The politicians didnt think that was important and that was probably best. Not all shippers pay fuel surcharge, so you have to factor that into the rate. The problem becomes, rate agreement does not state fuel surcharge, but lease operator thinks every load has a fuel surcharge, so he thinks he is being cheated/taken advantage of. Some companies offer their lease operators some BS amount of fuel surcharge and pocket/redistribute the rest. I recently had a shipper call and say they are readjusting their fuel surcharge to start paying on fuel at $2.30 per gallon instead of $1.15 per gallon. The new transportation manager said, get onboard or get less freight, I'm taking less freight and regretting it for the last 3 weeks, but it is that slow time of year. We are going to hunker down and wait them out. They will call again. How do I get an owner operator to understand this situation. I've told a few and that all responded thats BS, that sucks, F.. 'em, etc. None of those responses keep us paid. My point is sometimes O/Os dont see the whole picture, they see what they want to see then start quoting regs and calling lawyers etc. Do be informed, but try to be well informed.
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