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We have seen pretty consistent numbers for the last few weeks. We have actually been short of trucks and had to broker more loads out to other carriers than usual to support our customers. I think it is going to be pretty steady through the end of the year. January is the great unknown!

Thanks to global warming this will be non issue in the next year or two! LOL

"The Future Belongs to Those Who Deliver!" It always rang true for us!

With everyone working hard to advertise and sign on trucks it doesn't make alot of sense to not answer the phone or at least get back to someone quickly?

From the company perspective, I like being a "middle size" company. You are large enough to have a sales force and house accounts, and the couple big boys like to use you vs. the mom and pops. They know you have sytems, policies and procedures and 24 hour coverage. Being middle size lets me...

Problem occurs more often in older cities. The city or state may have measured the bridge 20 years ago and marked it. Then you see an inch or two of asphalt added once or twice and 13ft 8 inches becomes 13ft 5 and you have an open top trailer!

You always have to be careful. We had a driver last month that was following the truck routed turn by turn navigation on our qualcomms last month when he hit a bridge in Chicago. On top of the "truck" routed directions the thing was marked 13ft 8inches. Now qualcomms provider did mark that...

I am pretty confused as well.

I agree. Once upon a time the bid boards such as NLM were the "premium" transportation option. Then pricing pressures from the big 3 made them sign up far too many carriers. Supply and demand set in and we saw the result. I guess for a really small carrier it makes sense to run the boards...

Dave, you are entirely correct. I think owner operators need to look at other items than they traditionally do when choosing a carrier. Does the company have a true sales force? Where is the majority of your freight generated? Is the company financially solid? The last one is a...

To many carriers use the bid boards as their primary freight source. This situation seemed to get worse with the economic downturn. When carriers had to cut cost and staff, many of them downsized their sales staff. Maybe I am crazy (most people in this business are!), but if sales are down...

Pricing and costing are always a difficult topic. Supply and demand will ultimately provide balance. Much like owner operators that do not understand their costs, the same is true with carriers. Too many small carriers do not understand the true costs of running their companies, let alone...

NLM is a bid board system. GPSnet it actually a dispatch/transportation management system. They are really very different things.

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Got it. Hopefully I did it right as it was my first pm! LOL

Thanks! I have enjoyed it so far and look forward to participating more. Hopefully help bring different perspectives, which always makes things better.

I just wanted to take a moment and introduce myself and our company to the EO community. We signed on with EO 2 weeks ago and have been really impressed with the people, and the product. Being this is my first attempt at creating a profile and posting a message, I can only hope that I am doing...