UNISORCE has a load Houston to Dayton,OH 1105 loaded miles pays $1300
BNSF has a load Laredo to Tipp City, Oh 1472 loaded miles pays $1400
Executive freight has a load Houston to Orlando 964 loaded miles pays $1050 (broker hung up on me when I said a truck can't go into Florida for less than $2.00 a mile)
Why oh Why are drivers hauling this cheap freight?? That is why the brokers and shippers keep the rates so low...Because drivers are taking it and if it gets moved once for $1.00 a mile than it should be moved always for $1.00 a mile
I don't care how bad you need to reposition the truck...better to run empty than to haul this cheap frieght or The brokers and the shippers will win!
Quit hauling the cheap freight.
Why oh why are you drivers taking this cheap freight????
Discussion in 'Ask An Owner Operator' started by codyschmidt, Nov 26, 2012.
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I am seeing Flatbed freight for van rates all day long. I am talking $1.35-$1.70 for anywhere from 365miles to even the runs going 1000 miles down to texas. I pull flatbed and there is no way I run for under $2/mile. I have called and made an offer on some letting them know if they add a few hundred on top then they have my truck and they flat out tell me they will find someone to move it.
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got the phone number for that florida load ?..................................
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I live here and guys take these loads everyday for a buck a mile and run all over the country for that rate. I have no idea how they stay in business. Everything cost more but rates are lower or the same as they were 10 years ago. -
With understanding of the business you are in BEYOND what the cost to run your truck you will be better able to make decisions (and reduce frustration).
If I told you that you that you could run 2200 miles a week and gross $5500 would you be interested?
Now how about if I told you that 900 of those miles would be paid at $1.10/mile? Based on this post I would say that you wouldn't.
That 900 mile load takes the average from $2.05/mile to $2.50/mile. An Independent O/O that I have been talking with since before I started leasing trucks on has been doing this for the past 9-months (these are pretty close to his actual numbers). That is in a dry van!!!!
Because he stopped crying about this and that and educated himself on the industry he had a business in he was able to start testing different practices After several things that didn't work he fell into looking for loads going into bad markets. He was firm on that he needed a RT rate. Then he would grab a cheap reload and do it again. Now he does work for 3 brokers.
Now he would never have this and likely would be out of business if he didn't stop and educate himself on how the larger carriers operate, how to talk with brokers, figuring out what products are more time sensitive, what shippers place more focus on reliability than cheap rates.
Really all he did was ask the same question a different way: "How can I capitalize on these cheap rates?" -
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Yeah, rates are in the crapper. Usually happens the first week off a holiday. Drivers trying to make up lost revenue for being off a few extra days and not having a clue how to run their business. But hey, that new truck payment isn't going to pay itself is it???
the sad part is that I try to do specialized stuff and OS loads. Today I called on 6 of them, all posted under $2.65 mile on 11' wide stuff. All were gone already when I called. Each agent (I'm with LS) said that they didn't put it on a LS truck, the customer got it moved thru CHR and one was done thru Schneider Logistics. Crazy stuffdannythetrucker and Wings2Wheels Thank this. -
West of Indy going up to Detroit 306 miles rate is $748 with no fuel surcharge. 46,200 pounds. 748x.75= $561/306 miles= $1.83 mile.
Portage, In going down to Brownsville, Tx rate is $2700 plus $891 fuel surcharge. 47,700 pounds. 2700x.75=$2025+891=$2916/1426 miles=$2.04 per mile.
What are you going to get out of Brownsville that pays worth a darn? $2.04 to go to Brownsville is a dollar to short in my opinion.
Had a load today going from the house up to Macedonia, Oh that was a little low so I called and made a bid of $2/mile and while I was on the phone they said someone just took it for the listed price of $1.71/mile. Crazy if you ask me. -
Roxboro, Nc to Kansas City, Ks $1175x.75=881.25+$525 fuel surcharge=1406.25/1026miles= $1.37 per mile pulling flatbed freight. Wth.
Kankakee to Houston paying $1.34 per mile.
This is just some of the rates I am getting right now. I just can't believe someone actually offers to haul this crap. -
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