If they were using telephones, then there were people operating call-in centers for this pool of owner operators? If this was pre-90s, probably not even cell phones but, pay phones/physical phones? And if personal/professional connections, then there were meetings where owner operators get together? How would they schedule time for all of this, or coordinate it?
I'm having a hard time picturing either of these methods. It feels hard to have a large spot market of owner operators without some large broker in the middle, at least pre-cellphones.
I'm having a hard time picturing either of these methods. It feels hard to have a large spot market of owner operators without some large broker in the middle, at least pre-cellphones.