Hopper, Dump O/O's & Drivers

Can any one inform me on rates for hauling peanuts I recently stumbled upon a job hauling peanuts suppose to pay 24% of the load to the driver running out of NC into SC,VA,GA home a few nights out the week and off most weekends been looking online but cant seem to find anything. Emailed the company but havent heard anything back but Im just trying to be a little proactive

 

did you try any of the bulk load boards ? i have no personal experience with them , but have signed up to a couple and i get my inbox flooded with messages of loads. my broker uses a couple other boards when his regular dedicated go thru a dry spell and he's looking to get me out of an area.

hope you can get a good rpm and pay the big bills.

Jim

 

Well I'm back to pulling a hopper bottom...

 

Anybody still out there hauling grain in central and western kansas?

 

Wheathauler, we had a bad July as far as wheat harvest. I hope the corn, rice, and soybeans go better for us. Or I get a Riceland card soon. Either way we are gonna hang on cause thats all we know how to do.

 

I've got a unique situation, a former employer of mine (good guy, just did seasonal silage harvest for him a few years back) wants me to come run his truck for him. He used to pull a skateboard but can't anymore due to health issues and he wants to get his truck back out on the road. Due to his silage cutting business he wants to get a belt trailer and have me run it out and about when we aren't cutting silage. The unique part is, he just wants to take care of the truck and trailer upkeep and he wants me to find my own loads, take care of the billing, and do the small maitenance (oil changes and keeping the truck greased and so forth). I will be driving for percentage (won't say how much, but quite a bit better than just a company driver percentage). Where I'm hoping you guys could possibly help me out is on finding loads. Ive already contacted Scoular, Hannsen Mueller, CHS, Cargill, Gavilon, and West Plains/CT Freight services. Are there any midwest bulk load/grain and commodity brokers that i'm missing? Any other advice will be welcomed. We will be based out of Hays, KS.

 

And yeah, wheat was bad, really bad..............

 

Thanks wheathauler, good to know.