Deadhead Miles

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  1. McMahons Trucking

    McMahons Trucking Light Load Member

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    Would y'all deadhead 300 miles for a 7500 load? Not OD.
     
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  3. bonder45

    bonder45 Road Train Member

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    $7500 for 300 miles is a decent paying load.... I'd get higher paying ones but thats just me.
     
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  4. McMahons Trucking

    McMahons Trucking Light Load Member

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    The load is actually 1900 miles. But 300 to get it. I'm just being lazy.
     
  5. bonder45

    bonder45 Road Train Member

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    Only peasants work for $3.90 / mile
     
  6. McMahons Trucking

    McMahons Trucking Light Load Member

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    I know right. Plus it's out yo LA.
     
  7. PSM379

    PSM379 Heavy Load Member

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    $3.40 a mile with your bounce, depending on where it was going I’d take it. Maybe I’m a peasant. Pays enough you can bounce into a good part of the country or better yet get a great load from where you deliver. I usually try for $5-$6 a mile, with that kind of miles though and if the load was light and easy no tarp, I wouldn’t hesitate.
     
  8. Midwest Trucker

    Midwest Trucker Road Train Member

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    Sounds like a good load. Now is not the time to be lazy. You want to be lazy when rates are bad. I see that often though, when rates are good people slack. When they suck they run the wheels off.
     
  9. Old Man

    Old Man Road Train Member

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    Thought you were talking about this crazy movie

     
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  10. McMahons Trucking

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    I'm not typically lazy. Just this past two weeks I've been home. Didn't feel like deadheading 300 miles to get my first load.
     
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