In that case he will tell him to look for the guy with the gray beard !
Goodbye FedEx (again)
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In that case he will tell him to look for the guy with the gray beard !
How does that compare to the flat rate system they started in July ? The new flat rate system is different is it not ? Don't they now pay a fixed rate for DH plus FSC ?
LOL, yah, my partners and I are making the killings on the flat rate. We think it's time for us to say goodbye, too.
We're are taking our cargo plane elsewhere
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I knew that, I just thought the flat rate they offered a couple of years ago and the one they started in July of this year were different. The old one I thought paid all miles at the same rate plus FSC and extras and the new one in July paid a flat rate for loaded plus FSC and extras and a different rate for DH plus FSC. That was what I was questioning. There is a big impact on the all miles rate between the two flat rate programs if there is a difference like I thought.
Daffyduck528
Expert Expediter
The team ran the flat rate from July to early sept. We ran percentage when we drove that same truck from May 2013-June 2014. I never did the original flat rate so I can't comment on it.
And as mentioned before the accessorial pay drastically made up for what I thought was going to be a terrible flat rate system with different rates for run pay and dh. I now embrace the flat rate. It's a lot better than most of us feared. And they have been running the wheels off my truck. 17,000ish miles a month.
Yes and no. Yes, all the large providers broker out for a number of reasons. Providing coverage for customers ranks right up there. Often times we as a carrier might not have a vehicle close or the right size vehicle is not available. Yes, it is a business center for the company as well as the other divisions. I think the other carriers are all fine doing this.
Where I personally disagree is how brokerage is often handled. Carriers often "optimize" a shipment. They will look at what they can make brokering vs using a vehicle leased on to them to run a load. They will broker a load to another carrier while their units in the area sit. Our system is structured completely differently. Our brokerage division only sees a load AFTER the asset divisions have determined and tried to cover with our fleet. I think while less profitable on an individual shipment at times, a carrier should be committed to its fleet first. Brokering might be better money short term but the health of your fleet is directly tied to the success of the company long term. In my humble opinion of course.
With that I will say welcome to the family Jim!
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Daffyduck528
Expert Expediter
Maybe not history, but possibly in a box in the attic collecting dust. I hope one day we can dust them off.
You'll never become the CEO of a growing and respected trucking company with a philosophy like that.
westmicher
Veteran Expediter
Prior to Load One, I was with another company located in southwest Michigan that frequently left us sitting while they brokered loads off their cross dock in Laredo... which I personally witnessed many times simply by waiting at the cross dock and seeing who picked up the loads I knew would have fit on our truck. Sitting in Laredo in 110+ degree heat for a week while several loads left on CHEAP trucks I asked why... "Brokerage is another profit center and they care more about that bottom line..."
I knew we had the wrong "partner" then!
I never liked the pom-poms comments. It suggests a false cheer-leading, cheer-leading without a basis in fact; but the people making the pom-poms comments never have to defend any facts of their own. They just toss out the pom-poms insult and enjoy the show.
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No, I would say they were pretty valid. A select few chose to but themselves on a plane above others at times while defending a carrier that wasn't working in the operators best interest when they did at one time. Those facts that were presented over time have come to fruition just as was predicted by many. More posts than I care to count just on that subject and they are still going. Nothing more complicated than that. When you have people making considerable financial investments, I think it was good then as it is now that people see the whole picture, and not one through "rose colored glasses".