My Truck, My Choice, Out of Denver, Colorado

good luck
get the truck looked at before signing anything

 

A general rule I've learned here is that the further south you work the further south the rates go. Texas, LA and FL is terrible.. the worst! Sometimes I see loads going into Florida paying $2.40 though but that's because you eat dirt coming out.

 

Its a trick in running Texas, and its similar to running the NE. Run in Texas until you are ready to come out. When its time to come out take short loads out until you get to your desired market. I have grossed 4700 bouncing between Oklahoma and Texas for an entire week. You may pull a lot of heavy loads, but weight is really not a major concern to me.

 

It's all about averages. I haven't been to Florida in the 8 months I've been on choice, not saying I won't though. Getting $2.40 per mile going in, I will be willing to take a short hopper out for a $1.00-$1.25 to get me to a better area, but that's me because I know if you wait around for a $2.40 load, you may be sitting awhile. Everyone is different and as we all know, not every load pays north of $2.

 

One thing you will notice is, any state that is a US border will generally have low rates coming out. CT, MA, FL, TX etc. like kinda painting yourself into a corner.

 

People want to in and out of Texas thats the reason of cheap loads. If you stay in texas and bounce between OK or some others you can make good money. But mostly people want to leave right away and get hurt of cheap rates.

 

lol I will sit in good areas because I know good freight will pop up most often, not in Florida. I took a load paying me $0.70 something cents going 200 miles from Florida a few weeks ago.
Only even I went to Florida was for my dads 80th birthday.

 

I'm considering going the percentage lease route with Schneider. My better half and I will run team. I do have a question after seeing videos of the load board, if you fellas wouldn't mind helping a driver out.

1) I see the per mile rate, does that rate include fuel surcharge ? Or is it the rate and younger fuelmsurcharge in addition to the loaded miles?

2) how many uncompensated miles are you averaging a week?

3) Do they charge more on the lease if its a team truck?
I think that's it for now. Thanks in advance. Your thread here has been informative and helpful. And freightwipper thanks for the link to your statement.