Rates are crashing and fuel to the moon!

None did. You can get by on it but guess who's gonna retire? It ain't gonna be anybody living off spot freight driving a truck. The broker will, financed by the hard work of a trucker...

 

The dedicated account I managed. The contract mileage rate was at a minimum of $4.02 a mile plus FSC to $4.47 plus FSC depending on met performance metrics. Plus accessorial's were billed out.

 

Somewhere there’s a guy leased on to prime thinking they’re making it. Putting in the miles. Sucker.
Some where there’s a guy putting extra effort and making it. Doing what others cry about. I got respect for them.
Then there’s the drivers somewhere in the middle. Just trying to make it work and take care of their families. They’re the ones that I feel for. Do the math, if it don’t add up… things got to change.

 

A whopping $25

 

Sorry Dave, no luck going to Vegas. Yet. Called today on a load out of omaha going to riverside sweetheart wants 100% no holes in the 8 foot tarps paying 2.08... not to mention my 177 mile deadhead, then my big bad wolf carrier takes $17%... not even canned soup money 8 foot tarps been stored away for 2 years anyhow. Once they start talking claims at $2.08 it's a run for my life load, wouldn’t entertain the idea... sadly it was gone in 10 minutes...

ATS had a omaha to Ohio paying a whopping $1.54... ya missed that one 2.

I'm a sitting duck. Shoot me!!!

 

Might as well be a door dasher!

 

If your doing 30% direct and 70% spot... what gives?

 

My 30% makes up. Still working on picking up some difficult opportunities to make it work together. Hasn’t been easy. It takes thick skin and I still got more to improve on.

 

C'mon man!!!!

 

Yea, my competitor has more trailers and some motivated guys! Nothing new to a lil mom and pop starting out, trying to out compete. All I can do is be a little cheaper, reliable, and as professional as I can. They seem to have a decent hold on things as far I can see. Basically, my plan is no great secret. I seek the most pain in the butt work that other carriers don’t want any thing to do with. I don’t mind it as I don’t like easy tasks anyway. I feel like I would be wasting my life away by just doing simple tasks. At times I wish I was still doing Bomb disposal, but that’s a impossibility.