Weldon Deckow
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84 reviews · average 3.7
Biggest gripe: the mobile app crashes mid-upload and ate my PODs, which cost me a $250 detention fee and a very angry consignee. After 25 years running three trucks in the Pacific Northwest I had to revert to paper and phone calls because the in-app GPS wouldn’t lock on rural drop-offs - useless on the road.
...hit-or-miss on last-minute loads - they pulled a perfect backhaul the week I desperately needed work, but twice this month pickups were late and my three trucks sat in the PNW while their tracking still showed “on time.” Feeling torn: their coverage helped when it mattered, yet that inconsistency costs me, so I can't call them reliable across the board.
…EchoShip’s live ETA pings actually matched what my drivers saw on the road, which cut the usual phone tag and let me slot loads tighter. I run three trucks in the PNW and that kind of timing accuracy saved us a full afternoon last week.
Liked that Hub Connect actually showed live truck locations, but their promised pickup window slid twice and left me parked with no load. I run three trucks in the Pacific Northwest and after 25 years on the road I need timing you can count on - when they nail it it's fine, when they don't it costs me real hours and headaches.
Bottom line: Penske Logistics was overpriced and not worth the switch. Promised broader reach but buried fees and poor routing wiped out roughly $300–$400 a month per truck - I run three trucks in the Pacific Northwest and have 25 years in this business, so that kind of hit made me pull out.
I've used WWEX for two years. What made me happy was how the rep synced my account to their TMS and carriers in one afternoon - I'm a Pacific Northwest owner-operator with three trucks, and having live rates and tracking by the next shift made getting started actually painless.
Some days Beon actually saved my bacon with the live visibility - I could re-route a load and avoid deadhead - but other times it went dark right before a scheduled pickup and I wasted a half-day. I've been running three trucks in the Pacific Northwest for 25 years, so I'm picky; it's useful enough to keep using, just don't count on it when everything's already tight.
Last Tuesday I picked up a Tacoma→Portland backhaul that listed at $1,250 - nearly double the $700 I usually scrape on that run, so I pulled the trigger. With three trucks and 25 years running the PNW, paying Uber Freight's fee and taking the fast-pay on that premium haul felt worth it; if they keep finding loads like that I’ll keep using it.
Used DSV for six years. Last December my driver blew a turbo outside Lewiston and their platform lit up with the pickup - DSV's rep reconsigned the load to a local carrier and pushed the paperwork through in under an hour, which saved the contract and my week.
I've used TQL for about five years. The TRAX tracking is a step up from the small brokers I started with, and loads into California run pretty steady, but after 25 years running three trucks in the Pacific Northwest I miss the quick, honest phone calls - too many surprise accessorials and slow detention payoffs leave me torn between liking the volume and resenting the paperwork hassle.
Bottom line: Expeditors' real-time tracking beats the previous broker I used by a mile. I run three trucks in the Pacific Northwest and after 25 years of hauling their timely customs status updates saved a driver from wasting half a day waiting at a dock - one clear piece of info that changed how I plan loads.