Stick together on rates
We have been waiting too long for rates to go back up, and running on back-haul or break even rates is going to break a lot of truckers if it hasn’t already. Rates are pretty descent if you will turn down these brokers for a while or if you will park for a few days. The goal isn’t to stay busy and wear out equipment for cash flow. You have to make money on every load or we won’t survive. The brokers are making more and more money trying to pocket higher percentages with little to no investment. We need full disclosure on rates and we have to have some discipline and common sense as truckers. If we stick together as an industry there is nothing we can’t correct in a short time. Take a week off or turn down loads that don’t pay and you will be surprised at how many times they will call you back with a better rate. Many times the same day.