This is for you L/P drivers and lease drivers who think they are getting a good deal on their Fleece er lease program. This is published weekly and is from the Government. Most brokers don't want you to see anything like this but it's one of the tools they use on a daily basis. Just go down to the area you are in. It's pretty self explanatory. Now are you being treated fairly or should I say are you getting YOUR share of the freight? HMMMM? Let your friends see this and then start to talk! If you are using a broker look at how much he's RIPPING YOU OFF just for pushing a few papers! OK the chart didn't show up correctly but you're on line just hit the link and see it there and it might even update this friday.

[LINK POSTED BY MEMBER] Only Members Can View This Truck Forum Link. is the last report 08/18/2009

FRUIT AND VEGETABLE TRUCK RATE REPORT, WEEK ENDING TUESDAY AUGUST 18 2009

Rates quoted represent open (spot) market sales that shippers or
receivers pay, depending on basis of sale, per load, including
brokers' fees for shipments in truck load volume to a single destination.
Extra charges for delivery to terminal markets, multi-pickup and multi-drop
shipments are not included unless otherwise stated. Rates are based on
the most usual loads in 48-53 foot refrigerated trailers from the origin
shipping area to the destination receiving city. The ten cities of
destination are Atlanta, Georgia; Baltimore, Maryland; Boston, Massachusetts;
Chicago, Illinois; Dallas, Texas; Los Angeles, California; Miami, Florida;
New York, New York; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Seattle, Washington.

A surplus of trucks was reported for the following commodities and regions:
mangoes, tomatoes and mixed vegetables from Mexico Crossings Through Nogales,
Arizona, potatoes from Big Lake and Central Minnesota, melons from Delaware,
Maryland and Eastern Shore Virginia, North Carolina, sweet potatoes from
Mississippi, onions from Southern New Mexico, peaches from Georgia and South
Carolina, citrus, avocados, mangoes and mixed fruits and vegetables from Mexico
crossings through Texas. A slight surplus of trucks was reported for the following
commodities and regions: pears from Sacramento & San Joaquin Valley California,
lettuce, mixed vegetables, strawberries and raspberries from Salinas-Watsonville
California, mixed vegetables and strawberries from Santa Maria California,
avocadoes from South District California. A slight shortage of trucks was
reported for the following commodities and regions: carrots and grapes from
Kern District California. All other districts reported an adequate supply of trucks.
FIRST REPORT was issued for potatoes from Twin Falls-Burley District & Western Idaho
and Central Wisconsin. LAST REPORT was issued for onions from San Joaquin Valley
California and Southern New Mexico, peaches from Georgia.

FIRST PRICE RANGE FOR WEEK OF AUGUST 12-18 2009
SECOND PRICE MOSTLY FOR TUESDAY AUGUST 18 2009

PERCENTAGE OF CHANGE FROM TUESDAY AUGUST 11 2009 SHOWN IN ().

In areas where rates are based on package rates, per-load rates were
derived by multiplying the package rate by the number of packages in
the most usual load in a 48-53 foot trailer.


WEEKLY RANGE TUESDAY MOSTLY

MEXICO CROSSINGS THROUGH NOGALES, ARIZONA
-- MANGOES, TOMATOES AND MIXED VEGETABLES SURPLUS --

LOS ANGELES 475 550 500 550 (-19)

CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CALIFORNIA
-- NECTARINES, PEACHES, PLUMS, MELONS, CORN, PEPPERS, GRAPES ADEQUATE --

ATLANTA 4800 5100 4800 5000
BALTIMORE 4900 5100 5000
BOSTON 5600 5900 5600 5700
CHICAGO 4200 4500
DALLAS 3200 3400
MIAMI 5700 5900 5800 5900
NEW YORK 5600 5900 5700 5800
PHILADELPHIA 5000 5400 5100 5200
SEATTLE 2100 2300

KERN DISTRICT CALIFORNIA
-- CARROTS AND GRAPES SLIGHT SHORTAGE --

BALTIMORE 4400 5000 4800 (-4)
BOSTON 5400 6000 5500 5700 (-3)
CHICAGO 3800 4200 4000 4200 (-4)
LOS ANGELES 600 900 700 800 (0)
MIAMI 5000 5800 5400 5500 (-4)
NEW YORK 5000 5800 5400 5500 (-4)
PHILADELPHIA 4900 5700 5300 5400 (-1)

SACRAMENTO & SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CALIFORNIA
-- PEARS SLIGHT SURPLUS --

ATLANTA 4400 4600 (-2)
BALTIMORE 4800 5000 (-2)
BOSTON 5300 5500 (-2)
NEW YORK 5000 5300 (-5)
PHILADELPHIA 4900 5100 (-6)

SALINAS-WATSONVILLE CALIFORNIA
-- LETTUCE, MIXED VEGETABLES, STRAWBERRIES AND RASPBERRIES SLIGHT SURPLUS --

ATLANTA 4400 5000 4600 4800 (-4)
BALTIMORE 4800 5400 5000 5300 (-6)
BOSTON 5400 6100 5600 5800 (-
CHICAGO 4000 4600 4000 4200 (-7)
LOS ANGELES 800 1000 800 900 (-3)
MIAMI 5200 5800 5400 5600 (-5)
NEW YORK 5000 5800 5400 5600 (-4)
PHILADELPHIA 4900 5700 5300 5500 (-4)

SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CALIFORNIA
-- ONIONS ADEQUATE - RATES ARE USUALLY FOR FLATBEDS, OPEN TRUCKS, OR DRY VANS. - LAST REPORT --

BOSTON 2125 2338 (0)
CHICAGO 2763 2975 (0)
LOS ANGELES 425 638 (0)
MIAMI 2125 2338 (0)
NEW YORK 2019 2125 (0)
PHILADELPHIA 1913 2019 (0)

SANTA MARIA CALIFORNIA
-- MIXED VEGETABLES AND STRAWBERRIES SLIGHT SURPLUS --

ATLANTA 4400 4800 4400 4600 (-4)
BALTIMORE 4800 5600 5000 5200 (-7)
BOSTON 5400 6000 5600 5800 (-7)
CHICAGO 3800 4500 4000 4200 (-5)
LOS ANGELES 700 1000 800 (0)
MIAMI 5000 5600 5200 5400 (-6)
NEW YORK 5000 5600 5200 5400 (-9)
PHILADELPHIA 4900 5500 5100 5300 (-9)

SOUTH DISTRICT CALIFORNIA
-- AVOCADOS AND CITRUS SLIGHT SURPLUS --

ATLANTA 4200 4500 (-7)
BALTIMORE 4600 5400 4800 5000 (-4)
BOSTON 5000 5800 5200 5400 (-7)
CHICAGO 4000 4200 (-2)
DALLAS 3200 3300 (-6)
MIAMI 5300 5600 (-4)
NEW YORK 4800 5500 4800 5000 (-11)
PHILADELPHIA 4700 5400 4700 4900 (-11)
SEATTLE 2000 2300 (-4)

NORTHEAST COLORADO
-- CABBAGE ADEQUATE. --

DALLAS 1500 (0)

DELAWARE, MARYLAND AND EASTERN SHORE VIRGINIA
-- MELONS SURPLUS --

ATLANTA 1300 1400 (-4)
BALTIMORE 500 900 600 800 (-7)
BOSTON 1200 1600 1200 1400 (-2)
CHICAGO 1250 1600 1250 (+14)
NEW YORK 800 1200 800 1000 (-22)
PHILADELPHIA 600 1100 600 700 (-33)

GEORGIA
-- PEACHES SURPLUS - LAST REPORT --

ATLANTA 600 800 800 (0)
BOSTON 3000 3600 3200 3400 (0)
CHICAGO 2600 2800 (0)
MIAMI 1600 2000 (0)
NEW YORK 2800 3200 2900 3100 (0)

TWIN FALLS-BURLEY DISTRICT & WESTERN IDAHO
-- POTATOES SLIGHT SURPLUS - FIRST REPORT --

ATLANTA 3400 3718 3400 3613
BALTIMORE 3825 4250
BOSTON 4250 4569 4250 4463
CHICAGO 2338 3188 2550 2975
DALLAS 2550 2975
LOS ANGELES 956 1350 1063
MIAMI 4250 4998 4250 4463
NEW YORK 4038 4463 4250
PHILADELPHIA 3613 4038

MICHIGAN
-- BLUEBERRIES ADEQUATE --

ATLANTA 2100 2200 (0)
CHICAGO 850 900 (0)
DALLAS 2800 2900 (0)
NEW YORK 2900 3000 (0)

MICHIGAN
-- CELERY ADEQUATE --

ATLANTA 1600 2000 1700 1800 (-10)
CHICAGO 600 900 700 800 (-6)
NEW YORK 2000 2400 2300 2400 (-2)

MICHIGAN
-- CUCUMBERS ADEQUATE --

ATLANTA 1500 1800 1600 1700 (0)
CHICAGO 500 800 600 700 (0)
DALLAS 2000 2400 2200 2300 (-4)
NEW YORK 2000 2400 2100 2200 (-4)

BIG LAKE AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA
-- POTATOES SURPLUS --

ATLANTA 2258 2580 2401 (0)
BALTIMORE 3655 3870 3763 (0)
BOSTON 3440 3870 3691 (0)
CHICAGO 1100 1290 1162 (0)
DALLAS 2050 2365 2208 (0)
NEW YORK 3440 3870 3655 (0)

MISSISSIPPI
-- SWEET POTATOES SURPLUS --

ATLANTA 800 1200 1000 1200 (0)
CHICAGO 1200 1600 1400 1600 (0)

EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
-- SWEET POTATOES ADEQUATE --

ATLANTA 1750 (0)
BALTIMORE 1750 (0)
BOSTON 2750 (0)
CHICAGO 2550 (0)
MIAMI 1650 (0)
NEW YORK 2250 (0)
PHILADELPHIA 2000 (0)

NORTH CAROLINA
-- MELONS SURPLUS --

ATLANTA 800 1200 800 (0)
BALTIMORE 800 1400 1400 (0)
BOSTON 1250 2200 1800 (0)
CHICAGO 1250 1400 (+6)
NEW YORK 1000 1600 1400 1600 (-21)
PHILADELPHIA 900 1600 900 1000 (-41)

SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO
-- ONIONS SURPLUS - LAST REPORT --

ATLANTA 2550 2763 (0)
BALTIMORE 2975 3613 3188 3400 (0)
BOSTON 3400 4250 3613 3825 (0)
CHICAGO 2338 2550 (0)
DALLAS 1275 1488 (0)
MIAMI 3188 3400 3400 (0)
NEW YORK 3400 4038 3613 (0)
PHILADELPHIA 2975 3613 3188 (0)

WESTERN AND CENTRAL NEW YORK
-- CABBAGE ADEQUATE --

ATLANTA 2200 2300 (0)
BOSTON 1800 2000 (0)
NEW YORK 1200 1400 1200 (0)

SOUTH CAROLINA
-- PEACHES SURPLUS --

BALTIMORE 2000 2500 (0)
BOSTON 3000 3400 (0)
CHICAGO 2600 2800 (0)
NEW YORK 2600 3000 2800 3000 (0)
PHILADELPHIA 2300 2650 (0)

MEXICO CROSSINGS THROUGH TEXAS
-- CITRUS, AVOCADOS, MANGOES AND MIXED FRUITS AND VEGETABLES SURPLUS --

ATLANTA 1700 1900 (0)
CHICAGO 1700 1900 (+3)
DALLAS 800 1000 (+6)
LOS ANGELES 1500 1800 1600 1700 (-6)
NEW YORK 2600 3000 2800 (0)

TEXAS & OKLAHOMA
-- WATERMELONS ADEQUATE --

ATLANTA 1600 1900 (-3)
CHICAGO 1400 1900 1600 1900 (0)
DALLAS 900 1000 (+12)
LOS ANGELES 1400 1800 1400 1600 (-12)
NEW YORK 2800 3200 3000 (+2)

COLUMBIA BASIN WASHINGTON
-- POTATOES AND ONIONS ADEQUATE --

ATLANTA 3375 4144 3613 (0)
BALTIMORE 3613 4590 3825 (0)
BOSTON 4500 4888 (+5)
CHICAGO 3150 3613 3488 (+13)
DALLAS 2656 3188 2975 (0)
LOS ANGELES 1350 1700 (+19)
MIAMI 4388 5100 4950 (+11)
NEW YORK 4038 4781 4250 4463 (0)
PHILADELPHIA 3825 4463 4038 (0)

YAKIMA VALLEY & WENATCHEE DISTRICT WASHINGTON
-- APPLES/PEARS ADEQUATE --

BALTIMORE 5200 5400 5300 5400 (0)
BOSTON 5400 5600 5400 5500 (0)
CHICAGO 3450 3800 (0)
DALLAS 4000 4300 4000 4200 (0)
LOS ANGELES 1500 1800 1500 1700 (0)
NEW YORK 5300 5500 (0)
PHILADELPHIA 5200 5400 (0)
SEATTLE 550 750 (0)

CENTRAL WISCONSIN
-- POTATOES ADEQUATE - FIRST REPORT --

ATLANTA 2150
CHICAGO 731 774
MIAMI 3118 3655
NEW YORK 2688 3225 3010
PHILADELPHIA 2365

SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN
-- CABBAGE ADEQUATE --

ATLANTA 1500 1600 (0)
CHICAGO 500 550 (0)
DALLAS 1500 1550 (0)


TRUCK SHIPMENTS OF FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES
SHIPMENTS SHOWN IN 40,000 POUND UNITS AND REPRESENT
THE TOTAL REPORTED DOMESTIC SHIPMENTS. IMPORTS DO NOT
INCLUDE BANANAS. THE LATEST WEEKS FIGURES ARE PRELIMINARY.


2009 2008

AUG 09-15 AUG 10-16

U.S. 27,598 28,947
IMPORTS 5,119 5,440
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sum 32,717 34,387

AUG 02-08 AUG 03-09

U.S. 29,179 29,131
IMPORTS 5,117 4,738
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sum 34,296 33,869

JUL 26-AUG 01 JUL 27-AUG 02

U.S. 29,693 28,504
IMPORTS 5,531 6,010
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sum 35,224 34,514 :biggrin _2551::b iggrin_2551::biggrin_2 551:

My hubby says, "as long as I'm getting paid, WELL over and above what I'm paying for my purchase payment, and I'm still bringing in $900-1375.00 a week, what does THAT mean to me?? In another 18 months, I will own this truck, OUTRIGHT."

This truck is a 2007 Western Star. In another year and a half, it is paid off, will still be in EXCELLENT condition, because we TAKE GOOD CARE of it, and can take it to ANY trucking company we choose, if we decide to leave the company he is currently with.

I understand that a lot of lease/purchase programs are ####...and maybe even this one, considering we don't get the money from the freight that a true O/O with own authority does.

But, for us, we are doing well the way we are doing things, and in less than two years, we have a choice to get our own authority, lease our truck TO the company we are with, etc.

Lease/purchase is NOT always bad for EVERYONE...

Judi Kay

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