Everything Amazon Freight

Discussion in 'Questions To Truckers From The General Public' started by Jay5GS, Oct 17, 2018.

  1. Scooter Jones

    Scooter Jones Road Train Member

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    Wow, real big money maker there. Anything 278 miles, or more I'm assuming, is a whopping $1.33 to 1.47 a mile? Are you serious?
     
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  3. Scooter Jones

    Scooter Jones Road Train Member

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    What do they do, throw in a free Prime Membership if you haul their cheap paying freight? LOL
     
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  4. x1Heavy

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    I don't do much Amazon. A new Distribution is probably going up here in North Little Rock believe it or not.

    Once in a while I'll order a Amazon something or other when it is absolutely not available on the retail, secondhand or estate etc. Like most super big bucks business I sense a form of abuses in many areas. So I do as little as possible.

    One of the things I buy often are computer parts, Chips Cards etc. I actually do my main buying starting soon in the holidays of each year. Prices are low in sales. (Several years ago I assembled about 6K in retail priced parts for a little over 1200 to complete a new build partially using components from the last two or so builds where possible.

    The winter season offers less heat in the American southwest or in Akrnaas if it comes out of Memphis ware house. I always where possible fly them out. They come off the City of Indsustry, Jersey or Memphis in half a day and at my door post-sunrise maye 15 hours if I carefully caclulate the order payment, import time.
     
  5. x1Heavy

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    in the mid 90's general reefer I was expecting between 1.40 to 1.60 at most. With the break even cost to the truck around 1.10 (Give or take a certain amount of fuel burn) The Lord keeps the doors not made for me closed. That's how I do well. Move on to do something else. Once you had invested about three months into formal classes learning how to manage a business running a big rig as a O/O it's kind of hard to go back to shipping taterchips back and forth for .26 a mile while being verbally abused by the boss for being late to something that A- was never given a appt int he first place and B- Closed on sunday. (That makes it monday am. This is thurs. I have a date waiting and a long weekend. Mwah!
     
  6. CT-Driver860

    CT-Driver860 Light Load Member

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    Have you done it out of CT (Windsor, Ct) just looking to see what the rates are per load... thanks
     
  7. carsrki

    carsrki Bobtail Member

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    amazon is great !
     
  8. DURARIDER

    DURARIDER Bobtail Member

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    hi was wondering are we being real here Amazon only pays 1.50 per mile do they paid detention
    is any one actually holding a contract with then . Base out Texas.
     
  9. DURARIDER

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    hi how do you get set up with then.??
     
  10. Y-L

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    Hello
    Anyone booking there own loads on relay?
     
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