brokering – 4DGIRLZ LLC

Conestoga vs Flatbed

DispatcHER Tip of the Week! 🚛🛻💨

Quite a few drivers call my job and inquire about loads that are for Flatbed trailers. They wait till we get through the whole spiel about the load then ask if a Conestoga will work. 80% of the time a Conestoga will not work for a Flatbed and 100% of the time it won’t work for items that have shard edges.

If you have a Conestoga you should search for loads filtered to accommodate Conestoga trailers first. It will be way more efficient and save time if you look for loads specific to your trailer type. You will find loads that will work for Flatbeds and Stepdecks more often than a Flatbed load that works on a Conestoga.
So, if you’re calling looking for loads start with the trailer you have to see if it will work before wasting everyone’s time.

Be Blessed and Safe

Excessive Idle times⚠️

DispatcHER Tip of the week!

Excessive Idle times can be costly if you get caught in the wrong city, state or county🙄 just ‘chillin’. Not to mention the extra yearly maintenance costs it adds to keeping your truck running, which is your income so that should be Priority #1. I get extreme circumstances like weather or a reefer trailer where you must idle, however, if neither of these apply in your situation take heed. American Transportation Research Institute or ATRI has a list current as of 10/2021 that shows the states/areas, idle times, fines and exemptions the rule applies too. Here’s a link for the pdf and to the website:

https://truckingresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/2021.ATRI-CabCard-Oct.pdf

https://truckingresearch.org/2019/01/09/atri-updates-online-idling-regulations-compendium-3/

Contact info: Sharmyn @ 4kidz4jobz@gmail.com
Be safe and Profitable 🚛🛻💨

Freight Still Sluggish 🐌

I am not understanding why Freight is still slow? The holidays are basically upon us but the only steady freight I see are ridiculously cheap and extraordinarily heavy lumber loads. With the dunnage and chain work needed that don’t make dollars or sense.
My advice is to utilize all the load boards you can right now. I’ll put links to a few. Some are paid but a lot of them you can still see price and/or broker contact info. Also, Google truck load boards but verify whoever your calling is up to par (run their credit) and not trying to scam you🧐
If you need any assistance maneuvering through the load boards contact me, Sharmyn at 4kidz4jobz@gmail.com

https://www.landstaronline.com/loadspublic

https://mercer-trans.com/freight-brokerage/

https://truckstop.com/

https://www.dat.com/load-boards

https://truckerpath.com/

Good Luck and Be Safe
DispatcHER 🚛🛻💨

DispatcHER Tips

Dispatcher, Broker & Double Brokering

Dispatcher and broker are 2 different things, I’ll explain.

Double brokering can happen to dispatchers or brokers.

Dispatchers only work for the driver. They cannot legally represent shippers or manufacturers. They can call brokers and give a driver’s MC# to inquire/book loads. They can also negotiate rates.

Brokers, on the other hand, must have freight broker authority through the FMCSA and surety bond. Brokers should not call other brokers to put Owner Operators with their own authority on loads as that becomes double brokering.

This is when someone books a load under one MC and gives it to someone with a different MC to pick up and then keeps all the money for not doing the load or gives carrier that did do load very little percentage of what load paid. Also known as interlining or co brokering, it is illegal. It puts the broker and shipper at risk for liability, loss and claims due to unqualified carriers.

Be sure you’re giving the correct MC# in the case you are a dispatcher for multiple drivers. The Name/MC# on the rate con has to match the Name/MC# on the truck that pulls up to load. If not, carriers could be turned away. If they aren’t and run the load, when it’s time to get paid the carrier is usually left out the money because no one can get a hold of the broker that booked the load.

So be cautious when booking loads, check references and if something sounds to good to be true it probably is.

By: DispatcHER
Contact- 4kidz4jobz@gmail.com