pjjj, what TS is saying is 65% of the line haul or $1.05 per loaded mile.
Which ever of the 2 is higher. So if the load is 200 miles and total pay is $500.00 then a D unit would receive $325.00 which would be $1.63 per loaded miles. However if the same load pays $180.00, the least amount the truck would receive would be $210.00 which would be $1.05 per loaded mile.
Any day above the dirt is a good day!
I think I will start a new company and call it nexpediters.
the next generation of expediters.
if guys are willing to run for 1.05 per mile.then sign on I will give you 2000 miles per week before you even leave the house.and you could be home before noon friday.
sure I could throw in a surcharge and still make .85 per mile to the company.god dang I will get rich afterall.with my low overhead being just 1 guy I would surely be on top in a week or two.
at 1.05 all you guys will be is a company driver that pays for everything.but the downside is after you pay for everything the guy driving for JB's paycheck will be bigger than yours cause at least his profit is .30 per mile.
this company ts is looking for a way to survive and get the trucks rolling. drivers thats not a smart move they move the freight at a lower rate now but what about when freight picks up if indeed its really slow. are the customers gonna pay more hell no you moved it for 1.05 then so you can do it now.a far as the 65%
even if they did let you find your own loads they have to approve them.I know I tried to help a team generate some revenue that sat for ts for 2 weeks with no load.
after ts cut it still paid the truck 1.40 per mile for 9' ltl I told them I would also give them more along the way to get it closer to $3 on over 2000 miles with a week to get it there.
ok sounds good.but tri-state shot it down.why dont know the customer was already set-up with tri-state maybe because it wasnt an expedite.but when pay to the o/o is better than what they are paying to the truck why they choose to make a team sit is beyound me.the excuses given to the drivers was they wasnt taken freight west of the mississippi
cause it was to hard to get back in the area and they would have to bonus them back.
instead the team sat for another week with no revenue then what happend ts gives them a load to NE.one team member was so mad because in that same week they kept sending over load offers then 3 min latter disreguard load canceled.he quit on the way to NE and had his wife pick him up.yep in 3 weeks 8 load offers that canceled and the one that does make it goes west of the mississippi.
I do think expediters can survive but I dont think rate cuts to the o/o is the right answer
when the economy bounces back and it will you will be stuck running cheap freight cause once the cut is in its there for good aint no getting it back.
instead they should open a new division of the existing company and call it tri-state next
and just tell there customers they cant change the rate on exclusive use but as long as the customer dont mind they have a sister company that will send in the next avaiilable truck at the reduced rate but it may or may not be exclusive use but their freight will be last on first off.same great service,same tracking just a chance to survive in this tuff time.
when the economy picks up give the o/o a choice to go back to exclusive use or stay a nexpediter.its like adding a service level if you dont want to pay this rate then we have an option.
if you ask me the nexpediter will come out on top.by finding his first load to put in the nose
that has a week to get there and then given ts a couple days to find something going in that direction and during this day or 2 sitting be looking for another ltl to put with the one you already have getting 1.00 for an ltl is not that hard. listen to what the broker is telling you when they say it an ltl but its a machine or something they dont want moved around alot or cross docked then bid just below truckload rate for that kinda service.
I think a nextpediter is a very marketable tool.it worked well for me and the ones I help.
I am very serious the rate change goes into effect on monday dont take it in the but.
send them a msg tell them you read this post and agree with this concept and if they cant protect your rate now then just go out of service monday get what you got comin and go into biz for yourself.the driver I know has been in the freight lanes for a month now and has not profited $400 the whole month and has never been more than #3 out.owners would come closer being able to pay the payments working at Mc donalds.
From what i've seen Tristate is one of the three companies in the expediting industry that I have consistantly praised for maintaing a higher level of pay for their drivers as well as a decent fuel surcharge that has always been a few cents above the competition. The other companies being, Fedex and Landstar along with Panther (not for rates but for the generous fuel surcharge that they pass on to their drivers)
I'm curious how 3S at $1.20 a mile makes the list and P2 at $1.20 a mile doesn't make the list.
It depends on what different people see for each carrier I suppose. With Fedex, P2 and others YMMV.
Personally, I find brokers to be very cost effective.
Why?
They do not have the overhead of a major carrier. Many operate their business from their homes.
I always get a higher cpm rate from them as opposed to what a major carrier is offering.
YMMV ?????????????????????
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Moose
KCC.
How much does Tri-State take when you run a brokered load?