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The Digital Age of Freight: Life Before the Load Board Revolution

Life without load boards looks dark for shippers, carriers, brokers, and all other parties involved in the logistics industry. Even thinking about it sends shivers down my spine.<br><br>https://usravens.com/life-before-the-load-board/<br>

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The Digital Age of Freight: Life Before the Load Board Revolution

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  1. The Digital Age of Freight Life Before the Load Board Revolution

  2. Load boards have become truckers’ go-to destination for finding high-paying loads. They just need to type into their load boards their current city and where they are heading. Life without load boards looks dark for shippers, carriers, brokers, and all other parties involved in the logistics industry.

  3. Monopoly of Large Conglomerates Large conglomerates had a monopoly in the trucking industry. They had their own fleet of drivers. It was only after the deregulation of the industry by the Motor Carrier Act of 1980 that drivers could venture into the industry on their own.

  4. Struggle to Find New Loads Just like freight brokers or carriers cold call to get loads today, truckers used to cold call in hopes of finding new loads. They started using desperate approaches like hanging around truck stops or reaching out to local shippers for loads. After all, necessity is the mother of invention.

  5. Arrival of Load Boards It was no sure-shot way of finding high paying shipments, but it worked for the time being. It was in 1978 that the first load board, Dial-A-Truck service or DAT, as it is popularly known today, was founded by Jubitz truck stop in Portland, Oregon. And that’s how it all started! The rest is history.

  6. https://usravens.com/life-before-the-load-board/ for Thank God Load Boards!! At US Ravens, we use DAT, one of the best load boards available in the market today. Do tell us in the comments which was your first load board. Was it DAT or any other? We would love to know.

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