why is XPO expedite so dead
- Thread starter delta@890
- Start date
wvcourier
Expert Expediter
XPO isnt dead, They are giving thier freight to the Russians and smaller carriers too save money, and help get Mr Jacobs his Bonus!
Freight rates have dropped so much over the last year that carriers may be having a hard time securing freight. I was an agent for Sunteck Transportation and dispatched my own trucks. Freight was so bad at one point we couldn't even get loads at $1.40 all in. We made the choice to go back to FedEx Custom Critcal because they was promoting their new load board that was scheduled to roll out in 2016. The move from an agent back to an owner operator with FedEx has proven to be very successful for us. With the load board now out, we are back doing the same thing we did as a freight agent. Some may not like the new load board, but we love it. It gives us more control of our business and the success we strive to achieve.
Last edited:
Looks like FedEx is trying to be like Landstar
I guess not too many expediters can claim that 2016 is perfect...
Slo-Ride
Veteran Expediter
I can vouch for that. As a matter ofbfact I can say its in the toilet. Along with 2015..
But on a better note.. I'm hauling on of those @PO loads now. The rate on this load is also in the toilet.
Problem with xpo brokers, they aren't quite onboard with xpo express...many of them look to broker loads before checking the express division, and at other times bid against express division and then give to other trucks than xpo express trucks...but they are working on it...hope to have more of our own brokerages freight on express division trucks
the whole industry has been destroyed, thank you carriers and brokers....as I've said many a times....we are now carriers of straight truck loads at cargo van prices....this industry is a done deal....there is no toilet..whats flushed is flushed...and gone....this is the new and improved version of what you can expect from now on....live it with it or get out....
secondly, this has morphed into a part timers/second income affair....at 60-70 its no longer a full time 1 income support industry...it was a joke years ago about us seeing the country and RVing but it has come true....
just think....you are going to buy a new van and put all the bells and whistles and maybe between 40-50k have your self a decent ride and finance this ordeal over 48-60 month term....that's expecting at 100,000 miles per year....running at .70 a mile....making payments, supporting your family, doing the repairs...and then giving your carrier their insulting blood money to pay for what they are running their business...this is on top of what they charge you to get the load to begin with....what do they do with that 30-40% you give them?...and then they ding your pay for even more...
carriers again have recently dinged rates....by an estimate of 6%....has the office staff been dinged? or executive staff?....
just think....you are going to buy a new van and put all the bells and whistles and maybe between 40-50k have your self a decent ride and finance this ordeal over 48-60 month term....that's expecting at 100,000 miles per year....running at .70 a mile....making payments, supporting your family, doing the repairs...and then giving your carrier their insulting blood money to pay for what they are running their business...this is on top of what they charge you to get the load to begin with....what do they do with that 30-40% you give them?...and then they ding your pay for even more...
carriers again have recently dinged rates....by an estimate of 6%....has the office staff been dinged? or executive staff?....
Slo-Ride
Veteran Expediter
So you're saying the tank is dry? No reason to flush it then.
I'll go along with the new but I certainly won't say it's improved.
you've been around a long time.....ever seen an increase over the last 17 yrs...and you can't count FSC
improved LOL....depending on point of view....for a carrier heck yeah they just cut your pay and improved thier bottomline...
Totally agree with you
my opinion is pretty dismal....but its just opinion and ya know what they say....