Brian Hazzard

[Brian Hazzard @bsh121]

@supertrucker @angels_golf @fwthelonghaul GenLogs is wild. Had a call with a customer today who told us one of their carriers gave back a lane because they didn't go to the area anymore. The customer sent him pictures of 50+ trucks who had been in the area in the last 30 days.

[Brian Hazzard @bsh121]

@John__Ferguson 33 out of 488 is 6.8%. I'm truly asking if you think you will cover those loads. If so, what is the impact on margin %? How many people are working on a holiday covering loads? If it's load boards I don't see that many trucks there. If it's relationships why aren't they booked?

[Brian Hazzard @bsh121]

@John__Ferguson I see this all the time and I'm confused. Almost 7% of loads are uncovered. If all the covered loads deliver on time, which won't happen on a holiday weekend, you are at 93% so likely under 90%. Are customers ok with that in brokerage? 96% is the least we hear on assets.

[Brian Hazzard @bsh121]

@John__Ferguson Yeah but covering 33 loads for same day pickup on a holiday seems like a tall task. I'm genuinely curious if that's something brokerages plan on.

[Brian Hazzard @bsh121]

@maybedanielleee I've seen this take several times and i don't know why people think trucking companies who vet drivers every day are going to be the losers. Carriers who are large enough to do power only programs have safety in their DNA. How are both 1-5 truck carriers PO brokers both losers?

[Brian Hazzard @bsh121]

@FreightAlley @maybedanielleee That's the funny thing about it. It's going to be a huge issue, just not for them. Same guys struggling to cover freight during blitz week though.

[Brian Hazzard @bsh121]

@freightcaviar There is absolutely a shortage of good, quality drivers. But what do you expect when 30 years ago the median truck driver pay was $110k in today's dollars vs $70k today? We allowed the truck driver shortage narrative to lower standards and driver pay followed.

[Brian Hazzard @bsh121]

@adamlwingfield Anyone shutting down because of fuel is operating in the spot market and thy were already extremely vulnerable. They could get out of the spot market today if they wanted to but small carriers are addicted to it.

[Brian Hazzard @bsh121]

@StephenRuhe Find a trucking company with a dedicated power only program and run exclusively for them. The most important question you need to ask is will your trucks be planned on the same freight as their trucks. The answer has to be yes.

[Brian Hazzard @bsh121]

@ThomasWasson Good shippers never get screwed with rate increases because they treat carriers fairly all th time and carriers return the favor when the market tightens.

[Brian Hazzard @bsh121]

@EOSTrucking They doubled in revenue while reducing rates 40%. That's how much volume they took from the market.

[Brian Hazzard @bsh121]

@REGIONRAT @Rockhold1776 @atutruckers You pay them the same rates as everyone. Not exactly the same thing.

[Brian Hazzard @bsh121]

@TheDwightYoung How can you possibly list carrier vetting as something brokers are providing in an argument that they shouldn't be liable for who they use?

[Brian Hazzard @bsh121]

@SBurkholder7 @FreightAlley They are still a customer so I won't say. The question is are they dumb enough to believe that or do they just think we are? Im not sure I want the answer.

[Brian Hazzard @bsh121]

@SBurkholder7 @FreightAlley I was joking, not clearly enough for x obviously. We are seeing the same and are well above 30% tender rejection on the year. But every bid review all shippers assure us rates aren't increasing. One person actually told us on Friday it was still the weather.

[Brian Hazzard @bsh121]

@SBurkholder7 @FreightAlley That's crazy. Our shippers keep telling us carriers are maintaing rates but corporate is expecting reductions.

[Brian Hazzard @bsh121]

@dr_phil_truckn @FreightWaves A blind squirrel finds a nut 208 weeks in a row.

All kidding aside, there is a better way than mileage pay. It's just been really difficult for fleets to figure out how to pay an extremely unsupervised workforce differently. % of revenue or time under a load make the most sense

[Brian Hazzard @bsh121]

@FreightAlley @foster_and_me Capacity is for sure as tight as it has been in 3 years and the freight recession is over. I just always thought more owner operators become available as drivers move from company jobs to owner operators. It's too soon for them to have their own authority for broker boards.

[Brian Hazzard @bsh121]

@FreightAlley @foster_and_me Why would inability to recruit owner operators be a sign of the end of the freight recession?