mercer transportation

Is there anyone who purchased there truck from lone mountain using mercer for collision and comp insurance? PM requires gap ins of 10k and Mercer first provide this apparently and I was wondering if anyone found a solution to this.

 

Talk to skateboardman. He got his truck from lone mountain.

 

I pull a step, I stay busy. 70 maybe 75% of the loads can go on a step. On the load board they are all listed by equipment type. FD, SD, FDT and occasionally D are ok for us to pull.

 

This time of the year almost any trailer does well.
In Dec. and Jan. is when the stepdecks are hurt.
And just because it will go on a step, doesn't mean the agent will call to get it changed. In the winter they won't call half the time, because they can get the load covered before getting a response back from the customer.

Not meaning a step can't survive here, just a flat can do better.

 

Why you gotta bring me down man?

 

I just want to know, what are some of the better areas with Mercer for freight?? I really like & prefer to run the Midwest & Southeast regions, don't have much problems going to Jersey(but those tolls are outrageous!!!), on down to Fl. These are the areas I used to run when I was running skateboard before, only problem was the people that were finding & booking freight weren't very good at it, so they got us a bunch of b.s. loads when there was much better freight out there. So are these some good areas for Mercer??

 

That's basically the area I run, and I'm very happy with the rates I get. For example, just loaded today out of Louisville, 5500lbs. No tarp. Going to Orlando, 2.38 mile.

 

Thanks Spyder. That's great, sounds like a good deal. We should pass each other pretty often. I don't like going west, been out there a few times & the rates out there just straight up suck. Really wasn't worth it, so since my last trip out there, & the ridiculous rate coming back, I'll stay east of I-35.

 

Evensville to tampa 17000@ 2.52 a mile

 

A lot of guys are claiming rates out there have come up a lot since the carb bs. But not good enough for my liking, I do just fine over here.