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Originally Posted by Sonny Pruitt
This is my gripe and then I will leave you alone. You give advice as if you are some authority on the subject. You talk a good game. Broker since 97 etc. But just like telling 379 you have contacts in NJ and he should get authority etc. It turns out you have no idea what it takes to accomplish such a task. For a broker you should know this. Quite frankly I don't think you know that much except numbers. You seem to have access to invoices. But other than that.....
Also those direct shippers are junk. We discussed in length how food warehouses suck. What do you come up with? Freakin food warehouses!
This type of work is major hump jobs, to every little bodega and every alleyway loading dock with black marks on the door from people kicking it. It seems your working weekend idea is grocery or store delivery by the contacts you showed. Thats what I always wanted to do. Deliver Shop Rites on the busiest day of the week.
"Driver can you pull the cardboard trailer out,
back yours in to unload , then put the cardboard trailer back in when your done?...Thanks"
I do love your posts though
and I do have a list of power only nursury shippers for the Spring.(you must have own authority)
(if your interested)
I have my authority and Power, send the list i'm interested. In my post with grocery companies, i didnt list all grocery companies, I gave the guy 10 shippers that he can call on, 10 more than he had. I dont like grocery warehouses, keep my trucks out of them. Those loads might be just what he wants he may be able to get the highest rate ever for delivering every little bodega from Philly to Boston. I dont know. I have used all of those shippers at some point on my trucks never delivered bodegas, never moved scrap cardboard trailers. You can question my experience and I do know numbers and real life. I have been making money at this since DAY ONE, because I did my homework and learned some hard lessons fast. I'm not struggling, not worrying about slow downs, know seasonal freight and make money 365. I want diesel prices under $1.00 per gallon, insurance cheaper than pre 9/11 rates, and more O/Os with a cando attitude and not a victim attitude or a cantdo attitude. I come on this site because I like dealing with literate O/Os that are looking to improve, whether they have one truck or a fleet. I offer because I care, I dont know him or you and you dont know me. I know you need to load the wagon, make a profit and live. Some of you guys still look at things like employees instead of business men.