Dump Truck Biz in Cali?

Are you guys staying busy?....

Are those rates still "Racing towards the bottom"?

 

Hmmmm....I see a lot of "guests" lurking but no replies.....

I'm thinking about going back to tugging a low-side after the CARB regs become fully implemented....

 

Withhold registrations from pre-EPA '07 or newer rigs.....That's one way.....

 

That's gonna be an issue.....Unless the state is going hire more CARB Nazi's....But seeing how Moonbeam hit his credit limit......

 

I don't see how out-of-state trucks will be lining up to pull dump trailers or run Ten's or Super Tens though.....I remember back in '09 when CALTrans had a huge project on SR 60 between Diamond Bar and La Puente....There were about 20 trucks with out of state plates and about 20-30 with "Front BC" plates....A lot in state dump O/O's got a little perturbed over that situation....


Now tugging freight may be different....Just about anyone can "play"....

 

I know of a few Freight Tuggers (CA base plated) that are moving their operations to NV and AZ after '14 though.....

 

Anyway....When I went to tugging (In '08)) freight....The per hour rates went from between $90-95 for End-dumps....$85-90 for "Supers".....$80-85 for "Tens"......To the $50's for the "Tens" and the "Supers" and $60's for the end-dumps....What are the rates like now if anyone knows?