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Yeah and it has come up, middle of Montana, got the only sprinter in a 800 mile radius. We got paid! But as easy as it seems to overcharge a broker when they are need, they'll remember that and get you back later on.

Another thing is, us carriers who deal with overflow will probably hardly see a load from top carriers out a bad bad spot. Those are usually already given to their own drivers. If it's not profitable for you to take it, more then likely, it will covered by someone like us who basically deal...

But us carriers and dispatchers do care where you are. If you don't move we don't get money either. If your dispatcher doesn't know good spots for the places you are, for the type of truck you're in, maybe suggest they should go on road and learn.

Yes dock high, hydraulic brakes, correct licensing from your state, medical card, over 10k lbs you'll need log books. On average, in a 24', you can move 42-48 mph over a span. So around 500 miles in 11 hours. I've seen guys do way upon that hauling *** through the night. Find a partner, pay him...

A van, working overflow boards? Kansas city.

Very informative, thank you. And yes if I bid less then a going rate I usually include a reason why I'm giving a below par rate... Driver wanting to go home after being the road awhile, I'm about to double load the truck, I can't make money sitting in Laredo, lol, etc... The biggest thing I see...

Ever been paid $850 on a basic cargo van load from Milwaukee to Toledo? Or $500 for a sprinter from Chicago to Indy? I have... I'm not a bottom feeder but when you're in a place like Evansville, IN where there's cv loads in and not a lot out you have to compete. That's where keeping my oos...

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It all depends on what it is. A vehicle moving will make more then one sitting and bidding all day. We actually compete against ourselves in our office. If we have 2 dispatchers looking for 2 different vehicles in the same area, we both make a bid on the same load. Most my owner ops have a...

That's the goal and in time I think it's easily possible. Plus it will up the profits to our drivers and ourselves since we can comfortably bid 5% lower. But at this point in the game we need to buy more trucks with income we're making.

Why not just keep the truck, find drivers, in time is their a buyout on this lease? It'll be yours? It'll turn into income with the only work you'll endure is scheduling upkeep and keeping a stable driver.

Pizza delivery Gas stations Production foreman for a newspaper for 11 years Mechanic for a bit Owned and operated a towing company Work as dispatch now for a carrier in expediting, and soon will be buying trucks of my own. Before I started the towing company I was the fence about buying a...

I work for a small carrier and the owner pays his own cargo insurance. We have our own as well with 5 million limit to cover our self. On vans we usually charge 20% non exclusive and 15% exclusive. Our biggest problem is keeping the factoring company rates low we must have many of our own...

Yeah us bidders are in the same boat lately. I bid like crazy. Sometimes for spit just to get them rolling with something, and well still nothing. I had 6 trucks to find a load for today. I only got 2 of them rolling, and that didn't happen till after 15:00. I'll be honest 2 were in a bad spot...

I've got drivers that like to do hot shots around town, the pay is usually better to compensate driving home, since we're out of Chicago. I also have drivers that will go out for a few weeks and come home. I don't see or hear from them cept maybe at a bar. Then they run out of money and call me...