posted trucks

Im also beginning to think that it is a really bad idea to post our trucks available anyway, because if the shipper are brokered did look and see that there's trucks in the area that would provoke them to lower a rate on a load in an area that has trucks posted.

I saw your post and just for giggles I posted a truck in Kanopolis and got exactly ZERO calls on it, so I'd take that as brokers don't even look at the posted trucks.

Here's another angle. Depends on how the account is set up but on InternetTruckstop the poster is alerted if you look at the specifics of their posting. I have gotten calls that way. They think you have a truck in the area when usually I'm just "fishing". Sometimes there may be multiple postings for the same load and I will click on all of them and make it look like there is some action in the area.

Maybe when things pick up and the shoe is on the other foot, posting would be more effective.

Seriously though guys, work on relationships directly with the shipper. These boards are many times the unwanted leftovers.

Yep Danial I have had all of that to, but i dont think it had anything to do with you having a truck post

Dispatcher here. I look for trucks on Truckstop and DAT all the time. If you're posted where I need you, you'll definitely get a call. I'd say probably 2/3 of my loads are booked by posting loads and taking incoming calls, 1/3 by looking for posted trucks and making the call myself.

I do as well as for some of my lanes there is very little equipment available.

OK, thus it could demand a higher rate. This may fit into another forum better. But I wonder where the rates come from sometimes. Example: I was "fishing" this morning and inquired on a load. It went like this, I asked for information about a posted load, I never ask,"what's it pay". But he tells me the product then imediately the rate. It seemed low. I said thank you. Where did he come up with the rate? Was it quoted from a carrier? If so, why didn't he contact that carrier to do it?

Not ranting, just thinking out loud. Always lots of variables and thought processes. Personally I think too many people on either side do NOT know how to negotiate.

In my case it was a trading company (direct shipper) posting on another bulk board and the equipment needed was live bottom / end dump.

In my experience. They do it to protect their business.

For giggles lets say I'm the only supplier in a 500 mile radius of Bull Crap. I have my own customers that I sell to. I also sell to distributors that have their own customers. So the distributors don't want the supplier to know who their customers are. So when they post a load. They will use towns/ cities close to the real origin and destination.

Simply because ,ITS NOT THEIR LOAD, AND THEY DON'T WANT ANY OTHER BROKERS LIKE THEMSELVES TO TAKE IT FROM THEM. Some act like it is, and lie, and whatever. You most generally can call a shipper and get it yourself and any broker knows this. Use your skills and get all the info from them you can and get it yourself.It's their job to sell it. It's our job to go over them and get it ourselves. We have one thing they dont, umm, trucks.

Best thing I've read all week! Funny!