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WheelMan55 · Dec 25, 2012

Grumman said: ↑

Keep in mind this guy is in Rockwall, TX, just northeast of Dallas on I30. Doesn't matter what you're pulling, nothing is gonna pay "good" coming out of Texas the majority of the year. Texas has become an import state like Florida and Colorado. You typically have to get your money going in. I spent two days in Waco last week and couldn't dial the numbers fast enough to beat someone to the loads. Unless something changes the rates coming out of there are always going to be below norm on the loadboards. Last week there was so many trucks trying to get home rates where off by 30% or more. A container going to Jacksonville out of Hood paid $500 less last week than it did three weeks ago. You start out Monday morning calling on loads and passing on what you thought was too cheap only to find out later that day and on Tuesday that those "cheap" loads Monday morning were the best paying rates you've heard of so far.
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yeah I only took this load going into Texas because I had a load coming out that would have me pass right through the house and was paying pretty #### good . but a break down caused me to lose that load out of Waco because I couldn't no longer pick it up on time since that happened I have had a hell of a time finding a load out of Texas cuz of x-mas

windsmith · Dec 25, 2012

SHC said: ↑

The reason why most the loads were cheap going out on Monday is because the places that value employees and usually pay higher rates were closed on Christmas Eve. Usually the only places shipping on a holiday are the one's who run 24/7/365 or they just need to get a load moved. It doesn't matter if it's Monday or Wednesday to them. Rate on those types of loads are usually set at a certin rate and they just keep it till someone comes and pulls it.

I hope you get some better luck on Wednesday...... and it could be worse, you could be in Laredo !!!!
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Actually there are a couple of $2/mile loads going east out of Laredo on the board for Wednesday.

WheelMan55 · Dec 25, 2012

windsmith said: ↑

Were you just bored?

Don't take this as a personal attack; I'm just throwing some numbers out there.

Consider this: If your truck gets 6mpg, then fuel will cost you $0.675 per mile. Maintenance and tires will cost you $0.225 per mile, making your running costs $0.90 per mile, and that's before you pay yourself. Now you need to add your fixed costs. Assuming you have your own authority, your annual fixed costs probably look like this:

[TABLE]
[TR]
[TD]Drug/Alcohol testing
[/TD]
[TD]$100.00
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2290 Tax
[/TD]
[TD]$550.00
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Vehicle/Load Insurance
[/TD]
[TD]$10,000.00
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]IFTA Filing / License
[/TD]
[TD]$30.50
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Permits
[/TD]
[TD]$450.00
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Standard Plate
[/TD]
[TD]$1,600.00
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]$12,730.50
[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]

Assuming you run 5 days per week, you will have 260 days to spread that over. Which comes to $51.85 per day.

This load will take you 2.5 days to complete, since you won't be delivering on the 25th. So that's $129.63 more that you need to get out of it to cover your expenses. You didn't say how many miles it was, so let's assume 500. Your fixed costs now require another $0.26 per mile on this load.

So now your cost per mile is $1.16 on this load.

You'd be earning a whopping $0.34 per mile before taxes if it was a 500 mile load. If it were a 1000 mile load, you'd earn $0.47 per mile.

That's assuming ZERO profit for the business, and that you own your truck and trailer outright with no payments. If you have truck / trailer payments then it gets worse. And I haven't even figured in the cost of your load board subscriptions, cell phone, internet access, computer, etc.

I don't know about you, but I couldn't justify the work and effort involved in running a business if I had to run for $1.50/mile. To me, that just isn't sustainable. With your 6 years' experience, you would earn much more as a company driver with benefits, and without all the risk and hassle.

This is why I can't haul cheap freight. And neither should you.
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I was only going to take that $1.50 load to get be loaded and heading towards my house instead of sitting for another 2 days but it turned out that load the shipper was closed on Monday and wouldn't pick up till the day after x-mas so I told them never mind im going to try and find better paying freight the day after x-mas the load I lost out of Waco tx was paying 2.50/mile im kicking myself in the butt for having to give up that load

SHC · Dec 25, 2012

windsmith said: ↑

Actually there are a couple of $2/mile loads going east out of Laredo on the board for Wednesday.
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I bet they are already gone and the broker didn;t remove them because they left on Friday for vacation LOL

windsmith · Dec 25, 2012

SHC said: ↑

I bet they are already gone and the broker didn;t remove them because they left on Friday for vacation LOL
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Hahaha you might be right!

Diesel007 · Dec 27, 2012

I got me a good paying load from Maine to Minnesota. Ive hauled the same loads before and they didnt pay this good. I guess a lack of trucks is sometimes a good thing.

tk40176 · Dec 29, 2012

North east customers are panicking over the possible port strike and paying decent rate on legal loads going out to the West coast port. I winded up with 26k lbs (if that) load / 1" high / tarp -heading out to southern CAL at a good rate. For those in that area - something to keep your eyes open for.

windsmith · Dec 29, 2012

tk40176 said: ↑

North east customers are panicking over the possible port strike and paying decent rate on legal loads going out to the West coast port. I winded up with 26k lbs (if that) load / 1" high / tarp -heading out to southern CAL at a good rate. For those in that area - something to keep your eyes open for.
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If you believe what people post on here, most drivers never venture north of Virginia. So you'll probably have those loads to yourself

tk40176 · Dec 29, 2012

windsmith said: ↑

If you believe what people post on here, most drivers never venture north of Virginia. So you'll probably have those loads to yourself
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True. I live in Brooklyn, so I'm pretty safe in case any squirrel / possum / roadkill eating, gun toting, hill billy, inbred, pick up driving board member ever have their dim lit pea brain idea to take me out.

(If any or all remarks above resembles you or your family members, they are purely by mere coincidence and was definitely not looking at you / them at the time of this writing)

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