What kind of rates are you getting?

This week it's $1.46.....2 loads of frozen foods....1 load of produce.

 

Getting ready to leave in a little bit to pick up a load. Rough numbers are $1950 plus FSC for the load to the company. 527 loaded miles on my odometer, so I make about 470 for the load on a weekday on my percentage, about 590 on a weekend at the higher weekend percentage. Load is corn starch (baby powder) in a pneumatic trailer. I'll let you do the math on the cpm basis, but it's in line with what we typically haul.

Customer typically has some delays, so I will probably pick up anywhere from 4-6 hours of detention time if things go as they often do.

 

Burky....how long will you be there to get 4-6 hours of detention?

You don't own the truck do you?

 

No, I'm a company driver. We allow two hours for unloading as part of the service and that is figured into the rate. After that, we charge for detention, based on the drivers judgement. I don't always charge it, it depends on the situation. if the customer is burning up my productive time, I'll file for detention. if I am just about done for the day, I probably won't. A lot of it depends on how hard they are trying to get me unloaded. This customer has a big tendencey to order more than their system can hold, and that is strictly their own fault, not anything that I have control over..

 

my dad and i have a set rate since we own the company and haul the same material every single night to pennslyvania and back to buffalo 10 trips a week between the two trucks 2.50 a mile x 600 miles(down and back) = 1500 plus a .35 cent fuel surcharge on the down miles only so 105 plus 50 for a drop off times ten trips is..... is usually round 16550 a week but then take out the fuel and costs it doesnt add up to much.... just thought id drop my 2 cents

 

from what i read on the previous post, that sounds like you'd be making a killing, even if you got poor fuel mileage. maybe i misunderstood what you were meaning???

 

no trust me theres not a thing to complain about here its taken alot to get where my dad has gotton so im letting him cherrish it as much as he can then hes passing it down im part owner now but i think we will keep it this way untill he passes (which hopefully isnt for a while)