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Originally Posted by GMAN
Actually backhauls originated with private fleets taking anything to pay their fuel to get back to the factory. Once a broker or shipper finds that they can get a load moved at a cheap rate there is no reason to get pay more. That is the current problem. In fact, that has always been the problem.
That statement says it all, about what the largest problem in the trucking industry is!
I can not for the life of me understand why any trucking company allows a customer to dictate the manner in which that trucking company does business. If a Shipper, Consignee or Broker wants to be in control of a separate entities business...they should buy that entity!!!
This BS of demanding lower rates on head-haul, because a truck will be picking up a load after getting empty, or the BS of the next load rate being halved, because the truck was not from that area, is just that! BS!!!