Carrier cutting rates

Tennesseahawk · Mar 14, 2013

flattop40 said:
Exactly, it may not be so bad for the solo guys as the short loads there is the bump. However, it is killing the sprinter teams. Especially the ones that the are either driving for a fleet owner or the ones as in my case not all of the money goes into 1 pot like a husband and wife team.

Or better yet, a sprinter team, not in one household, signed on to a fleet owner. I'm sure there are some. That'd be like cutting a kidney bean three ways for dinner.

Steady Eddie · Mar 14, 2013

Tennesseahawk said:
Or better yet, a sprinter team, not in one household, signed on to a fleet owner. I'm sure there are some. That'd be like cutting a kidney bean three ways for dinner.

Why can't others see that....

Steady Eddie · Mar 14, 2013

Eating my meal this morning here at the J. When I went to pay my bill, the manager came out and said it was taken care of. A husband and wife paid my bill. Thanks.

Could be due to the Express-1 shirt I had on, they must have felt sorry for me. I thank you who ever you are.

Tennesseahawk · Mar 14, 2013

Steady Eddie said:
Eating my meal this morning here at the J. When I went to pay my bill, the manager came out and said it was taken care of. A husband and wife paid my bill. Thanks.

Could be due to the Express-1 shirt I had on, they must have felt sorry for me. I thank you who ever you are.

I hear that at the TA, if you prove you're a team with Swift, they give you a copy of Brokeback Mountain.

flattop40 · Mar 14, 2013

Well, after 2 full days of sitting I can see the increase in loads already.

zorry · Mar 14, 2013

They did it backwards.
They should have offered the lower costs to the shippers.
Then once you were so busy that you didn't know what to do, drop the rate cut on ya.
If the increased business doesn't come ? And how about those looking at insurance increases ?

Steady Eddie · Mar 14, 2013

flattop40 said:
Well, after 2 full days of sitting I can see the increase in loads already.

You now have enough rest to get that 200 miler on the thrid day, just to turn it down.

davekc · Mar 15, 2013

Cutting the rate or pay to the drivers doesn't necessarily translate in to a rate reduction to the customer.
"Watch what they do, not what they say".
As for the T-shirt idea, pretty genius for a drivers reward program.

westmicher · Mar 15, 2013

davekc said:
Cutting the rate or pay to the drivers doesn't necessarily translate in to a rate reduction to the customer.

I can tell you for a fact, it doesn't. I saw what another broker was paying on the load I recently took. I got 55.7% of the load.

I know all load are different but this is one example of the new rate distribution.

Tennesseahawk · Mar 15, 2013

davekc said:
Cutting the rate or pay to the drivers doesn't necessarily translate in to a rate reduction to the customer.
"Watch what they do, not what they say".
As for the T-shirt idea, pretty genius for a drivers reward program.

Speaking of t-shirts, I read about one this trucker wears to his shippers/consignees...

I get paid to haul your freight, not take your sh**.

Genius.

zorry · Mar 15, 2013

At some point,unless rate go up, this may all become pointless. At least in cv's.

zorry · Mar 15, 2013

Tennesseahawk said:
Speaking of t-shirts, I read about one this trucker wears to his shippers/consignees...

I get paid to haul your freight, not take your sh**.

Genius.

That T-Shirt is available in most major truckstops.

Tennesseahawk · Mar 15, 2013

zorry said:
That T-Shirt is available in most major truckstops.

Then why haven't I ever seen it??? They needed to sell me one!

zorry · Mar 15, 2013

I know I've seen it in the last week. Probably TA, maybe at the J in Beaverdam.
I'd be surprised if someone doesn't post a location by midnight.
You could have one by the start of business Monday,LOL.

davekc · Mar 15, 2013

westmicher said:
I can tell you for a fact, it doesn't. I saw what another broker was paying on the load I recently took. I got 55.7% of the load.

I know all load are different but this is one example of the new rate distribution.

If they continue to charge their standard fare, your freight opportunites are likely to stay basically the same unless their fleet count drops. Time will tell on that one I guess.

westmicher · Mar 15, 2013

davekc said:
If they continue to charge their standard fare, your freight opportunites are likely to stay basically the same unless their fleet count drops. Time will tell on that one I guess.

During at least half of the year, most drivers already ran close to capacity. That part of the year where most drivers could really use more miles will be over soon. I think part of the strategy may be to reduce turndowns, by economic pressure.

davekc · Mar 15, 2013

westmicher said:
During at least half of the year, most drivers already ran close to capacity. That part of the year where most drivers could really use more miles will be over soon. I think part of the strategy may be to reduce turndowns, by economic pressure.

If they have less money because of a pay cut, wouldn't they have less to deadhead to a load?
Seems like there would be more turn downs?

Steady Eddie · Mar 16, 2013

This year March has 5 Fridays, 5 Saturdays and 5 Sundays. This happens once every 823 years

That is great. I have to wait another 823 years to have more pay days and week ends- to - well, get paid more for less?