Confessions of a Freight Broker: A Damning Account About Brokers

[@fredrickcampbell5183]

I have a friend who stop driving trucks and he becomes a broker he said when he was driving he knew he was getting robbed but since he became a broker he knew the full scope of how he was getting robbed

[@raashonaziz7240]

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[@jpw7598]

@fredrickcampbell5183 How many hours he works? his income?

[@GeriZimmer]

Interesting take on brokers. I can’t answer for anyone but myself. I detest these kind of business practices. When it comes right down to it nothing would work without the carriers. We would all do well to treat them with the respect that they all deserve. Carriers need to make money and they can’t make it up in volume. Brokers can. I can shuffle more paper for more loads. I cannot stress enough how wrong this all is. When I came into this I said I was going to be different and I wasn’t going to sacrifice my integrity for money. I am 3 years in and really like what I do most of the time. It seems the only way to fix it is with more regulations when it should be that we are just good people and will not let a corrupt industry compromise our beliefs.

[@GeriZimmer]

Also I was warned about the YAN name as being tied to Eastern European crime ring. It was from a good source and someone who deals with fraud all of the time. I was told it isn’t always bad but pay really close attention.

[@dougdanger57]

Thank you so very much for confirming an undeniable truth of the business. 👍

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[@AaronHarry-x1y]

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[@Robert160-n5d]

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[@TeamDutch-s6q]

Did someone just mention Mr Wayne!? Damn! You just made my day; what a coincidence.. I've worked with him for over 2years and I can tell how good he is

[@monicaandrade7797]

Scary!! We are at Amazon, just started 3 weeks ago. On the first week we got a C (on the performance) because my husband and I, we were lost to be honest. We’ve learned so much on this past three weeks. It is amazing. Now we are B and the good loads are appearing. What scares me about DAT load board and others is exactly what you just said. They being in control, if today I am in a good mood I will give you $20 extra; I dont like your accent $100 off. Is not consistente. Sucks, because everyone could make good money. Someway somehow this will end. Miranda thank you for sharing the info! 🤟

[@scottmitchell7405]

I signed up with Amazon. Look easy to screw up with no real person to talk to. All computer, and low rates.

[@robertbaker6950]

Know your price range. If that broker can’t give you the load within your price range. Just move on and call the next broker that needs a load delivered. Before you call know your numbers to operate and then have idea of what your are willing to deliver that load for then call on the load and don’t be afraid to ask for what your service is worth

[@monicaandrade7797]

@@scottmitchell7405 To be honest, the rates aren’t that low, comparing where I am (FL) and DAT. We are getting good RPM ($3/$5/per mile). My husband is in NC, round trip 3 days with a RPM of $2.5. DH of 25miles. If you know how to search you can get good ones. And no waiting to load or unload. Just hook and go. We are liking it so far.

[@YouDriveUSuccess]

It's competition and negotiation. The broker's job to to shop for the best deal. The best deal is not always the lowest price. It's a combination of price and quality to come together to make a good deal. If you make a good impression and gain their trust, you might get them to pay you a bit more. Not everyone can always make good money. This is supply and demand in a competitive market. There are currently more trucks than loads in many areas of the country. This means that if some companies went out of business, nobody in those areas would even notice, there is literally no need for them.

[@nawlinshb504]

⁠@@YouDriveUSuccess really the broker’s job is to facilitate the load to be moved from point A to point B. Shippers calculate how much they feel is fair and the broker’s job is to get it moved within that range. Not to move it for the lowest for them to make ridiculous profit margins off of carries. If the name of the game was to move it at its lowest price how would anyone expect for a carrier to survive with maintenance, equipment payments, insurance, etc. ? Problem is that it’s too many truck drivers and not enough business owners. This has to be run as a business. Not some contractors posted at Home Depot hoping someone needs our services and tosses us a bone for the low price. They expect us to have immaculate CSA scores, 10 years or newer equipment, multiple trucks, all while bending over backwards to make sure the freight reaches when they want and have that done for the lowest? No sir!!!!! The name of the game is not get it moved for the lowest. That’s the problem with the mentality some of us have.

[@jeffhotseller3872]

For what you said it doesn’t surprise me category of the map is about 100% dead on hopefully we can get somebody in the office that would flip this industry upside down

[@anthonylawrence2094]

Ive been in Chicago on late Friday afternoon and the brokers need a truck bad, thats when I get my revenge

[@jamesroberts3189]

That was definitely the CH Robinson model when I was there. Probably still happens

[@TruckerDa415]

Thank you for sharing this book 📕 I’m definitely going to read it!!

[@TruckingMadeSuccessful]

www.amazon.com/Confessions-Freight-Broker-Cameron-Ritter/dp/B0DMQCXHHZ/ref=sr_1_1?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.W1_M_-FVStuiu1w5xj2DfrFVw8CiI1qaKSwRWBnYMDQ.BcFGq76kGl3S9bFi-JdKRLDXss8w3VwRnoobUBr_aMw&dib_tag=se&keywords=confessions+of+a+freight+broker&qid=1733177636&sr=8-1

[@TruckerDa415]

I was looking on audible but didn’t see it. Thank you cutie pie for the link. Gives me something to do while I’m stuck in New Stanton PA 😂 😂 you us California folks don’t enjoy the cold.. 😂

[@scytheio1879]

Oh yeah. Everything sounds pretty on point.

[@philliplinkous6393]

Thanks for the video good information I enjoy watching

[@vegas1209]

I'm armenian, from Glendale CA. Started working under my authority 1 year ago. Couldn't believe how much discrimination and racism I met from the damn brokers

[@hatchett999ify]

You can always move back

[@vegas1209]

@hatchett999ify really?

[@hatchett999ify]

@ yea really

[@ryanjackson8898]

@@hatchett999ify Do you realize Armenians have been in that area for decades now. White people are settlers in America

[@ducks1089]

Not all Armenians are bad (I know some people) , but you know the majority are into fraud. Especially double brokering. I don’t blame the brokers there

[@EdwardLuttrell-p8m]

Not every broker is this way. I have been on my own for twelve years, have well over fifty carriers I work with daily. My relationship is strong with them. They are paid fairly ( been over 2.35 a mile for last 24 months dry van and 2.89 mile for flats ). Maybe it’s because I do my business in the southeast, it’s different down here. When I worked in a boiler room I wanted to be different and better than that. Suffice to say brokers are not all bad, at least this one.

[@Extrabigass]

Thanks for giving a decent rate to your carriers. I put money down on a truck and trailer and keep up with maintenance and doing my best to stay on time. I find the spot market is constantly too low to make it worthwhile. Between maintenance,tolls,and low rates it's not worth it.

[@businessschooldropout2330]

Honest people tend to wind up doing business with honest people. You know the broker needs to feed his family and he knows you will do what you say you will do with the load. There is quite a disparity in income of truck owners. The quick buck guys seem to only last a few years.

[@EdwardLuttrell-p8m]

@@Extrabigass I should also mention I own three trucks as well. So, I guess that does influence what I pay on the broker side. Many times this past 2-2.5 years I have lost money on loads just to help the truck. I am very old school trucking, been in my family for well over 50 years and I will not stiff my carriers ever. Without them I do not exist.

[@Extrabigass]

@EdwardLuttrell-p8m Unfortunately you're a rarity from what I've seen. Most of the brokers we have been dealing with just seem to forget a truck needs to be maintained and drivers deserve a decent paycheck. Since about April I've been making less than company drivers by a good share. When I pay off this truck I'm going to sell it as I'd make more as a company driver. I was banking on the new transpancy law boosting rates to a more sustainable level alas the timeline got pushed off and might get neutered altogether. The TIA is a powerful lobby that's obviously greasing politicians pockets so I'm not confident in rates for carriers improving. Take care and thanks for being one of the "good ones".

[@NewmanAttack]

Ok, so whay percentage are you making from loads?

[@RJCOXIIJR]

Miranda you should teach a class valuable information thank you for sharing.

[@Prodigal1]

To be honest, you aren’t telling me anything I didn’t know or assume. That’s why I am a short timer playing steering wheel holder after 35 yrs just shoring up my retirement funds until I wave goodbye to this deteriorating industry. For those much newer to this industry I am sure you opened up their eyes a bit.

[@williamrobinson6680]

C'mon now!!! How did YOU know,... but the authorities and FMCSA didn't know? I'm sure they have been investigatin' for decades, and found nothing!! Trucking Industry,..clean as a whistle!!! Well you go!! (whew! You got some skills going on there!!) Lol!😊

[@Prodigal1]

@ FMCSA hasn’t been around for decades. As for them investigating? 😂 why would they? What do crooked/unscrupulous brokers have to do with “safety”? It’s not in their purview! I have been doing this OTR stuff for 35 yrs, 20 as an independent, wasn’t hard to figure out!

[@williamrobinson6680]

​@@Prodigal1​@Prodigal1 The "Lol" and extra exclamation!!!, smiley face emogi indicated it was a joke?....sarcasm? Lol! Thats okay. You took it like a trooper, thanks! Actually, I have found FMCSA to handle those (some) complaints. Yes, 3 departments stated they were a "safety" organization, but department #4, finally took my complaint.

[@Prodigal1]

@ sorry, was multitasking , apparently not too well!

[@williamrobinson6680]

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[@bearhead41]

And they wonder why drivers get so jaded after a couple of years

[@smk4902]

Instead of writing a book, how about writing a letter to the FMCSA?

[@jpw7598]

Have you done it yet?

[@simeonpetrov5296]

Pretty accurate geography lesson 😂 The broker map should look similar 😢

[@NicholasEstrada-tp8cj]

Great video. Thanks

[@BigHomieJohn]

There is no college degree or unobtainable requirements to get a brokers license. If trucking companies want to fix the rates and get rid of brokers then we should become brokers ourselves. There should be more 3PL and asset based brokerages. If you already have trucks, and you get your brokers license you are already ahead of your competition. Cut the middle man out. Be your own middle man.

[@donnykincaid8133]

Trucking has become a joke. Our government has not protected our jobs it's a free for all

[@unperuanoenlascarreterasde9964]

The government protects those big companies and corporations!!! They are big money supporters for politicians !! What do you expect????

[@dandavenport4565]

Great review

[@michaelscordo256]

Lot of good advice in that book!!!

[@victorreyes9290]

Either we get involved with politics to change laws and regulations against broker abuse or we find something alls to do! Brokers need to be check and not be allowed to destroy a driver or carrier. We all need to do our part to make our industry work for a positive! We need and deserve better! #USA1

[@loquito633igl7]

Yes like TQL make billions and pay trash on any load on their app , or dat. Make billions but the problem is the people that make those loads. If everyone does like me I delete Any load from TQL no matter if picking up where I’m and is delivery to my home. They don’t have trucks but people don’t understand that , two months no one work for TQL and the market is going up. We need to do one broker at the time. Let’s start with TQL. 💪

[@rashidabdul-salaam9090]

As a former small trucking company owner I hate brokers.

[@russellowens-w9k]

Thank you for sharing

[@bs-pu3dg]

WE must keep pushing for more mandated broker transparency

[@kenf-n3l]

From your description of the book, if there is a central character upon which a story is built around, it would make a great stage play.

[@Stavros1977]

It's very simple for truckers to get their industry back! All carriers that call brokers for posted loads need to ask for $6/mile! How easy was that?

[@chrisbelsito4231]

12/20/24 I’ll be leaving this industry for good(hopefully).. after 25 years. I’ve had my fill.. there’s a lot I’ll miss about it but time marches on.. of course I’ll still watch these wonderful videos..

[@infinitedarkmind8864]

Very Informative Thanks🤔

[@killer4kash]

Maybe 🤔 I'm not seeing the bigger picture, but what purpose does a broker actually serve? Why isn't all trucking direct to market? Are truck drivers really incapable of picking their own loads from a load board?

[@GoodVibes24_7]

load board postings are posted by brokers...

[@killer4kash]

@GoodVibes24_7 Really!?... That is insane. Sounds like they created their own job by inserting themselves between shippers drivers and receivers.

[@banzaii6285]

@@killer4kash Shippers farm out the transportation because they'd have to create a whole department to arrange for trucks, track and make appts for deliveries, handle paying the trucks, deal with delays or breakdowns, etc. They deal with one broker, not 700 different trucks.

[@killer4kash]

@@banzaii6285 That makes sense. I mean, technically they still deal with those 700 trucks coming and going from the warehouse but perhaps it is more financially feasible to just pay someone instead of doing it yourself. I really couldn't say either way without seeing the figures.

[@andrewrussell3679]

The brokers is the one who put the loads on the board

[@therealR.D.]

Truckers are the necessary evil? Who is the only person in the supply chain that is truly not needed?

[@andrewrussell3679]

The dam brokers need to go now! When a load sit for too long I know that the shipper does not realize that it's because the brokers are taken away so much from the truckers that's why it sits.

[@raashonaziz]

Absolutely 💯

[@fugitive1205]

❤❤ thanks angel

[@MrWhisper77]

Have a question for you?? Have you heard anything about an Initiative that California is trying to put in, this initiative says that any broker, dispatcher that has loads going IN to and FROM California will ONLY be able tho Charge carriers o my 15% of the load VALUE?? It be a great initiative to help out the Carrier specifically the O/O !!

[@GeriZimmer]

@@MrWhisper77 I don’t get 15%. The rates are so low, the carrier needs it to do more than break even. A truck is expensive but you all know that!

[@TruckingMadeSuccessful]

I haven't heard that- I will look into it though

[@bearhead41]

Why dose it seem like drivers are the enemy from the fmca to the general public, there are a few of us that have pride and respect

[@ajoecollazo]

Everything you have said is can truly say it's true.

[@georgecook1374]

I am going to have to get this to read. thnx for sharing about it with us. you are the best.............. but you know this already :D

[@keithjones5331]

Get rid of brokers its that simple

[@marktownsend1392]

You don't have to use Brokers. Find your own freight.

[@Dominancelogistics]

@@marktownsend1392yea! Not anywhere as simple as that.

[@TheSlothtronaut]

I'm going to pray for the industry. God bless⛪️

[@Smooth-wc6zp]

I got the best rates becUze I did the best work. Rates reported are often like a class, full of lies. The,purpose of eld was so every location for pick-up and drops, could be harvested and sold. Brokerages bid on many loads with many competitors. TQL cut RATES, DBL BROKERD 1000S OF loads

[@RomeoUrsu-fy9qo]

And now…this broker is make more money from selling this book 😂😂😂😂😂

[@gilbertoavina6156]

Like below if you agree it's time for Miranda to do another live stream ⬇️

[@settlestrucky]

The brokers lobbying are winning the battle for transparency. Possibly ableing them to still create contracts with trucks to sign away their rights to ask for what the load is being moved for.

[@andrewrussell3679]

We should block all brokers in the comment sections with their foolishness..!

[@yhsbu]

I dont get screwed over because i know my fixed and variable operating costs. I dont run anything that makes me lose money. Ill say that 95% of load board offers are junk. They pay lousy and one would be a fool to accept them. I run private and my broker and I have an understanding - he can make promises to the customer that he knows I will deliver on with a proven likelihood of 99.98% and I am paid fairly without fuss as a consequence.

[@Dominancelogistics]

This Ritter has a substack.

[@1stgen.trucker825]

This video gonna go viral.

[@dr-ng8te]

😮 friggin geography lesson is accurate 😮

[@krzysztofstrojny1059]

Ya I was gonna say the same thing

[@adventuresofaliftime4989]

All i can say is just wait till our country needs teuckers again. We will not forget the way this country has forgotten about us. When the toliet paper runs out watch out cause i know plenty of truckers that are just going to stick their middle finger in the air to the whole country. Its not just brokers its the lack of parking, the lack of respect from other drivers, the fmcsa, epa, etc, etc.

[@Lesnik6464]

Yep!

[@SMD-i3v]

Nah dude there is a reason they let the southern border flood immigrants in. These are your replacement. You quit. They pick up.

[@TruckingwithTom]

Glendale area has tons of double broker scams so I doubt Blame then for avoiding people from there.

[@Loogistics1987]

Not all brokers do this. And its not so easy to find customers .its a business like everything. The hook is to bring the customer in and later raise the price.nothing new

[@yajairarodriguez3110]

I believe it will be nice to remove the middle man broker..i saw a video on ticktock where some customer were replying saying how they pay to the broker so much and the broker pay very little example one said an oversize load he pay 32k and broker pay driver only 12k as he ask driver when he pick up the load he was in chocked over that . We have transparency with dispatch but have we ever seen the broker side just wondering

[@TheBigperk1]

What about these company leasing on owner operators and using the motive eld to manipulate the fuel u burn?

[@thatsreality5184]

Company driver here .I knew I had it right years ago about how the industry works 😢 it not always positive to be right ..

[@proam2928]

I went to Amazon and am curious about something, for me, the website is showing the book listed as satire fiction.

[@kietnguyen08]

broker they do the same thing like you go online booking for a load that is why you see alot of different brokers posting the same load

[@Inc-rs4dx]

All this is true only in times of huge overcapacity of trucks.. we can not blame other people are trying to make money from us, they are not friends, they are not saints.. we should not blame the brokers, we should think about the reasons why we have this overcapacity. To have so much trucks means someone finance and credit this trucks, so someone obviously throw tons of cheap credits during the pandemic which overheated the economy and started the inflation. The amount of cheap credits in 2020 was disastorous, this ruined the trucking and wrecked it for the last 2 years

[@TruckerPhill]

Brokers truly are scum, they have no morals!

[@mattbuckwalter2945]

Even brokers are finding out you get what you pay for! Speak English and know what you’re doing they will pay for your good service! You wanna pay nothing you will get exactly that

[@GeriZimmer]

@@mattbuckwalter2945 I agree. How can we work together if there is a language barrier. I have run into that a lot. I also have been told they use there phone to interpret? How fast can you read a road sign, get it interpreted and respond. I just don’t work with that.

[@Bigswagwoodworker]

Were can we find the book and do you have a link for it 😊

[@TruckingMadeSuccessful]

www.amazon.com/Confessions-Freight-Broker-Cameron-Ritter/dp/B0DMQCXHHZ/ref=sr_1_1?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.W1_M_-FVStuiu1w5xj2DfrFVw8CiI1qaKSwRWBnYMDQ.BcFGq76kGl3S9bFi-JdKRLDXss8w3VwRnoobUBr_aMw&dib_tag=se&keywords=confessions+of+a+freight+broker&qid=1733177636&sr=8-1

[@truckerwayne]

I was an Owner Operator for 30 years. Now I drive a company truck paid by the hour now. Home weekends and make $2000.oo more a month and no stress anymore.

[@andrewrussell3679]

What company is that?

[@tonytostada]

Howdy Miranda! 🤠🦄 Hoping your Thanksgiving Day was full of many interesting dispatching stories negotiating with brokers, Trucker Long tales, O/O nightmare scenarios, and of course Delicious food, and good company to share your amazing experiences as a dispatcher! 🍽🦃 You should write a novel about how monstous, and evil Brokers are, a nightmare series. audio book it, 4hrs long each chapter!! I would listen to it.😂

[@stephenbuckley5273]

I started a freight brokerage in May. Everyone encouraged me to work for a company first because I’m new to the industry. That made sense to me, but I felt like God was telling me not to. Reading the first 15 pages of this book I’m glad I didn’t…. I would have learned many bad habits

[@ArturoOlguin-ei3fe]

We need a transparency low enforce by FMCSA this is really unfair business

[@hopetonhowell4847]

I wish we could find a way for them to respect truck drivers more because we have the trucks they don't and they treating us like our truck or their

[@SpecialAgentNoble77]

Man.. when they talked about them easterners.. spot on. 😳😳🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂 j/k

[@fernywings8922]

Truckers are cross docking up to 3 loads just make it worth it, they want you to take 6 pallets cross country wow!

[@danlindeke2561]

Did author admit to kickbacks to shipper's employee?

[@GForce101]

Brokers Charges 5-7 $ per load and pay 3 -4 per load that’s too greedy.

[@SMD-i3v]

Pays $1.50 per mile

[@GoodFella-xw8yx]

@@SMD-i3vor less 1.30 now

[@timothymcgrath-tw7ko]

Maybe I should write a book "Confessions of a house painter" Still could not be a boring at a freight broker. What has the world come to?

[@mauroayala8089]

I watched the video I want to start my own box truck business. In the meantime I’m an Uber driver. Nothing to do with semi trucks, but it’s about the same. In regards that all Uber Driver take all the shitty rides and is the reason why they keep on giving the drivers very low pay if we all stick together and not take cheap loads. Absolutely they will have to pay more or they won’t have trucks to move their loads!! simple. But let’s stick together. That is a problem. We humans we don’t stick together.😤

[@StefanS-j1j]

offcourse its all about the money relationships dont mean nothing

[@vegas1209]

And TQL is not working with me because of Glendale

[@MaxingOutInc]

I don’t think any broker will work with Glendale MC. It’s an automatic rejection.

[@denysolleik9896]

Trucking is slavery. Prove me wrong.

[@truckercarlson9081]

It's done voluntarily and the driver gets paid to do it. That was easy.

[@denysolleik9896]

@ you must be a feminist

[@AdFarissy]

It is

[@Backhaul2024]

Legalized Slavery.

[@denysolleik9896]

@@truckercarlson9081 when Jews were ordered to march to Babi Yar, they did so “voluntarily”.

[@kajg4236]

I’m an Armenian carrier based out of Glendale running 10 years now. Have been rejected due to location 100s of times. I can’t blame the brokers because I know what kind of shit Armenians have done and how they have ruined the name and business enough.

[@sedrickwells8545]

Just confirmed what we already know

[@Auto_Big_Dimensions_UA]

Hello, after watching your release and hearing interesting facts, it turns out that European nationality is a bad mood for cooperation, especially with Ukrainian nationality, because they are bad , where did the authors of this book get such a thing in his head, I don't understand something is not clear to me, I was surprised, so surprised

[@Jerome-o9j]

Hello Ms Miranda

[@georgiiarakelov6560]

Are rpm $5 yet?

[@TruckingMadeSuccessful]

Not quite yet!

[@gregorybrutyan8899]

Greetings from Flagstaff

[@TopUpLogistics]

I am Armenian and born in Glendale and my business are bases in Los Angeles and Irvine. It’s true I get discriminated all the time and refuse to work with us.

[@MrNoSolo]

If you have a clean mc, tenure. Can provide proof of cdl, tracking pics of the name on the truck that will be verified by the shipper, idc if you are a Martian. But even you as an Armenian from Glendale can’t deny that 9/10 carriers from Glendale with yan, Virtual address, are scammers.

[@smk4902]

Who would write a book like that? Who would read a book like that? It's a matter restricted to the underworld of trucking.

[@businessschooldropout2330]

Sort of reminds me of an interview I saw of a “broker” with clown glasses and bushy eyebrows being interviewed by a truck strike leader from California in 2020 claiming JB Hunt had a secret pact with Walmart and Target called the “Quantum Pact”. The clown that wrote this book will probably laugh all the way to the bank with 1k after writing rumors as facts. Looking forward to seeing him step forward and seeing proof that he really was a broker.

[@danielcongrove3319]

I wish you would have given the company's name that he works for. As long as it's factual there's nothing they could have done about it!!!

[@TruckingMadeSuccessful]

Shipwell- they are no longer brokering loads

[@danielcongrove3319]

@@TruckingMadeSuccessful thanks

[@knoxvegas1997]

African Americans aren't a after thought I see. Wehave had brokers say how great we are and did just never to hear back from them. This proves the WORLD ISN'T UGLY JUST THE PEOPLE IN IT.

[@CapitanRam]

Respectfully I have to disagree on all these points and say that the Brokrage the author has been a part of is just a bad apple like many other bad apples in the Brokrage world as well as any industry! Any professional Brokrage that wants to provide top service to their customers know that they are at the mercy at the service the trucking company that picks up the load provides, so naturally they would love to build a strong relationship with the carrier and get that good service. I’ve got to say tho their segmentation of nationalities in the industry was very accurate for the most part, but it’s sad that they were a prejudiced, yes Armenians are known for double brokering and it’s risky to give them loads but not all of them double broker. I’ve been on carrier side, shipper side, and broker side and trust me all sides are at the mercy of a good relationship to get the job done properly.

[@sorintegzes6739]

I've been a broker for the past 10 years and I have never heard of this way of categorizing carriers by the region. I also have carriers that I like using even if I make a less margin on a load, just because quality service is more important for me than extra money. I've seen your videos and I can say I like some of your content. But being a carrier, you seem to be to subjective when you talk about brokers. I can say a lot of bad things about some of the carriers, but that would be me generalizing and that wouldn't be fair.

[@Loogistics1987]

You should spend more time understanding this business as a whole. Shippers dont like paying for freight Yes if broker finds a cheaper truck, they will book them If another broker pays more you wouldnt go with them? Shippers usually mark up the freight too! Freight brokering is sales and all reps use tactics.

[@sergiotrucker3011]

What a revelation… nothing new here, we all knew it long time ago, its partly carryers foult that carriers dont want to knock on doors and get direct shippers, this trucking industry is full of low iq trucking company owners because it doesn’t take special knowledge to create some product, just buy truck, open mc and start houling crap from load boards

[@TrazimDollare1982]

Miranda ❤️❤️

[@businessschooldropout2330]

Perhaps that is why I find negotiating with brokers easy. As an Iowa based college grad I many times can recognize the broker /associate by voice when TQL calls as they are Midwestern accent and culture. I can tell their hand by the tone of their voice and know how to offer if it is a load I want. It might be wrong but am I not supposed to use intuition gained by culture to my advantage.

[@clemsmith8799]

Did you say you have a business degree so you can tell if you are the victim of fraud? Did you read the broker carrier agreement that TQL gave you? It says that you are responsible for everything out of your own control, it also says they dont need to pay you if they dont want to. When they dont need you anymore, when your equipment is past 5yrs old they will throw you away. When that happens lets all hope they dont owe you 20k dollars........ Good luck out there my fellow trucker.

[@businessschooldropout2330]

I turned my truck into the finance company in1983. I knew I needed more education so I got a job in a factory full time and got my Bachelor of Business from St Leo in 2003. I got 30 credits for my MBA at Regent University School of Business before they discontinued the program in 2006. No I’m not a victim of fraud.

[@businessschooldropout2330]

I missed the part where It says that you are responsible for everything out of your own control, it also says they dont need to pay you if they dont want to. Please paste a copy so everyone here can read it. Thanks.

[@clemsmith8799]

@@businessschooldropout2330 Maybe you need to go back to school to be an attorney? You need to have your attorney translate all the small print. Look for the part where is says they can withhold payment IF, and that is a big IF you dont deliver.... So they intentionally wait 30 days to pay you because of the IF. That way they know if they even want to pay you. Look for the part where it says if you fail to deliver on time then you are responsible for cross dock storage and your own schedule appointments. Mind you they set the pickup and delivery times, if they dont want you to make it, that is easy. The problem is in a fraud case they dont want the expired perishable product so you would be unable to get a new appointment. They then hold your payments from other loads. Lets say they claim the fraud load was worth 100k, they hold the 20k they owe you from other loads then sue you for the rest. Insurance claim you say, that is insurance fraud. That is a felony, it is easier to defraud the trucker guy that has been to collage..... lol.......... only joking. Good luck my fellow trucker.

[@clemsmith8799]

@@businessschooldropout2330 My replys are now geting deleted, i guess we hit the end of the rope

[@scottic920]

Brokers have been theives for years but what's worse than them are the idiots that offer to do loads for less than posted rate just to get loads those are paycheck runners bad for business cause they can't manage their money.

[@tompetersen812]

Grinder ?

[@TruckingMadeSuccessful]

That's what they are called, at least in this book

[@edwardvolo2109]

Stop treating this as " sales " business. It is not! We provide service and we should know how much we need for it.

[@scottmitchell7405]

Great research. Sounds like capitalism. I weed out loads as a carrier using my own tactics. I've also been told by a few brokers they wont use Russians. Good info. Not surprising

[@flintedwards7242]

TQL

[@unperuanoenlascarreterasde9964]

Wow!!! Brokers don’t have trucks ????? No !!! Seriously??? OMG I did not that !!! So, so that means they need us more than we need them ??? So , that means that we are essential in this business????? OMG , thought brokers were my friends…. I’m so disappointed 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@pauleck455]

I have taken loads from a few brokers in my fifty years of trucking. But I think only once did I work for a broker that didn't have at least some trucks of their own. I don't what you think, but if the broker is let's say moving half of their freight on their own trucks and brokering out the other half, they might not have all these negative ideas of the other half of the business.

[@SayWho73]

I think the writer knows of a possible problem and expolited it by writing a book. Plese dont interview someone who is not going to tell the truth.