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Tips for shippers
Know the vehicle that you require: Why post for a straight truck when a cargo van will do? A cargo van is less expensive. Note: Make sure if you are going to send a couple of skids out by van that they have a tow motor or forklift at destination to take it off. Some companies only have dock height available and can only take a straight truck. Also note that the max weight in a cargo van varies from 2- 3 thousand pounds.
A car can take a few hundred pounds depending on the size of the boxes, saving you more money as a car runs cheaper.
Make sure your shipment is ready on time - some companies will charge you waiting time. If there is a delay, call your carrier immediately and inform him before he gets there.
Include dimensions on all freight.
Note: When posting an offered price for your shipments, take into consideration that the fuel is factored into your posted price. Nobody wants surprises on their invoice. The only extra cost will be applicable taxes .
Truckers discuss drastic steps to save their livelihood
By JIM FORMAN / KING 5 News
SEATTLE – The high cost of diesel is fueling local truckers' anger as they struggle to make a living.
Frustrated and fed up with fuel prices, truckers who haul freight from the Port of Seattle met Friday night to commiserate and look for ways to save their livelihood.
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Truckers met Friday night to commiserate and to look for ways to save their livelihood.
There was talk of strikes and slowdowns, unionizing and unifying, but the bottom line is clear: the price of diesel is crippling their way of life.
"There is no vacation. I am cutting a lot of expenses. I can't afford it. Right now is just focusing on how I can pay my mortgage and put food on the table," said Michael Alazar.
He says hauling a load to Spokane pays $700, but he'll pay $500 dollars in fuel. Regulations make it a two-day trip. He nets just $100 a day.
The price of keeping a truck on the road is skyrocketing as well. Things like oil changes and new tires have doubled in price.
A short-term fix might be added surcharges, collected by the trucking companies and paid back to the truckers who contract with them.
"Long-term, well, we'd all like oil prices to plummet," said Alazar.
For these truckers, no idea seems to be off the table.
"We have to be smart about this, make the wise decision and look at the big picture," he said.
Higher Gas prices are here to stay so we must adapt
Long gone are the days when people could just drive around and not worry about the fuel price they’re paying. This especially goes for the transportation business in which every dollar is being watched with pounding hearts. Owner-operators are literally going broke out there as the fuel prices are making them feel like they’re being kicked in the teeth every time they go to the pump.
I know a lot of drivers out there - as well as myself being one - and running their trucks back empty is killing them. On top of this, they are paying the company a hefty percentage of the load. The owners of trucking companies have to start changing their way of thinking and downsize their office staff in order to give the owner-operators a bigger cut. We know that won’t happen for the greedy owners of these carrier companies aren’t about to give up a bigger slice of the pie.
I think it’s time to rethink this whole delivery concept and start squeezing the owners instead of the poor truck drivers. There is no room now for so many hands picking into the shippers pockets hoping that shippers will always pay more. Shippers too are feeling the pinch in this downturn economy and cannot bail the trucking companies out because of rising fuel prices.
It’s all up to the trucking industry to figure out how to save their livelihood and it looks like there is only one way. We have to load up the trucks and keep them running full both ways in order to keep the price manageable for the shippers.
Rod Danbury
Calgary, Alberta
10:12 PM PDT on Friday, May 30, 2008
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