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Cheap Rates? What am I missing?

Discussion in 'Car Hauler and Auto Carrier Trucking Forum' started by Ga Big Dawg, Feb 5, 2013.

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  1. Feb 5, 2013 #1
    Ga Big Dawg

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    Ok,I did some looking around on a few load boards and ran some numbers. First I pulled a load together from Atlanta to Miami dropping off and picking up cars on my way down to Miami. I was using my International twin screew pulling a 6-7 car quick loader ($60,000 rig). 8 cars moved on the way down and 7 cars moved comming back to Atlanta. 2200 miles for $2150. Is this normall or am I getting rates from a load board geared to single car (cheap rates) used to fill trucks at a reduced price. Are the bigger load boards like Central Dispatch any better on rates. I can not access their sites yet. Please let me know if .40-.50 cents a mile per car is the normal. Yes at .40-.50 works if you are going from point A to point B but when you factor in all the dead head short hauling going out of the way adds up in a hurry. Please advise. Thanks..
     
    Ga Big Dawg, Feb 5, 2013
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  3. Feb 5, 2013 #2
    LBZ

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    How did you put 8 cars on a 6/7 car?

    Rates suck on load boards, including Central.

    To clarify though, are you saying you grossed $2150 on 2200 miles?
     
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  4. Feb 5, 2013 #3
    JoeyJunk

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    He didn't haul all 8 at once. He hauled 8 total on the way down, picking up and dropping off.
     
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  5. Feb 5, 2013 #4
    BAYOU

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    Ya car rates suck really bad right now singles pay way better than 6 units with single pick and single drop everything on CD is $.45-$.60/mi and most them $.60/mi per car is for individual owners and they exspect you to drive your 75ft truck/trailer thru there neighborhood full of trees to drop at there house

    Good luck buddy think you should of spent that $60,k somewhere else. With big trailers your cars or never in order they need to drop. You need to find a dedicated run if that's the way you want to run
     
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  7. Feb 5, 2013 #5
    BAYOU

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    If so he would of ran that week for fuel money!!
     
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  8. Feb 5, 2013 #6
    truckon

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    Must be he only has 2 cars on at a time...
     
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  9. Feb 6, 2013 #7
    Ga Big Dawg

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    yep...Picking up and dropping off. Getting off of interstate to pick up or drop off. Thats my point, running for $1 a mile will kill your bottom line. Better park that truck and loose money sitten at home.
     
    Ga Big Dawg, Feb 6, 2013
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  10. Feb 25, 2013 #8
    mrnibbie

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    y cant u get on cd yet
     
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  11. Feb 25, 2013 #9
    bwhit

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    If you're not gettin 50 cents a mile per unit on single units you're spinnin your wheels!
     
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  12. Feb 25, 2013 #10
    truckon

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    Lol, you think that's good :confused:
     
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