Current rates are now below fleet operating costs! It's official!

Discussion in 'Ask An Owner Operator' started by Kenworth6969, Apr 24, 2023.

  1. dirthaller

    dirthaller Road Train Member

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    You forgot to post the load going from Utah to Fairbanks Alaska for$4500
     
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  3. Mohtrucker

    Mohtrucker Light Load Member

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    What are your requirements & where are you based out of?
     
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  4. Bigman155

    Bigman155 Bobtail Member

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    #### that's almost 2 weeks of driving
     
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  5. Ruthless

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    FDEDDC50-7334-4D44-9868-E223FF2E7F4E.jpeg What does the homeless guy’s sign say?
    “I can’t do it for two dollars a mile anymore”
     
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  6. kros

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  7. mc8541ss

    mc8541ss Road Train Member

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    Yeah, that just makes you wanna hire her and give her a big sign on bonus! Lol
     
  8. mc8541ss

    mc8541ss Road Train Member

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    Times were rough, that’s for sure. I know a lot of the steel mills that we haul for were down from running 3 shifts 24/7 to running one shift. I had retired from the Corps and did a couple of years as a contractor in Iraq, paid everything off, paid cash for a truck and trailer, had about 50k in the bank, by the time things started getting better I was down to about 15k in the bank and was contemplating going to Afghanistan. Seemed #### near impossible to find a load paying $2 a mile. But it slowly came back, gotta learn to bale hay when the sun is shining and save for a rainy day.
     
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  9. RunningAces

    RunningAces Road Train Member

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    Getting crushed trying to get out of Cali with a flatbed. Just had a broker try and lower a rate that was posted and we agreed on. It was already a low pay, heavy, with 8' tarps.
     
  10. Kenworth6969

    Kenworth6969 Road Train Member

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    You should know better than to go out there.
    $4.50+ a mile minimum to go out west because coming back is for fuel money.
     
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