Rates are crashing and fuel to the moon!

Discussion in 'Ask An Owner Operator' started by Kenworth6969, Mar 3, 2022.

  1. D.Tibbitt

    D.Tibbitt Road Train Member

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    No kidding ? Wonder if we knew eachother...
    I been to the plains quarry as well. Did u work for dsv?
     
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  3. Gumper

    Gumper Road Train Member

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    It’s possible we ran past each other. I can’t remember the broker I went through but it I was independent.
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  4. rollin coal

    rollin coal Road Train Member

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    I sold a 7.62 acre lot with a 30'x40' pole barn on a concrete slab for $136,000 in 2019. In 2023 it sold again for $390,000. I really regret that one and wish I had never sold.
     
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  5. Midwest Trucker

    Midwest Trucker Road Train Member

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    Wow, that’s interesting to hear. I’m running 16 right now so right in that same range. Hopefully they can hang on and make it through.
     
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  6. BoostedTeg

    BoostedTeg Road Train Member

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    I’ve seen that truck a time or two when I would run up through Belgrade,MT.
     
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  7. Gumper

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    I sold it and the trailer to a guy up north around Choteau in 2020. No idea if it’s still around, but it was cursed. Every week something would need fixed. I learned out of necessity how to work on the 3406E. If I did it again I’d be a lot more cautious about the truck I’d buy.
     
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  8. gentleroger

    gentleroger Road Train Member

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    When it calls, remember being stuck at a truckstop in a blizzard - specifically the condition of the bathrooms.
     
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  9. Opus

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    Whenever I think about going back out, I think about traffic.......Atlanta, Dallas, Houston, and the random idiot who thought it would be a good idea to do 'X'.........then I open another beer and say 'nope'.
     
  10. gentleroger

    gentleroger Road Train Member

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    I'm not quite as retired yet, but every time I see trucks stacked on the 294 Oasis' and in the Badger Scale House it cures my 'yearn for the open road'.
     
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  11. PPNLE

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    A statistically significantly larger number than there was even three years ago, yeah.
     
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