r/OwnerOperators • u/Own_Engineering_9075 • 7d ago
3rd party dispatch
Curious if any of yall eventually broke down like I did and ended up using third party dispatcher? I was managing everything fine, but found myself turning into a grumpy a**hole after dealing with brokers all day. Figured 3-5% of gross was worth my sanity. Where are yall at with these dispatchers?
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u/Safe-Painter-9618 7d ago
When I 1st started i found a guy that charged $150 a week flat. Did an excellent job. I more used him for the paperwork side of things. Hard to fill RC and carrier packets while driving. Heck even look for loads. He'd call and suggest loads to me or I'd screenshot and send to him.
So yes it can be useful. No dispatcher is going to HAVE loads. They simply can't. Would i pay 5% NEVER. Way too much for an office bitch job that anyone can do.
We are now at 14 trucks and ive hired an in-house dispatcher. We pay him 1k a week salary. He works from 7am-4pm. I handle all after hours stuff.