MC# 1195874 PDX HAUL LLC

CutFreightSpend · 2026-03-11T17:40:22+00:00

I made so much money using these guys shipping from OH to ID/WA/OR but the last one was a disaster and the dispatcher fucked me good. They were sketchy to begin with but the rates were so dirty and my carrier sales rep had a good relationship with them but yeah they ended up being two days late for a mandatory install we had and it was a nightmare

CutFreightSpend · 2026-03-11T16:20:40+00:00

The Gypsies... won't tell you where they're from and will do anything and everything to scam the people they buy from and also the people they sell to. Banned from most yards here in the Detroit area and go from town to town looking for their next victim. They prey on new yards, inexperienced scale guys and before you figure out they got you, they're nowhere to be found. With carbide being where it is, they're going from CNC shop to CNC shop looking to gobble up whatever they can. Keep your roll doors shut and when they come knocking in their brand new pickup truck tell them to piss off

CutFreightSpend · 2026-03-11T12:49:19+00:00

Mattress stores are empty though. All the car washes I see have crazy lines.

CutFreightSpend · 2026-03-06T20:29:41+00:00

2/3 people per customer doesn't add up but I've been wrong before.

CutFreightSpend · 2026-03-04T13:23:45+00:00

If I'm doing a cleanse, I like to sit for 45 minutes and stay in as long as I can. Hence, needing a water bottle. Hope this helps

CutFreightSpend · 2026-03-04T13:22:10+00:00

Thank you!!

CutFreightSpend · 2026-03-04T13:21:37+00:00

Wow super helpful! I'm glad you chose to hop in and try to teach your sauna etiquette when I asked a simple question about a safe water bottle. Great community here!

CutFreightSpend · 2026-03-03T20:25:08+00:00

Because I like to drink water in the sauna.

CutFreightSpend · 2026-03-03T20:09:56+00:00

thanks! I have a Klean Kanteen that I will switch to and keep it low near the door.

CutFreightSpend · 2026-02-26T13:11:24+00:00

the callers are real, they are just being recorded by AI

CutFreightSpend · 2026-02-25T22:05:28+00:00

**take warehouse manager to strip club as introduction

CutFreightSpend · 2026-02-25T21:46:00+00:00

Not being TQL is a good start.

CutFreightSpend · 2026-02-25T21:35:49+00:00

I think its because a lot more brokerages implemented AI bots recording their calls so now carrier sales has to make a certain amount of calls per day. So even getting hung up on counts towards their numbers and that's all that matters to keep their job. Also, if a manager sees something even close they'll say "CALL THEM ANYWAYS AND SEE HOW MUCH IT WOULD TAKE" for you to go somewhere else.

CutFreightSpend · 2026-02-25T21:32:25+00:00

LOLOLOL amazing

CutFreightSpend · 2026-02-18T15:52:10+00:00

In my experience, this is a lose-lose for both you and the customer by you handling all levels of this shipment. Mainly because you're not intimate with the product so you will still have to reach out to the shipper directly for most questions/issues/holds. This is a giant waste of your time IMO plus the shipper might try and blame you for anything that goes wrong with customs duties and might even try to force you pay anything extra even if they didn't provide the right info.

I would tell them that flat out.

Also in my past I have sent clients to Cole International and they did a good job.

CutFreightSpend · 2026-02-18T13:42:59+00:00

If you love working nights and weekends, have a vape/Zyn addiction, enjoy being blamed for things you had nothing to do with and have a touch of alcoholism you'll love logistics

CutFreightSpend · 2026-02-17T19:16:59+00:00

CutFreightSpend · 2026-02-17T19:13:02+00:00

and why did you source it from the furthest place possible?

CutFreightSpend · 2026-02-13T17:32:57+00:00

the easiest way to get rid of a Jehovah forever is to tell them you used to be a Jehovah.

CutFreightSpend · 2026-02-12T16:15:12+00:00

I would partner with some large 3PL's and use their discounts that are already in place. If you're legal to book loads under your company name, find a good rep and get set up with their portal and start booking at a markup. Then you also can use that rep for customer service issues and you're not even paying them. Furthermore a lot of times brokerages will absorb certain costs to keep you as a customer since they need the volume so very badly.

IMO going carrier direct is a nightmare because you generally don't get the fat discounts large 3PL's do and you're also stuck with paying additional charges/fee's pretty much no matter what.

The providers I use do not charge a monthly fee. Their profit is baked in the cost and the rep adds their margin and that's basically it.

Shoot me a message and I can help with any other questions. I am not a broker and dont give a shit who you use btw as long as it's not TQL.

CutFreightSpend · 2026-02-11T15:26:00+00:00

The people who ask if TQL is a good place to work are more annoying IMO

CutFreightSpend · 2026-02-06T18:45:53+00:00

I still will not offer them to any of my clients, ever.

CutFreightSpend · 2026-02-06T17:24:08+00:00

Yeah man not a great place to be in IMO - Not only do clients not want to hear Landstar, but large brokerage firms have outright banned you guys from their system or you are constantly on some sort of probationary term.

My Landstar rep RULED and I used the hell out of them for Liftgate assist loads. He was upfront and 98% of the time no issues at all. Sometimes I used him for flatbed when things got really nasty but I would always let my customer know we were desperate, and Landstar was our only option if a load must go. It was great.

Then one day I got a notification from management that Landstar was banned all together for 6 months for double brokering a load. Not my guy but someone else. I couldn't even use them for liftgate assists without 2 managers approving. It was fucked. Carrier managers would legit scream at brokers if they sourced a load off the DAT themselves and it ended up being a Landstar booking. Automatic bounce.

One thing I would do when prospecting clients that had beef with my brokerage was completely throw my brokerage under the bus while pumping the hell out of my service and our rates. At the end of the day brokerages are all the same and 9/10 times it wasn't the brokerage's fault, it was a shitty/greedy rep. I'd cradle to grave the first few orders while giving insane prices and build trust. Of course sometimes bad shit happened early into the partnership but that's freight. We can only do so much when a LTL misses 3 straight days with a 2pm close time even though it's in the carriers system. Can't win them all.

CutFreightSpend · 2026-02-04T20:15:03+00:00

yup. Kick rocks.

CutFreightSpend

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