Cheap Freight of the day

Rob said:
Had an email offer yesterday two picks gta for a Montreal delivery next am. $750. I doubt they will email again but who knows some folks have no shame. Decent rate in 1984.. not sure it cuts the mustard as they say at $2/l fuel though.
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It's such an over saturated lane way... someone will take it for $750
 
My point is that something like this should be around $4500 or more. I'm inclined to believe more than $5000 actually.

But if someone is stuck and desperate I guess they'll do anything. I know outbound from AB pays crap so an Ontario carrier is not going to touch this.
 
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You know what grinds my gears? Brokers who know the fuel situation and costs of moving freight but to scarred to ask customers for more money, or reduce there profits. They expect carriers to close up shop for the rates they are trying to give. Come on Brokers try to look after the good guys here
 
mytruck25 said:
You know what grinds my gears? Brokers who know the fuel situation and costs of moving freight but to scarred to ask customers for more money, or reduce there profits. They expect carriers to close up shop for the rates they are trying to give. Come on Brokers try to look after the good guys here
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Its up to you whether you want to take the load or leave it.
 
I jacked my rates up accordingly, not winning much work, but I'm also not stressed out or getting yelled at by carriers I respect.
 
I just got to send an email to a regular with -

XY to XY
Dates the customer needed for a hot a load

and said $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

They replied back with an inflated but fair rate for the current market and dates worked.

I make money
They make money

Customer is happy cause they have a reliable truck on a load that sat on their dock for 3 days while TQL made excuses.

Everyone should be loving this market, if you aren't, I got news for you, you need better relationships.
 
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Yeah, I'll be getting those phone calls soon enough too - got told I was too expensive multiple times already this week - and that's okay - but I'm confident some of those clients will be back when their freight is still sitting.
 
We need to change the mindset. If the numbers don’t make sense for both sides, it’s just not going to work.
 
My challenge is shippers who think that Trump is almost done and when he proclaims it done the price will go back to where it began. I think that $90-100/barrel oil is here to stay for a long time.
 
It's more than the price of oil even. There has been a lot of attrition in the industry so the pendulum is just swinging the other way. The problem is that this industry is so fragmented and so easy to get into, that when there is even a hint of good times too many jump in and it starts the process all over again.

It is actually better to limit supply on purpose ... of course to a point. Not so that stuff can't move, but it would force the bottom feeders to pay up.
 
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“Limit supply on purpose”…..hmmmm, now that takes those of us who can remember, back to the late 1980’s when the Truck Transportation Act effectively deregulated the transport industry. Prior to then, supply was strictly limited and rates were regulated. It was difficult, if not impossible to enter the market and a board of government appointed members regulated rates and determined who got into the marketplace. “The Good Old Days”, perhaps for some.
 
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theman said:
It's more than the price of oil even. There has been a lot of attrition in the industry so the pendulum is just swinging the other way. The problem is that this industry is so fragmented and so easy to get into, that when there is even a hint of good times too many jump in and it starts the process all over again.

It is actually better to limit supply on purpose ... of course to a point. Not so that stuff can't move, but it would force the bottom feeders to pay up.
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Trump man is doing that for us indirectly as well.

All the enforcement going on in the USA is catching Canadians too, don't forget about that =.

We might actually be a good barrier currently.
 
Jim L said:
My challenge is shippers who think that Trump is almost done and when he proclaims it done the price will go back to where it began. I think that $90-100/barrel oil is here to stay for a long time.
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Inform that Iraq has declared force majeure on oil production and 30-40% of the GCC's processing capability has been destroyed.
 
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