How To Ditch Load Brokers and Find Direct Shipper Loads (For
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- čas přidán 19. 10. 2023
- How to Ditch Load Brokers and Land Direct Customers (For Independent Truckers). In this video, Dave talks about various ways to land direct customers, rather than relying on load brokers for freight, for independent truckers.
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Hey there Driver. We're so happy you've decided to take the time to drop by to check out today's upload.... a Premiere! Tell us about your experience with finding your own freight, if you're an independent trucker. Do you steer away from load brokers or have you nailed your own direct customers? Love to hear from you. 😎
I own 5 tractors (0 trailers) and they're leased to and run under the authority of, a local, regional company. Fortunately, all of my equipment is paid off so the only real overhead I have is fuel, maintenance, insurance and payroll (and of course the dreaded TAXES!).
I started as a part time fleet driver with this company 30 years ago and have grown my own company by working with them since then. They DON'T haul cheap freight which is why my little company survives. My 3 hired drivers are well paid and happy. The tractors, 4 of which are on the road 5 days/week (the 5th is a backup), are well maintained and I've NEVER had a DOT violation of any kind. My drivers and I are all home on weekends unless we want to take extra work.
There ARE still good companies around that actually try to help their people succeed. You just have to do some research.
This is a subject you should devote more videos to. This is the difference between going out of business and being profitable. If you cut the broker out, you can provide the same excellent service at even a cheaper price then the broker and net more profit. Network and build relationships. Great video
Another suggestion for finding "direct shipper leads" ask any current direct shipper you may have for referrals.
I need 3-5 loads a week from steel companies that only want to deal in volume. I get 90% from my carrier I’m leased to in order to have access to all the steel I want.
Smart-trucking is used to booking 1 reefer load a week. Which is doable.
Wow! That's excellent information 👍🏾.
It’s weird that truckers won’t be able to find loads because all the same freight always needs to be moved
The problem isn't that freight isn't available, there's plenty of it. The problem is that freight RATES (how much a particular load pays) are so low, while other costs have risen, that smaller companies are having trouble making ends meet. The "mega carriers" can absorb some losses due to volume. The little guys can't do that.
I've witnessed a handful of trucks at same customer delivered to same place with all different rates, go figure.
Networking is everything!!
Screw load brokers!
We used to cross / dock in Toronto at a load broker's warehouse. When your doing LTL, every little bit of freight helped fill up the wagons. The problem was, how much % the load broker took. As far as I'm concerned 'Load Brokers" who solicit freight drive the rates down. What pissed me off was the everyday there was a new rate. Monday/ Tuesday rate was pitiful .. the rate finally started climbing Thursday / Friday when the load broker knew he might get stuck over the weekend. When I planned my schedule, it sucked to sit 2 days and then finally get the partial load ...Honestly.. when you're sitting 8 days a month on the road away from family all because a load broker wants to move freight for penny's ...life gets disheartening. I longed for the days when dispatch actually had a load waiting so I could turn and burn.
That’ll be great!
That was helpful ty
I'm long retired but I still hear of brokers trying to pay as low as 85 cents a mile. At $5 a gallon or more in some states that wont even buy fuel money to their destination. I hear some will haul such loads just to get home when they're ready.
Awesome
Sounds good. But I have been knocking on doors for years to direct shippers and they have loads for a month or two and then say it is slow or have a company driver do it for cheaper with their equipment.
I haven’t seen you live or I haven’t been getting notifications
I figure my cost of operation at 1.90 per mile without the driver. Of coarse that varies with fuel costs.
I'm jumping ship trying to get a job with my local DOT.
Alright
Is the true is better to find small companies and work with them
Its not that easy friends here . There is a reason why brokers are their…. If you take loads from manufacture to customer who pays for your trip back? Are you just gonna deadhead back? And how can you correlate manufacture ship schedule with receiver schedule and truck driver schedule so everyone is happy? Thats why there are brokers… to fill the gaps
Would UShip be classified as a load broker like DAT, Truck Stop, 123Loadboard, and Uber Freight?
1.30/mi?!? Who does that?
Hurricanes lease guys
Mark Mcguire 🚛