A backhaul is defined as a load picking up from your delivery point going back to at least the area you started from, cheap freight is just that cheap freight, the agents know when the have you in a tight spot and they use that to put even more money into their pockets, it ain't fair but thats the way it is in this cutthroat business. The only way to stop it is to do as OOIDA says, "say NO to cheap freight", if it is a true backhaul then it can be discounted after all you will not have any deadhead in it,but if it is a cheap load in sheeps clothing you are doing a disservice to everyone in the industry if you take it without a REAL good reason,ie, going home taking you to another good paying load that you are dispatched on ect,but to run it just to say you got a run isn't a good reason, if you are like me and are in the business to make money and not just gas money we are all going to have to come together on this
