid doing something in the winter

as long as daddy foots the bill the rates for hoppers will be low.

Talked to dot about it and they said as long as it is grain and they know it isn’t theirs they can’t touch them. Even for inspections

life goes on. Drive safe

no disrespect intended, but have you noticed that some people can't write FLUENT english. :)

C.H. Robinson liable for ruined chocolate it didn't transport

Such an easy fix!

I have recently switched brokerages and have found that I am having a hard time securing new shippers as I am being under bid on almost every quote. I have been quoting at least 2$ a mile and sometimes more if the lane is tough or there are tolls. Shippers are choosing to take the low bids. They are going to get exactly what they are paying for!

Gentlemen Amazon is a big reason why these rates are the way they are. They are putting every department store out of Buisness. Also Uber Freight has put a big dent on these rates . Now Amazon is starting their own brokerage department to slash prices and put major brokers out lik CH Robinson etc.... It’s gona get worse boys. I hate to sound so negative about a buisness that is my passion but it’s the facts that we are facing....

As a Broker, what can people on my side do when we ARE having to bid low to get the business... I try and make my minimum 10% (my company's minimum acceptable margin... of which I personally receive half) ... so in order to be competitive, we're having to bid jobs low, so we can't pay what you all deserve or are used to making.

Separate question from me, but on this topic. A rate of $3.60 per loaded mile for timber hauling, is that a good rate? I know I'm probably on the wrong thread or forum, but I'm trying to learn what I can bid that makes it a win-win for everyone...

Again, I'd love to be part of the solution, not the problem... How do we do it, though, when there will ALWAYS be a group of people who LOWBALL shippers and then can't help but pay lower rates than you deserve with all the costs of operating?

3.60 is a good rate one way. What about the second load. Nothing to haul back so you expect some one to work all day at half rate

if you work for a broker the truck owner is broker than before.

A good broker has the truck loaded 90 % of the time. Just look at ADM. 1.92 a lane mile and they say you are on your own after that

brokers have a computer cell phone and contact list

truckers have either payments or repair have to carry insurance at least $600 per month 2 trucks and trailer double that

brokers don’t pay unemployment or worksman comp because the driver wants to go home and either sprained an ankle so you pay medical bills or walks away because he is 400 miles from home by the time you find the truck it is half destroyed

most of the loads listed on this site is what they call backhaul. No such thing. Cost the same each way. Until people quit the cheap rates they will always be there

The rates should be 2.50 all miles