looking for Freight Board

Shah786 · Aug 20, 2008

Hi iam looking for freight board for Hamilton Ontario or which is a good board any help would be appreciated sick and tired of being treated as second class citizen.

so i have decided to make the jump and arrange for jobs my self any help in that matter would also be appreciated.

dhalltoyo · Aug 20, 2008

Are you referring to broker boards?

PS. Please let us know when you feel like a "First Class" citizen again. I am curious about how that works.

pjjjjj · Aug 20, 2008

Shah786 said:
Hi iam looking for freight board for Hamilton Ontario or which is a good board any help would be appreciated sick and tired of being treated as second class citizen.
so i have decided to make the jump and arrange for jobs my self any help in that matter would also be appreciated.

Shah, who are you with now? I remember you posting earlier that you were looking for a carrier, and didn't want to cross the border, and didn't have a sleeper.
Good luck in finding a board, serving a specific location.. ain't no such animal.
Why are you feeling you're being treated as a second class citizen.. is it because you're not getting enough work? Being made to sit and wait? Hard to get backhauls? If so, things seem to have been a bit on the slow side lately.. don't take it personally.
From the sounds of it, you're looking for something very specific, and you might be better off to try to carve a niche for yourself doing biz directly for one shipper with regular runs of the kind you're looking to do. (ie daytime, no border crossing).
Unfortunately, that would take some research, legwork and salesmanship on your end. There ain't no golden goose waiting to land in your truck.

cheri1122 · Aug 21, 2008

Pjjjjj, that's excellent advice - great memory, and a great post.

kwexpress · Aug 21, 2008

you might try Truck Loads of Freight - Canada US Expedited Truck Loads

they have a dispatching service that matches you with loads coming out of an area before you get there.

kwexpress · Aug 21, 2008

Local business results for freight near Hamilton, ON, Canada A. ABF Freight System Inc - www.abfs.com - (905) 573-0603 - more

B. Modern Elevator Innovations Inc - Modern Elevator Innovations :: MEII :: Elevator Cabs & Entrances :: Hamilton, Ontario Canada - (905) 523-0040 - more

C. Independent Freight Routing - maps.google.com - (905) 690-1711 - more

D. Millerôs Freight Forward Inc - maps.google.com - (905) 560-0050 - more

E. ThyssenKrupp Elevator - ThyssenKrupp Elevator--Home Page - (905) 526-8181 - more

F. Trade Link International - Trade Link International Ltd. - Freight Forwarding and Logistics - Hamilton, ON - (905) 540-9490 - more

G. Can-am Freight Forwarding Inc - maps.google.com - (905) 573-2878 - more

H. Niagara Belco Ltd - www.niagarabelco.com - (905) 526-9727 - more

I. Apex Motor Express - Apex Motor Express Ltd. - We care - (905) 561-5700 - more

J. ABH Oversize Direct Ltd - Oversize Direct, international freight forwarders, breakbulk experts, oversize cargo transport, transport logistics, Canadian based, serve the world - (905) 690-3193 - more
More results near Hamilton, ON, Canada »

some people will try to discourage you. but you got to remember most on here are just company drivers who think that work comes when the qc beeps.

if you want to find freight just go to your google and type the name of the city followed by a , then the state

Shah786 · Aug 24, 2008

pjjjjj said:
Shah, who are you with now? I remember you posting earlier that you were looking for a carrier, and didn't want to cross the border, and didn't have a sleeper.
Good luck in finding a board, serving a specific location.. ain't no such animal.
Why are you feeling you're being treated as a second class citizen.. is it because you're not getting enough work? Being made to sit and wait? Hard to get backhauls? If so, things seem to have been a bit on the slow side lately.. don't take it personally.
From the sounds of it, you're looking for something very specific, and you might be better off to try to carve a niche for yourself doing biz directly for one shipper with regular runs of the kind you're looking to do. (ie daytime, no border crossing).
Unfortunately, that would take some research, legwork and salesmanship on your end. There ain't no golden goose waiting to land in your truck.

Iam working with a company out of Mississauga Ontario and didnt get along with Dispatch.
(good news that came out after i posted this request was big boss did the audit and found out out of 20 owner operators 3 were making money and rest were like me so head dispatch was fired.since then things are better and computerized dispatch with satellite tracking so whom ever is closer to the job regardless of what it pays gets the job no more Favorites)

I have been in this business long enough to no there is no such thing as Golden goose if there was i would have found it by now.

Actually i did find a board with lots of local work (ask and you shell receive)but i have no need for it any more as every body gets there fair share of work every day.

Shah786 · Aug 24, 2008

kwexpress said:
you might try Truck Loads of Freight - Canada US Expedited Truck Loads

they have a dispatching service that matches you with loads coming out of an area before you get there.

I asked a simple question and you the only one who cared to answer it.Thank you thank you very much your help is very much appreciated again thank you.