Truck Load Rates Halt 8 Week Slide 2.0

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WELL, I buy mine....! lol jk (measures buying distance length and girth. Accepts defeat )

 

I wasn’t trying to one up you.

I’ve tried to buy more locally, but no one comes close to giving me the money he does for my trade.

 

I think you did real well there Joe. That’s a lot of work and new stuff and really not that much in labor. My personal feeling is that if you can’t afford to hire an expert to do a good job and get you back ASAP to doing what you are an expert at, then maybe one is doing something wrong.

Obviously, I don’t like throwing money down the tubes but I don’t have the expertise or really even the want to to dig real deep into the trucks. Looks like you have found a good shop!

What was the total amount of days down for those two repairs?

 

Oh I know, just for a minute I thought I hope what I said isn’t being construed as bragging or something. Then I got a chuckle out of what I could reply back.


One quick note... in regards to either trade in or selling yourself. The last 680’s I sold was back in Feb/March and I had to literally give them away at $22,500 each. That prior fall I could have gotten upwards of 42,500. What a kick to the nuts. However, my point is now currently I got 36k without even putting it on truck paper. So, this is what a $13,500 swing in used truck value in less then 10 months!

Oh the joys of trucking. Crazy land sometimes.

 

Prob gonna come home with this. Gonna find a load south next week to take a look. Looking to pay less than 18. Im pretty sure they didn't pay much over 12-13k for it

https://www.truckpaper.com/listings/trucks/for-sale/198129585/1997-mack-ch613

Looks like it stayed south most of its life

 

Yep we've been doing the local 150. No logs for us anymore. I wouldn't hesitate to buy a truck with 1.5m as long as it's been maintained well. If it's not all rusted out and the frame is straight everything else is replaceable. When buying an older truck i figure the cost of an inframe with the purchase. Doing it yourself 5-6k good for another million.

 

Pulled into the yard around 1:15 this afternoon. Left the house yesterday mid-morning. I had an 11:00 p.m. delivery last night and a 7 a.m. reload in the same area.

Decided to utilize the newly passed 7/3 split berth. Worked out perfectly. Being able to stay in the sleeper at the receiver after I was unloaded and grab some extra zzz's without anyone hassling me to get out, was nice.

I'm ready for a nice long weekend. Deliver the load locally Monday at 9:00 a.m.

Glad I leaned into it pretty well these past several weeks, next week is not (at this point) looking as robust as it has, I wouldn't mind some extra time off

 

I took it to the shop on Tuesday and picked it up on Thursday.

 

There is more to it than 7/3 split. Any break of more than 2 hours extends the 14 hour shift clock by that amount of time. Most of my complaints about the HOS used to be about 14 hour shift limit. Now when I stop somewhere for even as many as 4 or 6 hours, it won't count against the 14 provided that later I eventually spend at least 7 in the sleeper. Both breaks must together equal at least 10.