typical load board reefer rates?

Alot of 500 to 800 mile trips....but yes you can make a decent living pullin from them. Most are in the 1.50 a mile range but the good payin ones are out there. If your interested i know a independent dispatcher whos has hookups, he charges 50 bucks a load but no more than 350 a month for all the loads you can run. And handles all of it for you

 

Also check into http://www.truckloadrate.com which has rate indices for the loads so you get a feel for what they have been averaging in the past based on previous load rates.

 

Have you ever tried to haul ice cream with a dry van yes there are advantages higher paying loads. Now I have missed out on a higher paying dry load once because the would put it on a reefer but it worked out for the best I found a lighter load that was paying a little more just cost me a little more time looking and it was a reefer load running @ 60 so it came out about the same. As far a load and unload times I have seen no difference in dry or reefer. But some that pull dry van will tell you they get unload and loaded quicker(but they will be lyeing) it all depend on the load and where you are loading or unloading at. If you have 20 different products on the trailer it will take longer to count. If you get ther just before break or lunch you might be there longer than the driver that was first one through the gate. If it colse to time to go home they might get to you faster its a lot that can effect loading and unloading

 

If you run a dry van, and it's 90+ out, you'll get loaded a bit quicker too.

That box becomes an oven so to speak sitting there soaking up the sun.

Best way I have found to get loaded quicker. Talk nicely with the dock workers if you can get to them. It's amazing what that does.

 

Ok being an experienced broker I will chime in here.. Your question is slightly jaded; here's why. There's not really a "typical long haul rate". First Business rule is getting to know your bottom line from a spreadsheet matrix. Sure, you can find $1.50 loads all day long, however, if you cant run for that then whats the use of working the boards-right?

#2) Be enough to pay for truck/trailer? Refer back to spreadsheet matrix for answer..
#3) Running team "should" help with the "over-all" operating cost.
#4) East coast/west coast...Short answer is "more than likely" your going cheap to Cali; and you "might" make up the difference going back to the East!

Not trying to discourage you; however I would like to tell you the real-deal..There might be more experienced hand's come along here shortly to help you further..

 

Could you share more info about the private dispacher? thanks

 

Reefer it a lot different. Then dry trailer for example dry load can wait at the dock until they found a cheap carrier but refer has a deadline to go if they cant find a carrier at the pick time shipper penalizes the broker sometime specially contracted loads so they pay you whatever you asked i live on the east cost god know how many times i have houled short loads $8 10 15 dollars a mile like pa to ny 1500 $ or ohio 2400 2600 $ would be impassible for dry one by the way you don't need private dispatch load boards enough to get you a load once you know your way around them its is matter of the knowing on what season where you should be