2 van shipments per day, customer requested night-time deliveries. 1rst shipment 40k lbs, shows 75 miles one-way on Google from one medium sized city to another. Second load origin was small town part of the way back to first origin, and deliver to same place. 15k lbs, 57 miles one-way.
I worked on bidding this load and was told my bid was too high, just wanted to check what others thought or if I overlooked something. I explained to them it wasn't practical to do backhauls on these loads, expecially with them being at night. But I could run them back to back like clockwork and give them excellent service that way.
I figure the google miles may be off 10 or 20 miles depending on actual physical location, so all in all it would be a 280-300 mile run, 2 picks, 2 drops, 1/2 deadhead.
What would you bid ?
p.s.- I can't reveal too many details, because I still think there is a chance they could fail to cover these loads cheap and be calling me.
What's your bid ?
Discussion in 'Ask An Owner Operator' started by dannythetrucker, Mar 15, 2013.
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around $700
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300 miles = $1200
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guess maybe i should have used my bifocals to read that,i seen 200 miles.lol
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Sounds like it would be a "dedicated" gig for you so that should factor into the rate you are trying to get. How much loading time and unloading time would make a difference in my rate also. Seems with driving time of 300 miles along with loading/unloading time you would be looking at a 9 hour day or little over. I personally would look at weight, load/unload time, and distance from my house. Based off the fact this looks dedicated I would bid $900-$1000 per day with having 9+ hours involved daily.
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I was figuring about 11 hours, 7 driving and 4 stops @ 1 hour per. But it could easily turn into 12-16 depending on them. -
I'd bid a $1,000 on it that seems fair to me, maybe $900 not lower tho.. aim high.. That's good money even if you had the 12-13hours in it.. If you're close to home and sleeping in bed every night you're not going to idle the truck any at all.. If you can keep the deadhead to only back and froth from shipper/receiver - stage the truck there - even better. Maybe you could contract some detention pay if they're going to hold you up and have you working more than 13 hours in the day, or 14... ...of course they might not want to be trifled with detail like that..
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I came up with $1112 for the 280 mile trip and I built in 4 hours of pu and del time (1 hour for each of the 4 stops). Depends on how close to home it is though.
280 miles x $1.65 = $462
280 miles / 60 mph = 4.66hrs x $75/hr = $350
4 hrs x $75 = $300 -
FYI - I started at $600 for the first run and $500 for the second run, then I conceded to $550 and $450 but told them I needed $50/hr detention if I had to wait more than 2 hrs and a drop trailer wasn't an option. Yes, I would make pretty good money at the rate since I am the driver. But I felt that if I had to hire a driver and pay work comp, payroll tax, and a decent wage it was a reasonable bid. I can't see going much lower unless I had just the perfect backhaul. And with backhauls is would likely take two trucks to do this as well as depending on the other shipper and reciever to not screw up. I thought it was a fair bid and it sounds like I was in line with what you guys are saying so I feel a little more confident about it now. And no, it was nowhere near my home, it would have been my new home I guess, lol. -
1,000-1,200 my self.
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