tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22005904688911245922024-03-05T02:17:37.324-06:00Trucking News - Boblett BrothersOwn a trucking company? Learn how to control costs and how to make more money with Rate Per Mile Masters.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10133632388826304067noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2200590468891124592.post-17756868638931299682017-08-15T12:03:00.002-05:002017-08-15T12:03:15.968-05:00Research brokers <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.dat.com/freight-rates" target="_blank">DAT Rate View </a>is loaded with a lot of compelling information that has been a must for the larger fleets and brokers but more information than what most owner-operators were taking advantage of.</span><br />
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The new <a href="http://www.truckersedge.net/promo721" target="_blank">TruckersEdge Pro</a> package now comes with the one most valuable piece of information for owner operators from Rate View, and that is the 15-day rate average paid by brokers.</span><br />
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I mostly negotiate based on supply and demand and try to coach owner operators the same but now having access to the 15-day average rates less knowledge is a need for negotiating.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br />Check out <a href="http://www.dat.com/industry-trends/trendlines" target="_blank">DAT Trend Lines</a>, and you will see that rapid changes in rates do not happen in a 15-day period. Negotiation can now be done by anyone by just telling the broker what the 15-day average is. All legitimate known brokers use DAT, and most of them will see the same averages that you are seeing, so your rate never comes as a surprise making the deal likely to be a win for you and the agent.</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: large;">Research the best paying lanes and post your truck going to those lanes.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Another great tool that comes with Pro is <a href="http://www.dat.com/blog/post/Make-More-Money-With-DAT-TriHaul#.WYXfuqu113k.facebook" target="_blank">TriHaul </a>this will help you put a list of the top paying lanes to any market that you want to get to.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Ask the broker to pay for your deadhead miles. This is just being upfront about your rate and an easy negotiation.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">It does not matter how good a lane is paying if you can't get a reload once you get there. I like to make sure where I want to go has more loads leaving then coming by doing a reverse search of the city.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">If you have time while you're getting loaded try to pre-book your next load. When rates are justified and up front negotiating is quicker, and relationships will start to build.</span></li>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10133632388826304067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2200590468891124592.post-33756032123187858732017-07-07T10:08:00.001-05:002018-07-25T07:45:31.229-05:00How to lower your factor fee <div>
The easiest way to lower the amount you pay for factoring is to not factor all your loads. No one has an operating cost of 100% so why factor all your loads. Many factoring companies require you to factor all and most require a minimum. This does not happen at <a href="http://rpmquickpay.com/">RPMquickpay.com</a> operated by Triumph Business Capital. No minimum and No change in fee this is why Triumph is my pick for being the best for owner-operators. </div>
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<td style="width: 44pt;" width="59">load pay</td>
<td style="width: 34pt;" width="45">Factor</td>
<td style="width: 45pt;" width="60">3% rate</td>
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<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Monday</td>
<td align="right" class="xl63">$1,000</td>
<td>yes</td>
<td align="right" class="xl63">$30</td>
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<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Tuesday </td>
<td align="right" class="xl63">$1,000</td>
<td>yes</td>
<td align="right" class="xl63">$30</td>
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<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Wednesday</td>
<td align="right" class="xl63">$1,000</td>
<td>yes</td>
<td align="right" class="xl63">$30</td>
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<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Thursday</td>
<td align="right" class="xl63">$1,000</td>
<td>yes</td>
<td align="right" class="xl63">$30</td>
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<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Friday</td>
<td align="right" class="xl63">$1,000</td>
<td>yes</td>
<td align="right" class="xl63">$30</td>
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<td align="right" class="xl63">$5,000</td>
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<td align="right" class="xl63">$150</td>
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<td>load pay</td>
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<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Monday</td>
<td align="right" class="xl63">$1,000</td>
<td>yes</td>
<td align="right" class="xl63">$30</td>
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<td align="right" class="xl63">$1,000</td>
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<td align="right" class="xl63">$1,000</td>
<td>yes</td>
<td align="right" class="xl63">$30</td>
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<td align="right" class="xl63">$1,000</td>
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<td align="right" class="xl63">$1,000</td>
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<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Monday</td>
<td align="right" class="xl63">$1,000</td>
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<td height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">Tuesday </td>
<td align="right" class="xl63">$1,000</td>
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<td align="right" class="xl63">$1,000</td>
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<td align="right" class="xl63">$1,000</td>
<td>yes</td>
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<td align="right" class="xl63">$5,000</td>
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3% is an example number only that owner operators are mostly quoted by factoring companies and broker quick pay. You can get less than this with Triumph and other factoring companies with more trucks you have or a longer agreed contract. Go to <a href="http://www.rpmquickpay.com/">www.rpmquickpay.com</a> fill out the form and you will get a call from my rep Mac Green or call 877-721-7630 and let them know you want RPM quick pay. </div>
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<li><span style="font-size: large;">Do you have the means to receive a paper check in the mail and cash the check without interfering with getting loads done by going home?</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">If yes to number one then do you have access to money that will last you until you get paid from brokers that on average take 35 days to get paid from.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">You plan to grow your company one truck at a time only as cash flow allows. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">If yes to number one, two, and three then stop reading this post, factoring is not for you.</span></li>
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<span style="font-size: large;">An alternative to factoring and what I like the most is using credit cards for cash flow. This usually works best for those with one truck, little debt, and an average credit score. I have used credit cards from the beginning even to buy my first truck, and just today my wife used free reward miles from business expenses to purchase 3 tickets to Japan. </span></div>
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<li><span style="font-size: large;">Factoring can be an option for owner-operators that are ready to get their authority but are finding it difficult to save a 35 day supply of money compared to staying leased to a company – getting paid a dollar plus fuel surcharge. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">If I am ever awarded a project that would require five or more trucks I would look at using a factoring service and would recommend it to others that have rapid growth. You don't have to use it forever.</span></li>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The past few years, I have turned down several requests from endorsing factoring services, mostly because everybody has an opinion on it, good or bad. Keeping factoring a secret and condemning those that have questions about it, just keeps the doors open on the corrupt players. I would like to see competition created among the better companies, which would ultimately lead to better quality services for owner/operators.</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-size: large;">Triumph is the official factoring partner of DAT, the largest load board in the country.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">When you see the checkmark by a broker's name on DAT, that means the load is preapproved for factoring. No guesswork.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">If Triumph ever participated in unethical practices, then they would not be on the DAT load board.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Triumph is among one of the largest factoring companies. If you plan to add more trucks and get better rates, you want an established company that isn’t going anywhere, and one that helps its clients scale.</span></li>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The name rpmquickpay.com?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Working with Triumph is more like quick-pay from a broker. You don't have to factor all your loads. This makes it incredibly simple to wean your company off factoring when you are ready.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I started this page to provide resources and tips to help truckers maintain and grow their businesses. Signing up through rpmquickpay.com lets them know that you’re coming from this group of supportive, informed people.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have met the CEO of Triumph Business Capital, and I have conducted interviews with senior management in my own hometown. My name is on it, I’ve done my homework.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sign up using <a href="http://rpmquickpay.com/">rpmquickpay.com</a> or call the number at the top. Our rep is Mac Greene. 469-312-7188</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10133632388826304067noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2200590468891124592.post-9368542686511755732017-05-20T11:41:00.001-05:002017-05-20T13:19:46.232-05:00My Other blogs articles<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Finally, a broker that is keeping it simple and offering the service for FREE hats off to you the new broker on the block "Uber Freight".</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">1. ACH with no fee. This is a requirement like it should be. </span><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: large;">This means no more signing paper checks.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">No more paying to cash checks.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">No more going home to just check the mail for the check.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">This broker will never give you the excuse that the check got lost in the mail. </span></li>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;">Keep reading it gets better.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">2. Get paid in 7 days for free.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Broker and agents if you fear Uber and what they can do to the market then start taking notes. All they have done here is make life easier to do business with. This is something all brokers can do and should do. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">If you are a broker, then be a broker and stop being a factoring service. </span></div>
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<span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: large;">I got to share my thoughts on what I would want in an Uber Freight market system when it was in the very beginning stages in San Fransico. I mentioned both of these great ideas that I am sure others as well did in my interview as being something that carriers would be very attracted to.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">You can find Uber Freight listed on TruckersEdge or DAT with the name 4Front Logistics Inc <a href="http://www.truckersedge.net/promo721">www.truckersedge.net/promo721</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance announced this year’s 30th annual International Roadcheck will take place from Tuesday, June 6th through Thursday, June 8th. During this time, roadside inspectors in North America will be performing the most comprehensive examination of heavy vehicles and their drivers, called Level 1 inspections. It is estimated during these three days that 17 trucks and buses will be inspected on the average each minute across the US, Canada, and Mexico. This year’s emphasis will be on cargo securement. Truck drivers should be reminded to properly secure their loads as well as any onboard equipment, such as tools, chains, and spare tires. Flatbed haulers should check tie-downs for wear and damage. Other devices like load bars may be needed in vans and reefers to safely immobilize cargo from shifting.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">As expected, the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association has petitioned the Supreme Court to overturn the federal mandate to install electronic logging devices in most heavy trucks by December 19th. The group believes the regulations violate the Fourth Amendment prohibition against unreasonable searches and seizures by the way state troopers will retrieve data about the driver from the onboard ELDs. Previously the 7th Circuit Appeals Court rejected this argument. There is no timetable for the Supreme Court either to reject the case or to set it for a hearing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">A recent study by the American Transportation Research Institute and the Mayo Clinic found that the quality of driver physicals done by medical examiners certified by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is inconsistent. The agency began requiring training certification in 2014. A spokesman for the Mayo Clinic said some examiners “may have received substandard training or are not taking their role seriously.” 6.5% of the drivers in the study reported spending 10 minutes or less with the examiner, “an insufficient time to complete all required processes of a DOT physical,” ATRI said. The research found that exams by chiropractors “were more likely to have important medical checks omitted.” Nearly 50% of the motor carriers in the study, to ensure a quality physical, reported that they specify which medical examiner their drivers must see.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The looming deadline to install electronic logging devices is a dilemma for the truck leasing and rental industry. Motor carriers will likely have hundreds of ELD systems to choose from for their individual company. So what kind of device can leasing companies install in short-term rental trucks that could transmit its ELD data and have it merge successfully with any trucking company’s ELD database? No such system exists. FMCSA knew of this problem when it issued its final ELD rules and basically said it is the leasing industry’s issue to solve. The Truck Renting and Leasing Association has a petition pending at FMCSA for a 5-year exemption for rentals of 30 days or less from having ELDs in the vehicle. As the TRALA president said, “There isn’t an obvious solution.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Did you know….. Tesla announced that it will reveal an electric semi-truck in September. The vehicle is expected to be “semi-autonomous” with numerous self-driving capabilities.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Good luck and be safe! <a href="http://heritageinsuranceservice.com/">heritageinsuranceservice.com</a></span><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10133632388826304067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2200590468891124592.post-62951645387615643192017-04-20T13:36:00.001-05:002017-04-20T13:46:18.326-05:00What happened here1. This is what self-driving trucks will soon look like.<br />
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3. Texting and not a care in the world.<br />
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5. Make sure the CDL driver takes a drug test for everything.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">One of the main classes is how to price a load for the consignor (the broker's customer) when asked for a rate to move a load. One of the ways of doing this is by posting a dummy load, so carriers will call in and give a price for what they will run the load for. After 3 or more rates are submitted you, then take the average add 12% or more for the brokers cut, and this is the price you give the consignor. I would assume this is a common practice among other brokers as well.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Don't get Ghosted</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10133632388826304067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2200590468891124592.post-1042693775169168342017-03-28T10:10:00.000-05:002017-03-28T10:10:17.463-05:00Posting trucks hackLeaving destination blank is keeping brokers from seeing your posted truck.<br />
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Agents often ask me why do drivers post to anywhere? The answer is because owner-operators can price any load no matter where it goes.<br />
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Brokers are never looking for trucks that will go anywhere they want to call on a truck that is posted going to the same destination as the load is going.<br />
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Example: I posted my truck Lexington with a destination blank, and then I posted Lexington to every zone on the map to cover all 48 states. Basically, the same thing but the way this appears to brokers is not the same. <br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10133632388826304067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2200590468891124592.post-22894212349027553412017-03-18T13:11:00.001-05:002017-03-18T13:11:35.949-05:00Easiest direct shippers This is the easiest way to get your own customers without using a broker. This is how I got my first direct shipper that I am still using today. You can do this with any DAT load board including the cheapest truckersedge $35 subscription.<br />
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My experience with the shippers that I have found using this has been smaller shippers with rates not much better then what you will get from a broker. Two of the shippers that call me sometimes have smaller trucks and use me when they have bigger shipments, so not consistent. For the most part, it was very easy to get setup, no contract. <br />
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The meaning of a dumbbell that I am talking about is getting a load going from point A to point B and from point B another load back to point A.</div>
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Let me show you some easy, simple ways to start your dumbbell. I live in Lexington, KY and I like being home every night or as much as I can. So I am going to find brokers that have loads back to Lexington.</div>
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Circle 8 is burning up this lane, and I like the broker too. They have posted 559 loads out Elkhart, IN market to my hometown Lexington just in the past 30 days. Ok now, can I find something that goes back to Elkhart?<br />
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Look what I found, another good broker R2 and Hub group with a combined 38 loads going to the Elkhart Market in the past 30 days. I am already setup with both of these brokers, now all I have to do is find the agent that is working these lanes and try to get in on the loop. Before I do that, let's see what these lanes are paying.<br />
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If I can average $2 per mile, then I am good. I will do a part 2 of this blog later, this should be easy to understand how to use DAT tools to get better loads and how to build dumbells.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The broker says <u>"DROPS at receiver take an estimated 4-6 hrs. And no detention is paid until after 24 hrs."</u></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is a very common language with <b>Amazon</b> loads so to credit to this broker at least this agent is forward about what you could be facing with this load. It used to be surprise surprise when you showed up at an Amazon and asked how long will this take to get offloaded with a smart ass answer of one to two days. </span></div>
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Going into March - The flatbed load-to-truck ratio increased for the fifth week in a row to 34.6 loads per truck nationally. Demand for flatbed has not been this high in over two years or maybe even longer.</h3>
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The Hot Market Map below depicts the geographic trends in the load-to-truck ratio. My graffiti on today's market map shows what my off limit areas would be.</h3>
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Here is what the rates are looking like for all deck trailers </h3>
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Using DAT Rate View is perfect for negotiating. The fastest way to prove you know what the going rate is for any lane. I am using the cheap version of Rate View that is showing the average for the past 90 days, You should know by now today's flatbed rate is going to be a lot better than what it was back in December!! Come on now, let's get smart about this.</h3>
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So what should your flatbed rate goal be? If you can maintain an average rate per on all miles at or above $2.14 per mile, then you are doing just as good or better than the national average contract rate with all the freedom of the spot market.</h3>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10133632388826304067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2200590468891124592.post-35326203796805893082017-02-21T11:44:00.000-06:002017-02-21T11:47:01.128-06:00Setup packages for brokers<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">If you have never worked with the brokerage company that you want to do a load for then, you have to fill out a setup package for the first time, and then most of the time it has to be updated every year. </span></span><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The wording of these contracts is designed to protect the brokers best interests.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Some pay for a dispatching service to fill out setup packages. Whereas many would feel uncomfortable with someone else doing a contract for their company because of the languages in those contracts having the carrier responsible for everything.</span><br />
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This is my company showing that I already have all of my information in the Onboarding program. It took about 30 seconds to do the setup with YRC Freight. </div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">So how much would you get done as an owner operator if all you work every week was 40 hours?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">If I told a factory worker that I put in 70 hours every week and sleep at my job most nights they would most likely think I am rolling in some big money.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I started thinking about this after seeing the good paying trucking company Wal-Mart getting sued for not paying minimum wage. What about overtime pay? I know there has to be a lot of companies falling short on overtime pay.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">From my quick study of drivers that do get paid by the hour in a 40-hour work week, you would be around 190 miles a day. This would also include going home every night. For me living in Lexington KY, I would not be able to get much more out of this cycle with those hours and still get home every night.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Get off-loaded: 1.25</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Get loaded: 1.25</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">= 4.25 hours - 8 hour work day = </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">3.75 hours of driving at 55mph = 206 miles for the day </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">If she had to find her own load</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Setting up with new broker 0:50</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Dolly would say, I just left the truck stop and now I got to get this big truck parked before my working 9 to 5 job is done for the day.</span></span></div>
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<li>You are the service provider if you are asked how much to do a load then give a reply, this is your job, your responsibility any delay to this answer will certainly start to build less confidence in your ability to get the job done.</li>
<li>Stop asking how much will you give me to do your load. This makes you sound like a beggar and beggars are not very confident people. </li>
<li>It's better to overprice a load than to not give a rate at all. </li>
<li>Always quote the load you might be the only one that does.</li>
<li>Make yourself ready to go NOW and let it be known that you are ready.</li>
<li>Give a time that you can pick the load up and when you can deliver it. (this is a good one)</li>
<li>Asking question about the load is a tremendous confidence booster</li>
<li>Make the broker feel like they are the boss they get whatever they want at your price. They are paying for it why not. </li>
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If you see a broker posting cheap rates on a load board, that just means that the broker practice is in finding uneducated carriers. It's not the broker that keeps the rates down it's the uninformed owner operator that goes around asking <b>how much will you give me</b> without having a clue at what the rate should even be. Some brokers only existence in this industry is because we will always have owner operators that don't care nor do they even know what their rate per mile is just as long as they are getting miles.</div>
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Should you get your authority</h2>
When I got started 6 years ago, as an owner operator the first company, I looked at was Landstar. You get to pick your own loads, and they take like 30%. This sounded like the best thing ever until I seen an advertisement for<a href="http://www.truckersedge.net/promo721" target="_blank"> truckersedge.net</a> and found out that I could keep 100% of the money and work with all brokers if I got my authority.<br />
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<b>The Risk:</b><br />
You will lose everything will never happen. You will always have your CDL that lets you get a job anywhere anytime you decide to give up. You can always resale the truck for something. I guess the biggest risk would be not being able to pay any debt you might have.<br />
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Most of my loads come from brokers and load boards, I have done this from day one with no experience needed and every year I have outperformed the average contract rate. Some people are quick learners, and business savvy, some are not. Some people are going to catch on faster than others. Using a load board to find loads is really simple.<br />
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No correct answer to this question. Some like to say the more you have, the better and that could be true but looking back at when I got started if I had more money I would have spent more than I should have. I started with no money at all. If my truck did not have fuel in it when I bought it, I might not have made it. I literally waited in a truck stop parking lot for a broker's quick pay to get into my bank before posting my truck because I was out of money and fuel. <br />
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<b>Buying your first truck:</b><br />
Commercial equipment can be hard to get loans for. I used 4 credit cards to purchase my truck at a local dealership. This was a ding to my credit score for maxing out the limit on the credit cards, but the good part was that I paid 0% interest.<br />
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More paperwork, more responsibility, you have to create your own customer base if you are not going to use a load board. You no longer get a weekly paycheck. Most of the time it takes 40 days to get paid from a broker unless you take quick pay or factor. You will not enjoy big company discounts that you might be getting with the carrier you are with now.<br />
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<b>Who should not become a carrier:</b><br />
Bad credit score or deep in debt.<br />
People that are easily intimidated and can be fooled into taking bad loads.<br />
Drivers that just want miles and money really isn't necessary.<br />
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<b>Bad advice:</b><br />
The people that hate the idea of encouraging owner operators to get their authority the most are other carriers that would make more money if you stayed leased to them. So many think that you have to be leased on to a company for a few years before you are ready to get your authority. This could be bad advice in many ways. I don't know what it's like to lease on to a company because I have never done such a thing but I can tell you that I would have made less money if I leased to a company that was only giving me a percent of what the truck was making.<br />
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<b>Your spouse:</b><br />
Most spouses at the beginning find it hard to adjust. It's best to hire a service to help with your needs then to overwhelm your spouse with unusual documents that need to be filled out. Saving money by doing it yourself can be learned in time.<br />
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Have extream fear of debt. Bad months always happen, and you might not make any money during these time. Always know what your rate per mile, write it down and keep track of this. Spend less money than you take in.<br />
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<b>Don't forget:</b><br />
One day you will have to retire or will want to retire so open a SEP IRA and save. I know many countries that you can retire to for less than $1000 a month. Just think what the cost of a new truck for $150,000 invested in stocks that get's an 8% gain each year could have your truck driving life living it up on some tropical islands never needing to drive again.<br />
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<b>Enjoy:</b><br />
Enjoy your freedom this is the greatest part of being a carrier and owning your own company. Take vacation whenever you want for as long as you want. Go find that island you want to retire to. My wife and I along with our kids all took a trip to Asia for free with club passes just with the miles saved from credit cards on the money spent on my one truck company. <br />
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You need to know how to work on trucks. This is such bull crap. Actually, this was my biggest fear. I know nothing about working on trucks and even the stuff that I do know how to do I will gladly pay others to do it for me.<br />
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<b>My biggest mistakes were: </b><br />
Not getting pre-pass sooner.<br />
Not getting the NASTC fuel card sooner.<br />
Factoring my first year.<br />
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<a href="http://www.dat.com/blog/post/How-to-Get-Your-Operating-Authority" target="_blank">Here is a great blog on How to Get Your Operating Authority</a><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">My broker is an agent that I claim as mine. My broker in most cases knows what my rate is and when they don't they ask me for my rate. If extra work or loads are requested by the shipper, then I know MY BROKER will take care of all this with one phone call. I have My Broker's home phone cell phone. Sometimes my broker sends me a text asking if I will cover runs that I like to do. My broker understands that I am in charge and I got us both covered. </span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10133632388826304067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2200590468891124592.post-28386629928093591712017-01-05T09:15:00.001-06:002017-01-08T08:34:57.679-06:00Truck Freight in 2017<h2 style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "lato" , "segoe ui"; font-size: 15px;">1. E-commerce was a major source of spot market freight for what is usually a quiet season.</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: "lato" , "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: 15px;">Ordering online is putting a hurt on the traditional retail stores. Top stories today is about Kohls and Macy's stock getting thrashed because of weak sales. I know a lot of online orders is providing good business for the spot market and I think with good technology the spot market will provide a better, faster and more reliable service than the large fleets. </span></span> </li>
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</span><span style="font-family: "lato" , "segoe ui";">2. Dry van rates rose by a penny, the first positive year-over-year comparison in a long time.<br />
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<li>I would be interesting to see how far this goes back for a first positive year-over-year. But we do know that the demand for van hit in December was the highest ever in the past two and half years.</li>
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<span style="font-family: "lato" , "segoe ui";">3. Federal government transitions to a new administration.</span></div>
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<li>I don't like to get my hopes up in anything quoted by politicians. That's just me, and I would say that about all parties but the election year is OVER and that means not knowing what to do and who is going to win is behind us. I would assume working on getting something done has got to be better than spending a year not knowing what will happen.</li>
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4. By mid-year, carriers that still lack ELDs will find it increasingly difficult to maintain ongoing relationships with shippers, and with the large fleets and freight brokers that serve them<br />
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<li>To add to this, I can also see brokers wanting to create more of a relationship with those that become ELD compliant before the mandate. Priority loads given to a carrier that can verify the drivers hours is a huge confidence booster for the broker that can come with some good money. </li>
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<span style="font-family: "lato" , "segoe ui";"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "lato" , "segoe ui"; font-size: 15px;">5. Should yield additional rate increases for motor carriers in 2017</span></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: "lato" , "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: 15px;">I am thinking should is an understatement. I think we are going into the best time for the spot market that I have ever seen in 6 years. Too many great signs are pointing at good stuff to come. But Mark does make some excellent points that could diminish outcomes. </span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "lato" , "segoe ui";"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "lato" , "segoe ui"; font-size: 15px;">6. It's not business as usual.</span></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: "lato" , "segoe ui";"><span style="font-size: 15px;">So true and this is a <a href="http://www.dat.com/blog/post/2017-Outlook-The-Freight-Recession-is-Over" style="color: #3b3b3b;" target="_blank">great read for 2017 </a></span></span></li>
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