Refrigerated Rates

I've used that report alot to put my truck where trucks are in short supply. Sometimes it works, sometimes it don't. Earlier this year berries out of Ca to NYC were pushing the $10K mark and I got my butt out there the next week. Guess everybody else had the same plan and I could only get $8300.

 

For every mile I drove (75% refer ,20%dry,and 5% empty)
in 2011 I made 2.38cpm. Gross obviously all on East coast from florida to ny. A lot of stuff through ch robinson. But mainly I have 2 or 3 local farmers. So I would suggest getting a few people as your core and use those boards only when necessary. It wasn't even really that hard but you have to be willing to say no to any one who's less than 2.00 per mile. Good luck I hope this helps

 

How many miles did you run in 2011?

 

He's a better business man then me if he ran Fl to NY for a year and still averaged $2.38 a mile with the slow season included.

 

This is so true. Yes you have higher up front costs and higher maintance costs, but you always know what type of equipment is behind you. That is a big plus when you have on a expensive load of ice cream or other valuable item.

It also really depends on what segment of the reefer market you are running in. Full load is almost always gonna pay way less than LTL, but the LTL can be troublesome if you don't set it up correctly. Just like the dry van and flatbed market there is no way to compete with the big carriers. To be honest there really shouldn't be any reason to compete with them considering they usually haul for the major food corporations that do not pay good anyways.

 

You have to figure out what works for you. It took me about a year to find what I liked to do AND could make money at. I will not run the northeast and will not stay out more than 10 days. Most brokers will be cheap if you let them - they'll all pay up when they need you.

 

Ditto,
I won't haul cheap freight....
Don't run that cheap freight...DH to a better area and load rather than put 44K pounds of weight on your rig for $.95- $1.25/ mile....
the O/O- or Company that is doing that...

is basically financing that customers freight to get to a better area...
and not making any $....or extremely little $...

...and paying for it at a later date when they do repairs/maint...due to the weight on their rig vs DH empty.

or haul that cheep freight and go out of business in the near future...
so there is 1 less truck on the road ...due to no $ to make repairs down the road...
and more opportunities for guy's like us...

...we all have seen/heard about those guy's/companies that only last a couple years...

Working(driving) and hauling refrigerated freight for free
or for little $ is not for me.

crusin

 

actually 2.38 was a bit high.... 95,000 miles and221,000 gross i guess that equals 2.3157cpm yes this fall was a bit slow out of ny due to rain in the spring time but that just opened a new door for me. i was hauling alot of stuff for ch started in sept.hauling halloween candy to grocery stores in pa and maryland (usually 2 0r 3 stores per load) then went onto turkeys for thanksgiving and christmas stuff to same stores in december!

 

That's not unrealistic if you have some direct accounts. That is pretty much the lane that I run, with multiple trucks. I actually run far south Ga to southern PA then northern VA back to north Florida. I don't average quite that, but pretty darn close.