$1.71 per mile?

True Sly-fox.....

"working" your way back is ok too..If you dont mind an extra day or 2...

You used 'chicago' as an example..Wjhich is good because that is my home and outbound.....

You CAN get some quality outta NJ,Eastern Penna, MD,DE, coming back for good $$


The Challenge is getting truckloads of Material from Mass,CT,NH,Albany and Eastern upstate NY, BACK to the Midwest at a decent rate..

can it be done? You Betcha.....But calling a broker is not the answer.....

 

Would you say its realistic to average 3$ on all miles with a reefer or more like 2.5 is good enough for most?

 

Well bet money that les than 1 percent of reefer operators average 2.50 a mile, let alone 3 bucks

 

Agreed, $2.50 can be done and maybe $3.00 but you're going to basically be hauling LTL all the time and not running many miles. My average for every odometer mile I turn is $1.95-2.10 depending on time of year and how hard I want to work. I've had a $2.25 month but hauled some messed up loads to get there including a 10 drop load of plants.

 

Guess kind of off track of the original post, but as this question was raised....I am buying our first reefer next week, so I'm hoping that the rate can be nearer the $2.10+ range than the $1.95. With a dry van we have had a few weeks in the $2.25 - 2.40 range (all miles), though some in the $1.75 range, too, when we happened to go out west so the driver could see family. I'm just hoping the additional expense of the reefer will pay off....as for Northeast, have not taken that plunge yet, stick mostly to Midwest/south/southeast and as I said, the occasional trip out west. Only got started 5 months ago so have not yet tapped the direct shippers, been too much of a whirlwind just getting going, but hope to do that soon, see if it helps.

 

You can get $3 a loaded mile pretty easy but the trick is not deadheading a ton of miles to get there. I live in the Houston area and almost everything out of here on a reefer/van is CHEAP so I have to go as short a distance as possible to get to a decent paying load. You should do well out of Chicago with a reefer, I think the rates going east out of there are pretty good. Friend of a friend used to drive for a guy leased to Budrick (not sure if I spelled correctly) out of Chicago and they did LTL and he made good $$. Not sure if they broker any freight but you might look into it.

 

You havent pulled off the load boards before have you??

They dont care about FSC, its flat rate

 

If that includes driver wage, I guess that's close. I would say that average also includes a lot of big companies who have their own shops and buy bulk fuel and trade fuel contracts to hedge fuel cost some. I bet the average owner op has a slightly higher cost than that average. Probably around $1.75.

 

I think the point of this thread was to say the brokers need to pay more for the freight to be moved. Not how we need to cut our Costs so we can haul the cheap crap.

 

I guess i,m lost here because except for one 400 mile trip from dallas the cheapest load ive pulled in months is 2.10 a mile and normally my outbound rate is well north of 2.50 don,t know who.is pulling an ice box for 1.71 it might happen every now and then but i remember those lanes and either make sure my outbound rate reflects the possibility or dont go back there just my opinion if i was getting 1.71 under my own authority it,s time to sell the trailer and lease on to someone