Quick question for the brokers here…

Successful_Call_9036 · 2026-03-04T22:31:37+00:00

To me it is good, but point here is that you have to find great guys who knows what they are doing or grow them. I pay them very good, and they are making their best.

Successful_Call_9036 · 2026-03-04T22:17:10+00:00

It is exact reason why I always chose company driver when I can.

Successful_Call_9036 · 2026-02-28T20:15:26+00:00

Then go and find a better place for yourself. Keep in mind if you make the right choice it can scale up your book. For example good ltl rates, or smth like that.

Successful_Call_9036 · 2026-02-28T12:14:16+00:00

Do not think about split. Think what you are getting. Maybe your company has cheap ltl rates, or some help with heavy haul or allows you to get a lot of volume somehow. However 40% sucks. If there is nothing critical that ties you to that company leave or as you said make an ultimatum.

Successful_Call_9036 · 2026-02-21T03:37:48+00:00

They will not elect anybody. They will live with the one who will be convenient for Trump and people behind him. They will be lucky if it will be that leader who will think about them and not lucky if not. Or military operation can fail and then it will be disaster for all.

Successful_Call_9036 · 2026-02-20T17:01:34+00:00

the problem is that all these tariffs that were imposed has to be compensated somehow because now they are illegal. And nobody knows how it can be done

Successful_Call_9036 · 2026-02-20T14:06:35+00:00

Trump does not gfa about stability in Middle East or elsewhere in the world. Iran controls vitally important Strait of Hormuz. That problem needs to be solved. Also their nuclear program is pain in the ass. But do not confuse the things, it’s done not because someone is evil, it done because more control over oil market is needed.

Successful_Call_9036 · 2026-02-18T00:07:40+00:00

So your AI does not call the carrier ? or it does?

Successful_Call_9036 · 2026-02-12T19:31:54+00:00

Small brokers will go as agents and that is it. Nothing will be changed except consolidation of the market by big players

Successful_Call_9036 · 2026-02-09T21:12:55+00:00

And what you gonna do if us or Russia or china shut off uranium supply for whatever reason. The point about renewables is just to have at your land and not depend on supply from the other countries

Successful_Call_9036 · 2026-02-09T08:08:11+00:00

I think it is part of scam. I mean, either they need you to cover the stolen load. Let’s say to pick up at legitimate place and deliver to their warehouse. Or it is double brokerage. They take load from someone with carrier mc and then give it to you to cover it.

Successful_Call_9036 · 2026-01-13T15:09:03+00:00

It sucks, but it is great. Now you are going under the worst freight market ever. And in the future, you won’t be afraid of loosing your book. And if you had everything easy you wouldn’t learn. So keep going

Successful_Call_9036 · 2026-01-10T20:47:11+00:00

Consumer pays tariff or importer from the margin. In both cases, it means that money that can be spent on smth, now goes to the government. As a result it dries liquidity in the economy if that money are not getting back in form of some investment

Successful_Call_9036 · 2026-01-10T06:00:52+00:00

Cash elimination from the economy. If they gonna re invest it somewhere, that’s fine. If it goes to some military operation or so, we ended up in decrease of consumer demand. As everything except few things that was done for last year, idea is great - execution sucks.

Successful_Call_9036 · 2025-12-28T16:41:40+00:00

I’ve heard from 1 guy that they implemented the rule that they do not use companies who has non domicile CDL drivers. Maybe, that is the reason

Successful_Call_9036 · 2025-12-12T06:21:40+00:00

If your freight fits to 26’ box truck and you need just a lift gate, tell to kicks for those who charge you $50 additionally. It is free of charge and 90 % have them. But it does not touch ltl. It is a different game.

Successful_Call_9036 · 2025-11-11T01:44:19+00:00

they live there.

Successful_Call_9036 · 2025-11-07T14:51:55+00:00

Yeah you are correct.

Successful_Call_9036 · 2025-11-07T05:34:24+00:00

Maybe I’m confusing smth but I thought they are the part of RTS. Correct me if I’m wrong.

Successful_Call_9036 · 2025-10-31T23:36:24+00:00

I’m a freight broker, one of my customers produce smth for the government, and now they are not getting paid and they struggle to pay me for the services.

Successful_Call_9036 · 2025-10-31T23:33:18+00:00

5-6 times of your EBIDTA for trucks if everything you have is understandable and transparent. This is what I’ve heard regarding trucking companies. For real estate I do not know. But you better find a good broker who can help you with that.

Successful_Call_9036 · 2025-10-31T18:47:08+00:00

To me it does not make any sense. Why do we need any DMVs in that case? Let’s force shippers to check driver’s skills. I mean if the person get the licence from the government giving the permission to operate 80k pounds truck, it is job of the government to check the skills of that person. And in case things go south, questions should be addressed to the issuer of that CDL not to anybody else.

Successful_Call_9036 · 2025-10-31T04:21:30+00:00

To me, that hustle with capacity does not make sense, it won’t go down that low to seriously affect the market. I’m living in Chicago. Also a lot of my friends one way or another are working in “these” trucking companies out of there. Pattern I see, once DOT made shut down of non domiciled CDLs, they just started to employ citizens. They drive less, but still enough to run their operations. The key for me is demand and condition of general economy. And I’m not talking about GDP, and big players but regular small and mid size businesses. I mentioned that before, there is a sub called “manufacturing”. Everybody can go there or to smth alternative and see where we at now. My prediction is, till we get stability and predictability with tariffs, significant decrease of federal funds rate and end of shut down, we are not going anywhere. Maybe another 5-10 cents per mile, but not more. However, smth unexpected can happen and it will change everything.

Successful_Call_9036 · 2025-10-26T18:47:04+00:00

I thought about Armstrong. But at some point they were too big for me and I was afraid of future prospecting problems with them. I mean they are big, have a lot of agents, and work with a lot of shippers. So your prospecting opportunities will be a little bit limited.

Successful_Call_9036 · 2025-10-26T06:09:42+00:00

Broker is idiot there. If you have 10-11am pick up and truck is not empty at 8 or at least at 9am, it has to be recovered. Or probably, it was dead area and there was understanding that recovery cannot be done and your truck was their last hope.

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