Identifying the best boards to go to.

Falligator · Dec 29, 2007

My biggest challenge as I first got into expediting was trying to find the hot freight zones. When I first started driving for Panther I decided to drive for a fleet owner. Elliott IV out of Kankakee. Nice guy to drive for and was patient w/ me. He may (or may not) be one of the highest paying fleet owners with Panther out there but he will make sure that you are paid every week. The first problem I had was using my macro 8 and identifying the boards and which boards were hot. Are there any tips out there that ya'll can share with the newbies here that would help them identify hot freight areas. It really sucks going into an area ie..like Grand Rapids, MI that does a bunch of loads a day and you sit there from Friday to Monday being 1st out (not a manual first out either) so I couldn't move my van. <<happened to me once.>> The only tip I can give is to call dispatch at least once a day and ask them where they have noticed freight moving out of.

ShawnF
11997

bamamule · Dec 29, 2007

with panther iv'e found out let the bs go and he rest will fall in place
try to stay away from the pack and hot places and you move more freight
if i pull into a TS any a bunch a expiderters are thar time for me to go
always do a favor or two they will come back may take the csr a month or to but it pays off
happy new years early
:+

x06col · Dec 29, 2007

Mule, is that you typ'in??? Don't sound like ya. When did you get it figgured out?? Kinda lucrative when you scratch some backs, isn't it??

bamamule · Dec 31, 2007

I see your hitting the whiskey a litle again colonel

Tennesseahawk · Dec 31, 2007

I see you're hitting it a LOT, mule!

-A bore is a person who opens his mouth and puts his feats in it. - Henry Ford

bamamule · Dec 31, 2007

x06col · Jan 3, 2008

Nah, wasn't in the sauce yet when I posed those questions Mule. But, your answers could certainly help other folks that are having difficulty. Soooo....

Just where and when did you see the light, being back with a formerly despised Carrier, and now enjoying success?? Or, what did really change? Many may be waiting to know how to make this work.

jwc · Jan 4, 2008

maybe he was doing that before but got backtracked in all the bs

Falligator · Jan 8, 2008

jwc said:
maybe he was doing that before but got backtracked in all the bs

That's why my keyboard stinks

jwc · Jan 8, 2008

making pp work is flipping a quarter on what to do
educating your self on were to go depends on time of year it is
but giving up my system i'm not
learn by hard knocks
but compared to outher companys pp is better
there are less nose pickers at pp
and thats why i moved back
formaly bamamule
jwc