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Old 08-05-2009, 02:52 AM
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Originally Posted by chris1
With your own authority eventually the accidents would drive the cost of insurance up.
With your own authority, unless you have really deep pockets, accidents start driving up the cost of your insurance with the first incident.

An independent can not afford to be having accidents of any type, if they plan on being in this business and making money.
 
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Old 08-05-2009, 03:00 AM
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Frequency and/or loss ratio drive up cost.
 
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Old 08-05-2009, 03:04 AM
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Originally Posted by chris1
Frequency and/or loss ratio drive up cost.
There are a lot of Shipper's out there who use the "Safe-Stat" ratings to negotiate the rate they pay a Carrier. It is hard to get the high dollar rate, when you have a crap safestat score!
 
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Old 08-05-2009, 03:17 AM
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Many won't use you unless you have a satisfactory rateing.
 
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Old 08-05-2009, 03:32 AM
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Originally Posted by chris1
Many won't use you unless you have a satisfactory rateing.
True...but if you have a "high" satisfactory rating number.......you may well end up getting a lower rate per mile, from some shippers, than the carrier with the "low" satisfactory rating will get.
 
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Old 08-05-2009, 03:37 AM
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Just one of many factors used.
 
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Old 08-05-2009, 03:41 AM
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Originally Posted by chris1
Just one of many factors used.
Yup. But they use every tool available to drive down that rate.
 
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Old 08-05-2009, 03:47 AM
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Their business to do it as cheap as possible,trucks to do it as high as possible. Usually meet somewhere in-between.
 
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Old 08-05-2009, 12:04 PM
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An O-O having accidents is akin to a restaurateur giving diners food poisoning... find another line of work!
 
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Old 08-05-2009, 11:42 PM
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Originally Posted by YerDaddy
An O-O having accidents is akin to a restaurateur giving diners food poisoning... find another line of work!
Just for thought:
Non-preventable for the O/O
Supplier contamination for the restaurant

Both can put you out of business by default.
 
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