power only load ?s

Still not bad at all for right now even with 50% deadhead. I think I read that you're with ACME, right? I actually shot them an email a couple months back, and didn't hear anything back. I'm sure I'm out of their general running area up here in East TN.

 

alot of those P/O loads are a LOADOUT TRAILERS you p/u trl in say ogden , ut going to converse , tx you then take that trl load it at another shipper deliver that load somewhere close enough so your deadhead is low then deliver the trl to converse

 

I did Power Only work for almost 3 years and loved it. the only reason I got out of P/O was that I lost my truck in a divorce thing. I still keep contact with the company I used to pull for and friends that pull for them as with most segments of the industry P/O has been slammed with poor rates and too little freight in these times. I would not go back into P/O right now, but in time..........ya, I would. loved it, easiest work I ever did truckin'. had fun, made money, and when you're bobtailin' between trailers its a great time to go sight seeing and shopping and stuff like that that you can't do when you have a trailer stuck on your butt.

 

My entire purpose for posting on this thread, was to get a heads up, and an inkling of rates for a friend.

Of which I've gotten neither.

Too bad, guess he sticks with his usual bunch.

 

I'm just tellin ya what I know danc, I talk to drivers and management with the tow away carrier I used to pull for regularly and its been a terribly tight year rate wise and freight wise. I was told several times that my former carrier was not even adding any new operators this past summer, userally they lay on 15-25 thru the summer, some stay, some go, and a lot of the old guys who are semi-retired lay off thru the most of the winter. Mike told me that the only new hires they would put on in '09 ( this was in the spring) was ones that had good history with them. If I'da had a truck I coulda got on, but thats part of the reason I didn't push to do that this year, chose to just drive my lil' ol' company hopper around instead, this has been steady if not just what I'd prefer to be doing. and I didn't want to "come outa the gate" with my back against the wall. like all of truckin' this year, rates have been severely depressed by excess capacity and slow freight.
in example, I know from experience that say a moving van going coast to coast 2 yr ago was payin' +/- $2.50- $3.00, this summer friends told me they had to about beg to beat $1.50- $1.75, that puts a real bite in the pocket, and bed bug vans are bread and butter for towaway thru the summer. by the same token I have a party I'm familiar with that hooked up with a fortune 500 company and got a contract to move like several trailers (100+) over a 3-4 mo period rescently on a 700 mile est. haul one way d/h back and they where getting like 2.50 on all miles plus detention for any equip. or customer delays. but this was a spot deal and they got it all. so its not a common thing right now. day in day out , you could expect from my research, to make less then 2.00/ mi. one way, but something to think on is the deadhead back or to something else is substantially less then if you where draggin' your own trailer around. Its been since '07 since I last did any towaway myself, but I feel that if you can hold up a $1.50 or so one way and can find something as a back haul, you wouldn't be doing bad,not well, but not bad.

 

You mean other than this?

I would guess that most folks on here don't do power only stuff very often, and the ones that do probably do it for a regular customer, vs strictly doing trailer moves. I'll throw out a dollar figure-$2500. I could do it for less and make very good money, but my overhead is very low. Surely your friend must have an idea of what he needs to charge, and isn't giving up on this because we didn't give a satisfactory answer. If he can't quote a rate, he doesn't have any business being in business for himself.

 

You guys are waaaaaay off base on my post. I DON'T WANT A JOB !!!! He doesn't want a job !!!!!

A friend needs 3-5 trailers moved, multiple times per year in the following states. More often than not, it is multiple moves per month.

NC, AR, TN, MS, FL, SC, GA, and AL

He has a current contractor. But that contractor is based in Iowa, so it's killing him for these moves. Since the tractor has to bobtail from Iowa, if there isn't one nearby.

Payment is cash or certified check ON DELIVERY.

 

Ok, now it makes sense. I sent you a PM, but it actually sounds like someone in the Birmingham or Atlanta area might be more central for him.

 

Ok now this makes more sense, it helps to have more of the facts to get you the advice that you're seeking. but ya if you live right in the area where these move all the time, and you know your cost of operation and want the work then figure it out and shoot the customer a bid on it. I would say to set a fuel surcharge rate on it so if fuel prices spike again you have some flex room. other wise just set it up and "get'er dun". Good Luck on getting this business. something semi-steady like that could be a great thing to have in you pocket. be safe in your travels. Dan