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Originally Posted by merrick4
I was talking to a guy at CH and he told me that for carriers that haul a frequent lane then they break it down with the surcharge but if not it's a pain to do for each load and they add it together. I'm not sure what he means that it is a pain.
Just as an edit when I got the load from CH I did ask if they had anything left over for fuel which was more or less asking for the fuel surcharge and he said no.
What this says to me is that the brokers are keeping all the FSC that they are getting from the shippers(believe me they are getting it) and they are not passing it on to the carrier,this is because their is always someone to haul the load,someone wants to go home,someone wants to keep moving for the weekend,someone needs to make a truck payment next week,or some just doesn't know how much it takes to operate the equipment.Or all the above.
I think you need to get with some shippers and cut out the middle guy,this will take some time and some patience,and hopfully you can survive during this period.
The reason the brokers are telling you that the fsc is in the rate is because they don't want to tell you that it pays .95cpm plus 27% fsc,people would be less likely to to take the load if they hear .95 cents,but if you hear $1.30 it sounds alot better.It's not but perception is reallity.
I wish you the best,but I think that things are gonna get pretty serious this winter and I hope things will work out.
As far as posting your numbers I think that is a great thing,just wait until you run the load then add in all the miles to and from shippers and receivers including deadhead miles to give a realistic picture of how things are going.