Truck Load Rates Halt 8 Week Slide 2.0
Discussion in 'Freight Broker Forum' started by Scooter Jones, Mar 7, 2020.
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I don't really have much faith in getting that 10Gs...LOL or even that the Paycheck Protection Plan would apply to me... so I will probably keep running even for as little as 1.5 on all miles, with perhaps much less frequency, but anything that can help to prolong that 1 year buffer.
At the beginning of this o/o venture I was leased on and running up 150K per year and averaging about 1.5 per all miles. I was able to clear over 90-100K per year. It was at the cost of the odometer miles and my health.
So I am thinking as long as I can go out there for 6-7 days and clear 1500 - 2000 after fuel/tolls, I will do it. Maybe not week after week but I would like to secure at least 4000 - 5000 per month.
I mean, is there an alternative? I will not sit and wait for better times until I have no more money on hand.Last edited: Apr 5, 2020
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I do hope that this is hibernation mode only and most of them will be able to resume business as usual.clausland, PPDCT, Dino soar and 1 other person Thank this. -
Left the house this afternoon to get up to the Portland area, which is my custom when I have an earlier morning appointment. Mine is at 0530.
I usually go up to the Baldock Rest Area in Aurora. Never any problem with finding a spot to park in their huge 2 lot area for trucks. The place is PACKED with trucks and cars. Not one open spot before 7:00 p.m..
The I-5 is teeming with cars and trucks going in both directions.
So much for:
STAY HOME
SAVE LIVES
Covid-19
There's no evidence of a lockdown out here, believe me.Last edited: Apr 6, 2020
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I'm heading up to Portland Tuesday morning after a pickup in the central valley. I just make a reservation now at Central Point, Rice Hill or Aurora, and don't bother trying to find an empty spot. Everything is packed. The PNW is a virtual dead zone for outgoing freight right now. If I didn't have customers up there already, I'd be in some other part of the country. If my inbound loads heading that way dry up, I may DH up early and snag some local loads before my regular loads south are ready to move.
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Amazing how the experts all try and replace us we with robots, yet we thrive.clausland, kemosabi49, TallJoe and 1 other person Thank this.
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