What would you bid....

$1,250.00/day.

Unless you have other work for the truck, you’re tying up 2-3 trailers and a tractor for a full day. Your company has to thrive not just survive.

 

1380.00.....per day

 

Well I'am sure somebody is gonna chime in and disagree with my thought process .. but here's a quick ..but rough breakdown of my quote...
Greenpete359.. was real close with his bid .. IMO... but he brought up a good point your tie'n up 2 trailers.. so I added a little more on for a 2nd trailer.. rough math gives you about 1000. a day after you basic expenses I would think at that kinda money per day I can sit if a load got canceled & it would also cover my TONU .. I would maybe add in a clause saying if a load got canceled there was a 100. Cancelation charge unless you were notified 24 hrs in advance

 

Trailer type? 1 on each end and 1 in transit for three total? What region of the country?

 

I think Catmando is pretty darn close.

I used to figure vans at 50/day and reefers at 100/day but with everything higher im figuring vans at 75 insurance included.

So, thats 150/day there for the drop trailers. The rest is maximizing profit while still winning the business. So, really 1350/day is feasible and a middle ground here. Its enough you could put an owner op on it and still make money, its enough you can do well yourself. Will you lose out on some bigger dollars potentially running willy nilly? Sure. Will you have something nice and solid. Yep. For the customer, in this day and age of super high rates, its fair for them as well.

I'd do $400 for TONU if cancelled within 24 hours. Thats 250 for you/the truck and 150 for the trailers. Sell the whole thing as you're dedicated to them and taking care of them is your sole focus.

 

I totally get it man. Somedays when im tasked with figuring these things out, I rack my brain late into the night figuring and refiguring. Wondering what other people are doing, who my competition may be, how to convince the customer. You never want to be the cheapest though IMO. Some customers only go for that but thats not really a customer you want anyway. Eventually they come back around to you. One point you could make the customer aware of is this is only the beginning of climbing rates. Things are going to continue to soar. Whehter that happens or not is irrelevent. Go on any freight website as the customer may do and its bleak for rates to ever come down. A lower cost carrier will bail on them right when they need their stuff moved the most. By then, you may be on to bigger and better things. See what im doing here?