I may have said hopefully ....but it's not a problem in my budget! I am the one the "leave it on the dock" bunch may fear.... Because if it suits me I will take it....lol
Then why say "hopefully " at all?
You running for office?
I may have said hopefully ....but it's not a problem in my budget! I am the one the "leave it on the dock" bunch may fear.... Because if it suits me I will take it....lol
Ya am running for mayor and you appear to be in the running for district prosecutor! LolThen why say "hopefully " at all?
You running for office?
Lunar...Eclipse...Ha I get it, that's funny. I saw one once.
Planting seeds is never a bad thing. Somebody here might just ask a few more questions of the next recruiter they speak to.
Eclipse - what a barber doesLunar...Eclipse...Ha I get it, that's funny. I saw one once.
Eclipse - what a barber does
Warehouse - what you say when you're lost.
Expediter - someone who used to be a Pediter.
Geometry - what an acorn says when he grows up.
I got a million of 'em.
Just so everyone on here knows, I was not implying at all that anyone on here was/are not important in this fight. It is something we ALL have to deal with. My fight personally, is against the shippers/3PL's/brokers who are using these guys and trying to have us match prices against it. It's not apples to apples...it's like asking an American company to compete against a product made in China.
exactly, that is why if I were a broker, I would be checking all the sub-contractors insurance certificates on each and every bid, before I book the load with them.
brokers got all the power to check anything they want, its already covered in all contracter contracts.
you guys can make the carriers send their IC's insurance info to you anytime, so it can be nipped in the bud.
Hired auto doesnt mean a motor carrier has coverage for any number of owner ops he chooses. If that magical policy did exist then why would anyone insure any unit at all?
All units hauling for a motor carrier must have the correct PRIMARY commercial auto insurance SOMEWHERE in order to comply with the FMCSA requirement that primary auto insurance must be in place for "all units, owned or non-owned, when hauling on behalf of that motor carrier."
That is the law. Mainipulation of anything other than that is INSURANCE AND FMCSA FRAUD. And that's why the motor carriers who do things LEGALLY are fed up.
This fraud is what allows these motor carriers to maintain lower overhead which then allows them to bid each run lower and lower...driving down the pay for every owner operator out there.
What's happening to your lower pay is similar to scabs busting union wages, and even worse because whats happening is illegal.
Look, If your motor carrier makes less on a run, you make less on a run. Motor carriers chasing lower and lower bids are what's hurting you.
Watch your take home pay rise when this downward spiraling ends once our industry cleans up this mess that has been tolerated for far too long.
Well, it's not that easy. I can find out how many units are under a carrier that has added me as additionally insured/or even a cert holder. This takes time too, getting a hold of the right person at the insurance agent and actually getting it my hands could take a half a day..but, like Elliott said..doesn't mean much if the IC they (the carrier) has their own policy. I have no way of monitoring the IC's that a carrier is using, unless that carrier has ALL of his OO or IC's under that policy.exactly, that is why if I were a broker, I would be checking all the sub-contractors insurance certificates on each and every bid, before I book the load with them.
brokers got all the power to check anything they want, its already covered in all contracter contracts.
you guys can make the carriers send their IC's insurance info to you anytime, so it can be nipped in the bud.
Well, it's not that easy. I can find out how many units are under a carrier that has added me as additionally insured/or even a cert holder. This takes time too, getting a hold of the right person at the insurance agent and actually getting it my hands could take a half a day..but, like Elliott said..doesn't mean much if the IC they (the carrier) has their own policy. I have no way of monitoring the IC's that a carrier is using, unless that carrier has ALL of his OO or IC's under that policy.
its not that hard either,
each time a rate agreement is signed by a carrier, he has to include the driver name, cell number, and unit number.
so, go ahead and ask for the insurance info at the same time;
come on guys, this is not rocket surgery or brain science.
let technology do the work for you, just saying.
Well that is almost like setting up a new carrier every time you do a load? If we give a carrier 5 loads a day should we have to do this....no it isn't our job. Imagine if brokers or customers had to do that with the hundreds of trucks we operate? They would be like WTH??? So no it's not brain surgery, it's common sense and being legal and compliant. If you want to be a motor carrier then ensure your fleet completely, get VOI, or honestly get out of the business as you most likely shouldn't be in it.
Amazes me how some fight for a corrupt system that uses the owner operator for its gain then paying it's fair share as the motor carrier should. All they do is place owner operator, brokers, 3pls and shippers at risk for their own gain.