I can not believe what flatbed loads are being offerd for!!!

Iowa can be tough and is always up and down, especially with a flat. You have some steel and aluminum mills in the QC, but it seems like most of this business is either sewn up, or cheap. I would guess that a load of steel to Chicago/Gary would pay $400-450. Other than that, good luck. You are probably right that you will be better off bouncing back to Chi-town. Especially, if you have contacts in there.

 

i was down in durango co on Tuesday, called on several loads everything was in the .90-1.20 a mile i can't and won't run for that... amarillo was a little better but not much have to be patient and find something worth while

 

That is why you rarely see my trucks west of I-35. The only decent rates are if you want to run between Western States. Even then they are lower than I care to run my trucks for.

 

i agree and that makes since with you being farther east and works for me liking to stay west

 

That is why I am going to drop the western states off my registration come renewal time. Freight out there doesn't pay what it does in the eastern half, and is harder on the trucks with all the big hills.

 

Everybody is buying Flatbed trailers. Its the new thing to do.

 

Supply and demand. When rates are "high" more people are willing to do that type of work. More people enter the market and rates go down. People exit the market rates go back up.

 

oscar, i did that this year and revenue is 16,000 ahead of this time last year

 

That is why I like pulling a RGN, because a lot of people will pull a step or flat, but do not want a low boy, and we stay loaded, and are hauling good paying loads. It all depends on making sure you can get a load out of the area that you are going, or you better good a good one going in. We go to Colorado, but we know we are bouncing to Grand Island, so we get a good rate going in.

 

I'm a company driver and 100.00 is exactly what they pay me to tarp a full load. 50.00 for half tarp and 50.00 for xtra pick or drop.