Freight Rates and Loads

Ive never seen a high paying load going west. Anything over 1200 mi brokers cut the rate . I dont care what part of the country your in. If the freight volumn is high they cut the rate going into that area. OH to CA reefer 4200.00. But OH to KC 2200 KC to CA 3800. 6000 sounds better than 4200 to me.

 

Something about the 14s they have always sold cheap on the used truck lots even in 2016 when i was looking to buy a 14 was 58 62000 with 350000 or less miles. I ran as fast as i could others not so much

 

Have not seen on there either. Like three days later they’ll email saying they found a load that matched... for $700

 

HAHAHA!

Another newb here! Started 2 years ago, ran under someone else & decided to get our own authority in Jan. I think people only look at the gross when they say it's a lot of $ in trucking. We make good $, but the cost of being a 1 truck operation with an authority is keeping us from seeing a decent profit. I don't know which is worse insurance, fuel, or giving the load board brokers 1/3 of the line haul...and fuel surcharge (I just know they're keeping it!). We're not going under anytime soon, but the expenses are ridiculous. Our goal has always been to operate as a small fleet (5-10 trucks) and market directly to shippers. It doesn't pay to run an authority with 1 truck.

 

The first 3 QTRs - 12c a mile is what costs me to run on tollways YTD or $8200 on the last 68K miles.IL,IN,OH,PA,NY. I ma sure I'll reach 10K by the end of the year. As a comparison last year I spent just half of it for the whole year but choosing South and Texas loads in the mix too. Never thought these tolls could cost such a small fortune. Just my observation.

 

Then you have to get it out of the rate by increasing it. No reason you should have to eat it.

That's what I do here in Oregon. Our State does not participate in IFTA. Instead, commercial trucks run under PUC and aren't charged a diesel tax in lieu of a road mileage tax which is up to 0.20 a mile now for every mile run here. That rate is higher than what a standard fuel tax would be, so, someone has to pay the difference.

And it ain't me!

I'm the conduit the State uses to collect the user tax, however, it's the consumer at the end of the line who ultimately has to pay it, why should I absorb the cost and have it dilute my profit margin?

They have implemented a plan to raise it every year for the next few and I will raise my rates accordingly.

 

WOW. I run all those states as my primary running lanes with the exception of NY I only go there every blue moon and I'm at $975 YTD tolls. I will take 294 in the greater Chicagoland depending on the time of day, if its between 2000-0500 I run the bishop Ford then run 290 or 41 up to Wisconsin or wherever I'm going.

IN, Ohio, and PA are all easily avoidable wouldnt even consider taking them. $8200 is a lot of money to be wasting on Tolls IMO. YTD I'm at 86k miles.

 

Mine's less than a year old - starts with 08

 

Lol, YTD I'm around $3000 in tolls. The rates that I charge cover that.