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Smoothies are always earned, never given.
Shout out to JNB and Scott for making the Day 1 Forge Mount Rushmore.
These guys work their asses off (not that Jake has one that would be weird to comment on a man’s butt) but here we are.
Time to be great, again. Time to double, again. Time to be the best, again.
We know diesel costs a lot... but how does that impact transportation? And what are other drivers to the TL market? Or maybe even the Cheesecake Factory?
The 2 visuals below are M/M all in van and reefer spot prices (back to June '23) and it seems that spot prices are a lot higher now than the last few years.
If anyone has a clear crystal ball, I would probably run.
Will diesel prices come tumbling down soon? Probably not.
Is there more demand coming in Q4? Doesn't seem great.
Is there more supply now than a few months ago? Seems to be.
Make your own conclusions and giddy up.
We have turned Doubters to Believers in regard to our operators and dynamic pricing.
This is why I do what I do.
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Speechless (which is unusual for me).
Thank you @JasonKelce!
@newheightshow
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I’ve been anticipating a strong peak shipping season, at least on the rate side, but the last couple of weeks are causing me to revisit that assumption.
For the last two weeks, we’ve transparently taken a very aggressive posture to capture volume and haven’t seen any material margin erosion.
I hesitated to push things even further yesterday, given it was the last Monday of the month, and we got penalized hard on conversion.
On the plus side, DFM results smashed our recent high-water mark.
This market is confusing. I suspect retailers could be in for a rude awakening during the holidays, but who knows.
Imagine getting to banter with King Prod every day.
I’ve been anticipating a strong peak shipping season, at least on the rate side, but the last couple of weeks are causing me to revisit that assumption.
For the last two weeks, we’ve transparently taken a very aggressive posture to capture volume and haven’t seen any material margin erosion.
I hesitated to push things even further yesterday, given it was the last Monday of the month, and we got penalized hard on conversion.
On the plus side, DFM results smashed our recent high-water mark.
This market is confusing. I suspect retailers could be in for a rude awakening during the holidays, but who knows.
It unfortunately came to my attention that information was spread… something like 90% of our freight being covered via load postings.
It hurt a bit at the time, but I could not give a confident answer in our percentages.
I appreciate the motivation and encouragement to get better.
We’ve gotten so much better in 30 days.
Good night, folks!
Look at that - we just had our best Monday since last Monday, and the Monday before.
Winning is a drug.
Imagine not believing in dynamic pricing.
I owe the JOC folks a follow up, but I thought Chris and Steve did a fantastic job discussing some of the challenges asset based carriers face with pricing.
Imagine making time for the people who taught you how to fight and love.
While somehow trying to be a freight broker.
Family first.
Respect for being back in the trenches 🫡
It is how operators adopt and leaders get buy in #LEADFROMTHEFRONT #PROOFOFCONCEPT
Imagine building freight tech that your biggest customer wants to use to avoid the market and come directly to you and your tech.
This is why I do what I do.
Thank you @thefreightnerd.
Forge On.
