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InterceptorV8 posted:Anyone know what the going fuel surcharge rate is for this month? I'm crunching numbers. I've been running .52-.53 cents/mile from the brokerage (3PL) side of things. Also, please don't hate me I go out of my way to not be the guy that fucks drivers over.
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InterceptorV8 posted:Naw, that's good info. I was offered .46
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jonathan posted:LoL I'm so glad I work where I work now. "Work as much as you want or as little as you want, run legal or illegal. Just don't loving whine if you get caught or don't make enough money to support your cocaine addiction." Interesting take on that. I wonder if they are a large enough company that they don't give a poo poo about the hit you could inflict on their safety scores if you got caught?
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Cakefool posted:I don't know if this is the place to ask but I'm in the UK and I need a company that will transport 25 tonnes to Germany and back just outside a weekend (deliver Friday before midnight, pickup just before midnight Sunday with a guaranteed 17 hour or less each way), 6 to 15 times a year. I can't find anyone in the UK so I suppose I'm after a European company. I'm rather surprised there aren't any local(ish) to you carriers that are interested in doing this for you. But assuming you've already exhausted your search abilities on that front I would look into a 3PL company to handle your needs. Unfortunately I'm in the US or I would be of more help 
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Sep 6, 2014 19:02
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I wonder if the better weather (less rain/snow/ice) is why curtainsides get used more in Australia as well?
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Sep 26, 2014 04:08
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Trucking companies are hard up for drivers right now. Use that to your advantage as much as possible while you're shopping for a company.
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Oct 2, 2014 17:21
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InterceptorV8 posted:Trucking companies are always hard up for drivers. Well I'm hearing it a lot more from the dispatchers than in the past. But I think youre right too.
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Oct 3, 2014 00:20
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Does anyone here run a flatbed? Seems to be mostly vans and I would love* to hear some flat or step specific stories/thoughts. *because I'm freight broker with about 99% of my loads on flat and step.
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Oct 17, 2014 23:47
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FogHelmut posted:In an effort to attract more drivers, my company is offering them equivalent health insurance benefits as the corporate office employees. As a corporate office employee, my health insurance benefits have been made worse to match those of what is offered to the drivers. Hahaha corporations rule 
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Nov 6, 2014 01:33
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Shampoo posted:I live in New England and hardly ever see long haul trucks from the Midwest or West (or the South even). Do long haul guys stay out of New England? They try to. Not much freight comes out of that area so you're looking at lots of deadhead and low rates if you do go up there.
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Nov 24, 2014 18:33
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Disgruntled Bovine posted:My company ships 3-5 trucks a week to Illinois from Massachusetts. I move freight on that lane too but when you look at the volume of freight into/out of NE compared to other areas Shampoo is seeing an accurate picture of not that many long haul trucks up there.
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Nov 25, 2014 01:15
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AllPraiseToAllah posted:Soon to be CDL grad. What region are you looking at? You might be able to find a smaller carrier that will be less poo poo.
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AllPraiseToAllah posted:Hell yeah. I want to. Why do truckers shudder in fear at the though of having to do a little manual labor? I probably wouldn't want to drive for 10 hours, unload for 2 hours, and then drive 10 more hours but that's just me.
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Dec 28, 2014 00:34
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InterceptorV8 posted:It's more than that, you get underpaid for most of your unloading time. Would you want to take a 55% to 65% paycut? AND lose out on drive time? Maybe if it's a daily return home account or something that makes up for it. My final straw was a 8 pallet load of paper plates, I paid out $245 for a lumper service to pull them. Next load was a '53 foot trailer of mattresses. Interesting that does sound like poo poo. I mainly deal with flatbed freight so driver unload isn't a thing at all.
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Dec 28, 2014 01:33
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Splizwarf posted:Anyone who won't take "I saved enough to take a nice break so I spent three months smoking good cigars and loving my wife and her friends all day" for an answer is probably going to be a bad employer anyway. Stealing this for any future unemployment I have.
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Dec 30, 2014 18:37
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I thought it was this one for a second: http://www.knighttrans.com/
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Dec 31, 2014 01:50
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InterceptorV8 posted:It is.  Haha god drat, I thought the different logo/colors meant it was some small operation I'd not heard of with the same name instead.
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Dec 31, 2014 02:23
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some texas redneck posted:tl;dr if I'm going to be delivering poo poo, I may as well get paid to use a company vehicle, instead of using my own car. If the poo poo you are delivering fits in your car you don't need a CDL to get paid for that.
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Jan 3, 2015 17:28
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Being in TN I was hoping to see Haslam get more egg on his face from that one but what can I say, I guess it's lumped into my wishes for mermaids to be real.
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Jan 7, 2015 00:47
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CannonFodder posted:When did his brother the current Governor end his affiliation with PFJ? I'm guessing long before any of this current poo poo, and voters wouldn't give a drat, but a boy can dream. Looks like 1999 but from this AP article quote:“We, as a company, look forward to putting this whole unfortunate episode behind us, continuing our efforts to rectify the damage done, regaining our customers’ trust and getting on with our business,” said CEO Jimmy Haslam, who says he was unaware of the scheme. “We’ve been committed from the beginning of this to doing the right thing, and that remains our commitment.” Not shady and totally believable of course.
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Jan 11, 2015 19:58
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AllPraiseToAllah posted:
Good luck. If you end up doing flatbeds I'd be interested in hearing about your experiences. Not many doing flatbeds here.
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Jan 26, 2015 04:10
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And from the brokering/planning side of things when we are figuring out ETAs we plan on 55mph being a solid conservative estimate. If E-Logs ever actually become 100% mandatory and assuming there isn't a way to fudge them it will become more expensive to move freight because more drivers will have to be hired to meet the expected volume while following HOS rules.
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May 13, 2015 02:10
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InterceptorV8 posted:ROBO-TRUX. If you put a self-unclogging toilet as the driver seat on a truck you would create a robotruck.
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Safety Dance posted:Fixed this for you: That is a heavy motherfucker!
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Oct 26, 2015 02:39
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Powershift posted:It's fine, the air intake is up by the windshield. Learned a thing. I thought that only the air intake and exhaust mattered. Probably why I'm not a truck driver.
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Adblue = DEF for those curious but too lazy to google (I almost was too lazy).
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Oct 1, 2016 00:11
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Drivers in the US at least get paid per mile. So the more strict the HOS regulations the less money a driver can make.
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Oct 8, 2017 02:44
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AreWeDrunkYet posted:If routes are supposed to be pre-planned, speed limits are not supposed to be ignored, and driver hours are supposed to be capped, what's the point of paying drivers per mile? Exploitation is correct. Now companies will say it's to encourage hard work and less time wasting. But really if everyone actually followed HOS rules to a tee then maximizing your time and getting paid per trip (or lane) would still reward that. Smaller companies or even solo operations will pay on a per trip basis. Typically 70-80% of the linehaul. With 100% payout of the fuel surcharge and accessorials like lumped fees. Of course this still incentivizes owner operators to break HOS rules so they can run more loads and make more money. Current lane rates and industry rates per mile are artificially low as of a few months ago because of this HOS violating mechanic. Once ELD is in full effect shippers will have to pay more or truckers won't be able to pay their bills and capacity will further tighten as they go bankrupt.
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Shippers are going to be shocked (maybe?) when formerly single driver lanes become team lanes especially if driver detention at shippers and receivers stays like it currently is. That's more $$ to pay for same speed of service right there. I expect this overall will continue to drive owner-op and small company consolidation to get larger and larger. The big companies being able to drop trailers on both ends is a lifesaver with HOS compliance and therefore keeping your rates down to get business. I also expect to see more companies running trailer interchange agreements and insurance to allow for more drop trailer usage.
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No enforcement/fines till I think April.
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