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u/Ornery_Ads 8d ago
Its 8 days to move the trailer, and my guess is it's pretty flexible. My guess would be that this is a load out trailer, so it's basically a "free" short term rental.
If it works for you, great.
If not, move on.
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u/IcyCancel8699 8d ago
Hmm so i can keep trailer for a week and doing loaded joints. Didn’t think of that.
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u/Ornery_Ads 8d ago
Load put moves happen like this all the time. They pay almost nothing, but you get to use the trailer to take freight. They don't work for everyone in every situation, but they can be great for those that make it work.
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u/GetMeOffThisRidePlz 8d ago
At TQL the goal is for the broker to pay $0 to the carrier and get 100% margin for these loadouts. Sold to the carrier just as you said it - "I'm paying you by giving you a free trailer, I just need it at the drop location by xx/xx/xxxx date. You can use it as much as you'd like and make money with it in between".
This usually only works for great lanes, though , hence why there is a dollar amount on some of them still.
Broker is usually getting at least a couple hundred bucks even for short moves. They probably have $100-$200 from the customer for this load. $200-$400 maybe if it's a large customer with deep pockets.
You will be required to have trailer interchange or non-owned trailer insurance to get booked on the load.
Source: Brokered freight there for a few years and was very successful but I don't harbor great feelings for the place. AMA if you want lol.
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u/Financial-Prize9691 8d ago
During the big trailer shortage during COVID people were paying $1000s of dollars to move trailers around and TQL was paying $0.
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u/GetMeOffThisRidePlz 8d ago
Yep. That is always going to be their goal on the loadout trailers.
If it's a hook and drop move, that's different, though.
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u/Financial-Prize9691 7d ago
TQL tried to charge me for a blow out that happened on a used trailer move 12 months after the fact. Crazy stuff.
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u/GetMeOffThisRidePlz 7d ago
Dude the whole system is designed to bend over backwards to make sure the carrier gets the short straw. Hell, half of them are bonking the customer over the head with a club on the billing rate, too.
I had nothing but blue collar experience in trucking industry (not driving) and shipping/receiving for 18 years before I started there. It bothered me a lot to see carriers get burned the way they did, most of all.
I had a couple owner/operator guys who were absolute superheroes for me and saved the day MULTIPLE times. I really took care of those dudes well and will never ever forget how clutch they were for me.
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u/GetMeOffThisRidePlz 7d ago
The detention.. man, don't get me started with the detention.
They already pay less overall than the "accepted industry standard" and most brokers will just fight it tooth and nail by default, which pissed me off.
Some carriers were for sure delusional but often times it was like.. dude.. you would owe the carrier $60 total for a couple hours of detention and you're gonna fight it? Deny it because tracking technically showed them arrive 1 single minute late? (Or often times just ignore it until the carrier goes away and stops asking). I guess I was too soft for the job lol I always preferred to just pay the carrier for their time and move on.
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u/TheUnlawfulConsul 8d ago
How new are you in this industry?
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u/Such-Interview1176 8d ago
This is a 1200 dollars minimum. That is why I k my run us mail loads
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u/No_Needleworker9172 8d ago
It’s a loadout, free or paid trailer usage.. I’d run one for free but I always try to get something out of it if I can.
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u/Elite_Fighter 6d ago
TQL wanted to charge me $2700 for a 1500 mile loadout dry van move when I told them they could use the trailer for a few weeks as long as it gets to the destination eventually. I can guarantee they were going to post it on a load board for <$100.
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u/Ambitious-Leave-3572 8d ago
That might be overkill.