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| Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 10:36 pm Post subject: Should I become a freight broker? |
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| I am driving my own truck right now and I was told that I should become a freight broker as well as having my own authority. Should I get it or not? What is the advantage to having both? All help appreciated. |
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Grumman
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Location: Atlanta, GA
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| Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 6:44 am Post subject: |
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| Before getting your own authority, find the cargo first. Learn to find shippers and bill direct to them for retail rates. Develop a traffic pattern to bill retail at both ends. Leaving your domicile with retail outbound doesn't do you much good if you haul for wholesale coming back. As you develop retail customers you will have more freight than you can handle. Learn to broker out the excess. The most successful truckers are also brokers. A word of caution, learn to seperate the two so you don't place liability on the brokerage, where none should be. |
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