To the original poster ; Buy your own trucks and then you could cover all the loads offered at those rates.
For a while anyways.
Then you would really be broke(r).
Why can't I find Flatbed drivers to haul my loads?
Discussion in 'Flatbed Trucking Forum' started by Tim77, Mar 12, 2015.
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How much fuel will he use in a trip back and forth from your yard, insurance, reg, licences cost, time spent trapping and untarpping, tickets if over weight, cost of permits forover weight loads, cost of a flat tire if on occurs going to and from the yard, waiting time to be on and off loaded, meals, traffic delays, road closers and detour, truck payments and trailer payments, parts and maintenance and break downs and many other factors.
So yes there is lot of things that could go wrong but with many costs at stake.
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I just fell out my chair laughing I get $1,000-$1,200 from pine Bluff,AR to Baton Rouge all the time and not 48,k tarp loads!!!!
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Yeah, I routinely have to deal with lumber and flatbed. Everything said here is true, lumber is cheap. I don't know why, but apparently because it grows on (is) trees, they figure everything can be cheap. You know they're not selling it that cheap! And as for tarps, the trees got wet in the forest and they were fine! Plus they're dead now.
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O/O's have a budget too,,, Shippers/Manufacturer's will not make money on their product if it is not moved so,, they may have a budget but believe me, if they don't move that product, they go out of business. -
Not necessarily. A lot of loads shipped the broker and or carrier doesn't bid on. The shipper faxes a list of loads to several different brokers and carriers with a set price. First one to call with a truck for that price gets the load. -
I've been hauling lumber for better than 5 years now for an oo that's been doing it for almost 30 years, and has built a very respectable business. We haul green lumber, which also means we don't tarp anything...EVER. Most of the guys in this area that haul kiln-dried use curtain sides. Some of the places I haul into, I drive to the other side of the yard andload my backhaul, others I may deadhead 10 to 20 miles for a backhaul. We work Mon. - Fri. and avg. 1750 miles/week. The truck makes $3800 to $4000/week, and I get 2?%. I'm being a little vague here to avoid the possibility of foul play cuz everybody would want my job. Short answer: Lumber doesn't suck, wood is good!
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$3 on the short haul with having to tarp and grossing 80k is honestly not worth the time or effort. If people wanted to do that they would stay leased to the mega fleets as L/P.
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