Comments on: Manheim UPS Alliance

By: CKF

CKF — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 14:54:09 +0000

What a riduculous set up this is, it is costing more money to move vehicles and the money is going to the Brokers, how is this efficient for the clients much less the transport companies doing the work. Broker companies need to be forced out completly. All that does is put more of middle man into the mix. It is like years of buying wholesale then having to go to retail to purchase. How is that cost effective for anyone and the only person making the profits are the Brokers. RAT is a joke of a company, they charge the clients outrageous money and then pay the actual driver/trnspt company peanuts. Stand firm guys!

By: classic rock guy

classic rock guy — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 02:33:19 +0000

UPS what a joke. In the Manheim Nashville market they will post a forecast for the week. However when you call or email you get no response or if you do it’s “those are not available” or “that list was picked through before it was posted” It seems to me and a few others that as usual you get back room deals cut before the proccess was set up and the same cut throat transport companies ( hwy.70 and class custom carriers) that also have in lane transport booths get the majority if not all of the work. I know that is the nature of the business but UPS could save alot of money by dropping the BS and just dispatch the way remarketing did-direct. Don’t get me started on that useless bunch of backstabbing lyin’ ass crybabies. I totally laughed my ass off when I heard most of the management and all of the dispatcher lost their jobs. I wonder how they felt not knowing where their next paycheck was coming from or how they was going to pay their bills..oh wait I can tell you IT SUCKS!!! Lisa and Matt was absolutely the worse dispatchers in the world and Trina was just as bad as a manager. OK enough of that. apparently all auction related dispatch offices are cut from the same cloth and it has hurt alot of independent companies but I guess we have to deal with it. As for letting loads set that will never work because their will always be cut throats[see above] that will haul them.

By: Dispatcher

Dispatcher — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 23:49:30 +0000

Just wanna say I drove a truck prior to running this company so I can look at the whole picture….I think its time for us to stop booking these BS loads and taking this crap until the ones who are out there doing the actual work can get back to making a profit.

If we stand down for a while dispatchers and let these crappy loads sit this will drive up the price per mile. The money needs to be going to the drivers who have diesel fuel, expensive truck and cargo insurance every month to pay, tolls, truck payments and upkeep on those trucks, not to mention some of them might like to eat!

Dont book them people! Take a stand! I am!

By: Mike Beaty

Mike Beaty — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 00:24:17 +0000

I really don’t think we have to wait for UPS to get into full swing to see what I feel has already been happening to rates for sometime. Take a look at any autohauler load board. You will see loads of 7 to 10 units posted for as low as 18 cents per mile per unit. Some even lower now and then. Guess what boys and girls. That is not a fair or reasonable rate for any number of units. That’s $1.80 per mile for a 10 unit load. You don’t have to be a math genius to figure out that there is no profit margin in that. Yet, there is some starving wannabee that will jump in there and haul it and set the stage for the pattern to repeat it’s self several times every day nation wide. I book loads for our own trucks every day. I broker partials and single units daily as well. We always try to offer a fair rate to our outside carriers. We know what it costs to operate a truck. We sell service, not rates. There are so many brokers/carriers working these load boards that could care less if you make a living. They just want them delivered yesterday. I’ve never needed a union to make my deals for me. Seems that hasn’t worked out too well for a great number of those members of late. Still when all is said and done, we are all still “car haulers” and share a common set of goals. Do a fair days work, for a fair payment, and to be treated with the respect we deserve for our efforts. Regardless of what most may think, not everyone that can drive a truck hass the ability to be a car hauler. Ok, my rant has gone on long enough, it’s someone elses turn. Ya’ll live large and drive safe. Mike.

By: GTS

GTS — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 23:07:53 +0000

Well – wonder what THIS will do the rates?

Think about it – remember what happened to the rates with Ready Auto Transport (RAT) immediately following their contract with Adesa and Smart Auction?

That’s right – the volume on their load board went up and the rates went down.

I hope I am wrong in assuming that the same thing will happen with UPS, but I have a gut feeling it is going to hit a lot of us independents where it hurts.