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

Some of these guys that pull these loads are going to be in a world of hurt when the tax man comes around.

 

There is a fella that loads bentonite rolls out of Lovell all the time that I get emails from. No idea on the rates, but if you're interested let me know and I'll send you his info. Has one going to Michigan this morning.

 

Why its a big tax right off doing charity?

 

More brokers ought to get in to politics. They 'say' a lot.

 

I actually saw that load yesterday. Problem is with my deadhead it’s pretty cheap and it delivers to literally middle of nowhere. The load up there paid $5k for 1350 miles so I knew I’d be hosed leaving WY

 

There's gypsum board outta Lovell too. Rates are junk unless you actually chat with them and load times can be a bit of a wait.

 

GP in Lovell. CertainTeed in Cody. Lumber in Hulett, Spearfish, and Hill City.

 

Thank you. It seems I’m hitting WY every week. I’ve also seen a lot of hay loads but I don’t have 8ft tarps. Scared of heights 6ft max for me lol.

 

There’s also Fox Lumber in Laurel MT but those are junk pallet stock loads.

The other 3 lumber mills I said are all Nieman companies I think.

 

"Some are still doing over 3 a mile. Most of that freight isn’t on a load board. Load boards are scraps when all fails. If your business plan is to operate on a load board. -That’s not much of a business plan."

"I also am not bound by brokers. I do use the spot market. My customer freight is about 25-30 percent of what I do."

So, you use the spot market 70-75% of the time, but at the same time you say it's a bad idea to use it...

This went too far, the others are right to complain, I don't intend to go further.