TQL boycott

I don't "love" this industry. But I know how to make money in it. SO, what's YOUR plan??

No suggestions I would share. Should the transparency go both ways?

The opposite of "line haul". Just words. About the biggest complaint of the complainers throughout the history of trucking.

dean..... ur wrong...the biggest complaint is people like urself that love the word backhaul and haul the cheap s*** in the truckin industry....take a line haul west for 4 bucks a mile...and a back haul they wanna pay 1 dollar a mile...nuttin to complain about there...seriously...do the math.. a damn 1st grader can figure those numbers dont compute...but u go 4 it....the rest of us will keep refusin to haul yhe cheap s***..we will leave it just so u can haul it...

I am new to the broker side or things, but not new to the industry. I am trying to help bridge the gap between shippers and drivers. For instance, I have a carrier based out of IN. I am trying to get them to run a lane from IN to VA, but in order for it to make sense, they want a back-haul. I was able to find them a lane from NC to IN as a back-haul. In total, I believe they will have about 360 dead-head miles. Normally, I consider a back-haul to be 80% of the front-haul. However, in this scenario, I will pay them the same rate as the front-haul because of the dead-head miles. Personally, I don't believe margins should be made known, as long as their is trust and a fair wage being paid to the driver, then everyone wins. I want drivers to succeed as much as I succeed. There is room at the table for all of us, if we are able to foster great relationships. I want to have a relationship...not just another transaction.

New Flash!!! If you are a minority and still using TQL then you deserved to haul cheap freight.

Google was created to level the playing field.

Get off tic tok and do your homework!

Don't hate the Player hate the game!

Carrier: "I'm calling about that load going from A to B, is that still available?"

Broker:" yes, it's a load of X, it's a load of X, FCFS,6a-4p both ends. What can you haul it for?

Carrier:" what's are you paying on it"

As a carrier, if that's your answer you are the problem, not the broker. It's negotiating 101.

You name time & place.

if all of the trucks stop for one day our economy would collapse ( or come close to it) if i can find the article i wll post it on here

that really can not and should not ever happen its up to drivers and owners to make the rate what it needs to be. refuse enough of the cheaper loads they will come up. they are not going to quit shipping. as long as its being hauled at a cheaper price why would they pay more? i would like to hear one good reason. if i could get my product dhipped at two dollars a mile why in the hell would i say hold on .... i think i need to pay way more. if you dont know how much it cost to run a truck ( or trucks) you are in the wrong place i see people fail time and again because they did not either make enough or did not know how to manage money

i know some owner operators that are still running trucks that are broke and and will be out of business on the next major brerakdown because the do not know the difference between making money and cash flow

Rates for 4/12/23. Ranging from 1.27-1.63 a mile for 1335 miles going east. It costs a minimum of 1+ dollar a mile to run a truck. An average profit at the current rates would barely pay operating expenses if at all. The profit for the driver amounts to about .25 a mile or less. Obviously, it would not be a good business decision to run loads at the current rates. This explains the huge list of brokers and drivers going bankrupt.

As for demanding higher rates, nice try, making it the drivers fault for not demanding higher rates. As a dispatcher and company manager, I have been getting hung up on by almost all brokers when asking for 2.25 a mile.(A fair rate but a very low profit.). Not enough to bank for repairs and emergencies. I have several brokers on the brink of bankruptcy as no one will run their loads for penny profits. Suppliers are charging huge prices for their products and paying brokers and trucking companies below slave wages.

I agree with the drivers, let the product sit. my drivers will make more pushing burgers at the current minimum wage than what the company can pay if rates continue to be so low. That is the only way the government, sheeples and suppliers will listen.

The average consumer has no clue regarding what is making the prices so high for their everyday needs. They can guess, but it goes much deeper than lazy drivers not raising their rates. The profit makers are laughing their evil selves to the bank to count their profits. The transportation industry is going bankrupt or will disappear altogether.

When the 2024 election puts the squash on the socialistic economy that our current government is trying to control. The small businesses of the Great United States will flourish again.

hey dave is erich your brother

So we know who is trying to screw us, for starters. If they are making more than "us" the owner operators that tote all the responsibilities of the load then we don't haul it. Not saying they shouldn't make money, but not more than they earn off our backs.