To all those griping about low rates

Pablo

Pablo

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I just got this in my email today. This is what our US counterparts are charging. Less than a buck a mile. With the Canadian Dollar at par, how do Canadian Carriers compete with this?


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We have refrigerated trucks positioned throughout the US and are awaiting to move your freight. Please contact us today for a personalized quote!

FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER WE ARE OFFERING $.96 per Mile for Freight from the North East Heading West and South.

Time sensitive shipments from your dock to your customer's dock.
Non-stop within defined time specifications is our business.

Whether you are transporting produce, refrigerated freight, or dry goods, we will have equipment available when and where you have a need, and will act with a sense of urgency to make certain your time-sensitive shipment is delivered ON TIME.

Our team of dedicated professionals is on-call and at your service to provide you, our customer, with transportation solutions, including expedited freight services.

When you need peace of mind and don't have the time or effort required to worry about that critical shipment or expedited freight, let National Refrigerated Trucking take over and remove your fears...Sleep easy at night and rest assured.

Contact us today to receive a quote on your Expedited Freight.
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1 - (877) 678-6272

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Refrigerated, Inuslated Temperature Controled Transportation
Dry Goods Transportation
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Expedited and Overnight Transport - 52 hours from Coast to Coast
Air Cargo
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Sure..96 OUT of the Northeast...I can see that. It's bad..but it's not as if 96 is what the rates are generally. My own rates in the states vary from 1.23 to 2.00 plus...plus fuel adjustment..
 
Here's another funny one, just found out that White Oak is running out of Hamilton to Ashland KY for $900.00 CDN, I just can't understand how anybody can make any type of a profit out of that. $1.73 PM is just a way to go broke quicker and join the ranks of B.R. Smith etc.
 
rant for today

I just called a broker about a load that we JUST did for them a few days ago - exact same pickup and exact same delivery, same product, weight, etc.
From Monday to today (Thursday) the rate has magically dropped $100!!!!
How do they justify it, you ask? Oh, the girl who usually handles that lane was gone so they paid too much last time! The original rate was bad enough but now it is supposed to be better?!
 
We are starting to hear from our major customers that they want to lock in rates for a year or two. They know that they can't get much lower and that in the not too distant future rates will have to go up when the freight volumes pick up. This does not mean that they are going up tomorrow but I would say in the next 6 months they should.
 
The roller coaster ride should change and it needs to change but so difficult!
What sucks is if the "bad guys" were forced out of the trucking industry rates would have never dropped so much and then they are going to also then force the rates to increase so much. It will never be a win win industry as standards are not proper or properly governed/regulated.
I am so glad this site is here and we can all do our best to let us know about the bad guys.
Our rates will not be increasing to our regular shippers/brokers but I do have a nice list of brokers who have totally low balled freight here and there rates will be higher. If they don't like it take it somewhere else, which is the same thing I told them when they tried to book freight with us at way too low prices!
 
The other important factor is that transportation salespeople have to stop selling on price alone. There are too many out there that feel it's their responsibility to make the manufaturers more profitible by lowering the shipping rates. I think this whole industry needs a "reset" button. I just hope it's not at the cost of all the good carriers/brokers.
 
To all the carriers out there pulling decks, watch out, Sylvite Transportation out of Burlington is out there undercutting big time ($1,500 CDN on 770 miles), I guess that puts them in the same class as Redman now. News is that they hired the guy who owned KO Transportation, which went bankrupt 2yrs ago, as a salesman and dispatcher.
 
Freight Broker said:
Sure..96 OUT of the Northeast...I can see that. It's bad..but it's not as if 96 is what the rates are generally. My own rates in the states vary from 1.23 to 2.00 plus...plus fuel adjustment..
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Where do your trucks steal their fuel you can't operate below $2.00 PM and thats just barley covering costs only
 
Pablo said:
I just got this in my email today. This is what our US counterparts are charging. Less than a buck a mile. With the Canadian Dollar at par, how do Canadian Carriers compete with this?


National Refrigerated Trucking, LLC one of the fastest growing truck load and Less Than Truckload refrigerated trucking companies in the United States.

We have refrigerated trucks positioned throughout the US and are awaiting to move your freight. Please contact us today for a personalized quote!

FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER WE ARE OFFERING $.96 per Mile for Freight from the North East Heading West and South.

Time sensitive shipments from your dock to your customer's dock.
Non-stop within defined time specifications is our business.

Whether you are transporting produce, refrigerated freight, or dry goods, we will have equipment available when and where you have a need, and will act with a sense of urgency to make certain your time-sensitive shipment is delivered ON TIME.

Our team of dedicated professionals is on-call and at your service to provide you, our customer, with transportation solutions, including expedited freight services.

When you need peace of mind and don't have the time or effort required to worry about that critical shipment or expedited freight, let National Refrigerated Trucking take over and remove your fears...Sleep easy at night and rest assured.

Contact us today to receive a quote on your Expedited Freight.
National Refrigerated Trucking
1 - (877) 678-6272

Other Services Offering:
Refrigerated, Inuslated Temperature Controled Transportation
Dry Goods Transportation
Warehousing
Expedited and Overnight Transport - 52 hours from Coast to Coast
Air Cargo
Air Ride Equipment
Pallet Exchanges
Logistics
Transportation Consulting
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If everyone would stick together at high prices the low lifes would disappear, CH Robinson posts at barley a buck per mile but some idots taking it. Did I miss the twilight train back to 1959 cause that's the rates you people are working at yet paying drivers upwards of 40 cents and fuel 58 cents WHATS WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE am I the only one seeing this????????????
 
rickwill said:
If everyone would stick together at high prices the low lifes would disappear, CH Robinson posts at barley a buck per mile but some idots taking it. Did I miss the twilight train back to 1959 cause that's the rates you people are working at yet paying drivers upwards of 40 cents and fuel 58 cents WHATS WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE am I the only one seeing this????????????
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I TOTALLY agree with you but unfortunately this industry will never stick together -that is why there are barely any regulations anymore. I have been watching CHR and others on the link ALL DAY LONG today posting their buck per mile loads and everytime someone takes it! I cannot count how many loads I have refused today because the rates are too insulting to even consider. We are standing our ground on rates but we are getting killed by everyone else. Maybe the others will wake up someday soon.
 
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