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  1. 06.13.2012 #1
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    owner op question?

    any body got any good info where a o/op can lease his trk/trl on to nice trk with 53 ref need some good payin co. keep ya busy and get some descent lds and not haul cheep freight holler back at me plz?
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    Breaker, Breaker - holla back na...

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    Quote Originally Posted by sixthgear11 View Post
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    Lol, now if I had said anything I would be getting chastised by some potty mouth.
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    Quote Originally Posted by dirtroadchild View Post
    any body got any good info where a o/op can lease his trk/trl on to nice trk with 53 ref need some good payin co. keep ya busy and get some descent lds and not haul cheep freight holler back at me plz?
    Have you tried CTI? Not sure about how much they pay, but I know they have reefer freight..
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    Dump the reefer. Jamac Logistics is looking for O/O's to pull containers regionally. Good guy owns the company and will do right by people who work hard and are professional. Reefers = Cheap Freight. Might as well run that #### thing as a dry box.
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    What's their dry van freight like; anything for teams?
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    Quote Originally Posted by LSAgentOZR View Post
    Dump the reefer. Jamac Logistics is looking for O/O's to pull containers regionally. Good guy owns the company and will do right by people who work hard and are professional. Reefers = Cheap Freight. Might as well run that #### thing as a dry box.
    I've been hearing this from some other brokers that I'm friends with. They tell me that Reefer doesn't pay any (that much) better than dry - between the added expense of the equipment/maintenance, fuel and higher risk of temperature controlled loads getting rejected - that it just doesn't pay to do reefer. That, and even though there are a lot of dry loads that can go in a reefer box, the reduced cubes/gross weight capacity of the reefer would exclude that type of box from a lot of dry loads.

    Still in the "decision making" portion of what I'm going to "gear up" to pull. Flatbed just seems like too much REAL WORK (as in: securing/tarping and probably the highest injury rates). Reefer - too much additional capital outlay/risk.

    From what I'm seeing on the load boards, for the lanes I want to run (and basically, I'm just planning on running where the freight takes me - staying out of the NE, for 3-5 weeks, then home for 7-10 days), there seems to be plenty of available freight out there.

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    Quote Originally Posted by rsconsulting View Post
    I've been hearing this from some other brokers that I'm friends with. They tell me that Reefer doesn't pay any (that much) better than dry - between the added expense of the equipment/maintenance, fuel and higher risk of temperature controlled loads getting rejected - that it just doesn't pay to do reefer. That, and even though there are a lot of dry loads that can go in a reefer box, the reduced cubes/gross weight capacity of the reefer would exclude that type of box from a lot of dry loads.

    Still in the "decision making" portion of what I'm going to "gear up" to pull. Flatbed just seems like too much REAL WORK (as in: securing/tarping and probably the highest injury rates). Reefer - too much additional capital outlay/risk.

    From what I'm seeing on the load boards, for the lanes I want to run (and basically, I'm just planning on running where the freight takes me - staying out of the NE, for 3-5 weeks, then home for 7-10 days), there seems to be plenty of available freight out there.

    Rick
    We actually quoted a VERY LARGE company reefer rates recently and they came back to us twice and said our rates were too high. They were wanting us to contract carriers and use what few asset reefers we have to pull their freight for .70 + FSC/mile. I'm wondering how long they'll be looking for the company who will do that and how long that company will be in business.

    For the money, get you a 53' flat/step get some experience and get into hauling OD. That's where you'll make your money. So long as you keep yourself in shape and don't eat big macs every day...you'll be fine.
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