tknight
Veteran Expediter
I've been doing this expedite thing now for a while (8 years) and I still have no real idea how it all comes together from start to finish.
I have been noticing a lot of posting errors on the so called load boards, as well as the same job, with different job numbers repeated all day long, like I saw Friday posted 6 times, with small variations, like zip code and city, with a few miles difference, also, have seen same freight with count and weight a little different, my pimps tell me it's all the same freight, and they sometimes won't even bid on it for me, as they dislike the brokers involved and have a hard time dealing with them, including getting paid on time (that's a whole other story I'm sure). How does freight move from one dock to the next, and get listed, do the shippers call for a pick-up and how is it handled, I'm sure I have done pickups at freight docks of truck lines, because someone has dropped the ball, and screwed up, with the freight still sitting for a few days, How do freight loads, get posted to boards like the alliance/slyectus, etc...........and how do the same loads show up on panther, and fed-x as well??????????? it's getting wierd out there!
Can anyone close the gap in my mind as whats' the real deal, and how it works( if ya can call it that) I come from a structured confused industry (entertainment, so I'm very curious about how things work . I'll step back and read the results of this thread..
tk
I have been noticing a lot of posting errors on the so called load boards, as well as the same job, with different job numbers repeated all day long, like I saw Friday posted 6 times, with small variations, like zip code and city, with a few miles difference, also, have seen same freight with count and weight a little different, my pimps tell me it's all the same freight, and they sometimes won't even bid on it for me, as they dislike the brokers involved and have a hard time dealing with them, including getting paid on time (that's a whole other story I'm sure). How does freight move from one dock to the next, and get listed, do the shippers call for a pick-up and how is it handled, I'm sure I have done pickups at freight docks of truck lines, because someone has dropped the ball, and screwed up, with the freight still sitting for a few days, How do freight loads, get posted to boards like the alliance/slyectus, etc...........and how do the same loads show up on panther, and fed-x as well??????????? it's getting wierd out there!
Can anyone close the gap in my mind as whats' the real deal, and how it works( if ya can call it that) I come from a structured confused industry (entertainment, so I'm very curious about how things work . I'll step back and read the results of this thread..
tk
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