mercer transportation

ah hell. just my luck

 

i got $15 then

 

for what that bumper cost you are half way to a herd bumper

 

$15 it'll bring way more than that scrap value!? I pulled it out with a chain.. Doesn't look so bad... I tell myself that anyways..

 

You haven't seen the scrap prices lately. Probably get a pretty penny for that at the scrap yard.

 

Well just got off the phone with chris from mercer and I think I'm just going to start job hunting again he said they do very little oversize loads (that's how I make good money now) and steps are averaging $1.68 a mile for the last 30 days he said some do make more than that but not always.
I can't make money at $1.68 a mile how can anyone? Seems like trucking is going backwards I use to make real good money $6-10,k a week every week and was turning down freight everyday because I was so busy now a super good week is $6,k but I see more $3,k weeks than anything I think I should be paid for what I'm worth company drivers are making $.52 a mile I should make that but when your cost is $1.47 a mile you have to run over $2.00 a mile and even with that I'm just making a living company is not making any frofit
I understand lanes have different prices that's why I talk avrages some lanes I leave at $3.00 a mile and come back at $1.50 a mile so that in my eyes is $2.25 a mile and you always have D/H miles you don't drop than pick up your next load next door (that's only happen once) so no matter what I need to make over $2.00 a mile loaded because your dead head miles wile bring that down 20%

 

I will give Mercer credit for giving it to you straight. How many companies would have told you what you wanted to hear? Shoot me an email with contact information. I have a couple hot shot companies in TX that have intrastate freight. Haven't hauled for them but others that have speak highly of them.

 

I got $125 for the old radiator out of this truck. I think that bumper weighs about 100 or 150lbs. No idea what scrap stainless value is right now but I'm sure it's good..

 

Sounds like you're doing good for what you're doing.. Things are down everywhere right now.. $10K weeks, wow!! Who really sustains that for more than a few months at a time if that? No way I'd lease on somewhere if I were in your situation.

 

i dont know why anyone would go from independant to lease unless forced to. you just got to find the work and sell it. i wss independant a long time ago i just dont think i want to do it again. you have to know your strengths and weaknesses and i know i am not a good salesman. i dont like dealing with people and hate hagling. i give my rate and dont negotiate from there and thats not a good way to make friends. i hate playing the game or ask more then you need and haggle it out. i dont work that way