Hauling cheap freight

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  1. Dadetrucking305

    Dadetrucking305 Heavy Load Member

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    There is a lot of cheap freight going around and more shocking is the carriers willing to haul this freight.Do they not know their operating cost or are they just happy to have freight on their trailer.Regardless of what these carriers have on their mind when they haul this cheap freight it is only fattening the pockets of brokers and will eventually cause these same cheap freight hauling carriers to go out of business,and even after they are out it will be difficult to negotiate good rates because of these super low rates going around.It would not be so bad if one knew who these carriers were to give them a good old skool whooping.Just kidding,but seriously gentleman let's all get on the same page and make some money,not to get rich,but just enough to make a living.
     
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  3. Skate-Board

    Skate-Board Road Train Member

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    Your in Minot!!!!! You need to move!
     
  4. gokiddogo

    gokiddogo Road Train Member

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    You can bet the loads delivering to the area paid very well ... cheap freight is just a result of an area consuming much more than it produces, simple supply and demand my friend ...
     
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  5. DustyRoad

    DustyRoad Road Train Member

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    Fair market pricing is determined by supply and demand. Too many truck and not enough freight will drive down the price. Fright prices are dynamic, meaning they often change from one place to another. How about that freight paying $5.00 per mile out of California compared to $3.50 per mile out of Houston?

    What's in your wallet?
     
  6. Dadetrucking305

    Dadetrucking305 Heavy Load Member

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    I'm in San antonio,just never changed my profile.
     
  7. Nedrudt

    Nedrudt Light Load Member

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    I've been calling on a lot of loads lately that are paying $400 for 1500 miles and their not small loads either, between 10-15 feet and 5,000 to 8,000 lbs. And not in just bad freight lanes either. There was a 40ft container going from San Diego to Indianapolis for 98¢ a mile. Tried to reason with the broker but they kept saying it's locked in. I'd like to think that no one would ever accept these loads and that these brokers will stop trying to move everything for cheap but we all know there's those guys that will move that cheap crap.
     
  8. FLATBED

    FLATBED Road Train Member

    There will ALWAYS be a broker trying to LOW BALL the rates and funny thing is there is ALWAYS a trucker willing to take the LOW BALL RATE been that way since the day of the horse drawn FREIGHT WAGONS
     
  9. Dadetrucking305

    Dadetrucking305 Heavy Load Member

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    As far as brokers low balling its a business everyone is trying to make the most for their pockets and carriers taking cheap freight is always going to happen as well,but the rates lately have just been ridiculous like Nedrudt said big loads for the Low Low.
     
  10. Skate-Board

    Skate-Board Road Train Member

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    I totally agree with your post. There are many times a large company needs to reposition a truck and do it quick to get back to a regular customer. It's better for them to take it up the you know what and make a little instead of nothing at all. I live in NH and freight is real bad. I called about a load going to Ohio and the guy asked for my MC number then said, you don't want to do this when he found out I wasn't a mega carrier. We got to talk and he told me it's Swift, TMC and all the others that take these loads. Bailed cardboard going to Ohio 600 miles away for $1.25 a mile. He was a pretty nice guy and I was new and told me they take freight up to NH and Maine for good money then they take either mulch, lumber or water back to Mass for $1.50 then the bailed cardboard to Ohio.

    I took one of those loads once and just couldn't do it again. I picked up in recycle dump and I mean DUMP and I delivered to a DUMP on Ohio.
     
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