School me on hauling bricks

This,brick is generally cheap & heavy.We used to get a decent rate out of Ga. back into my town here in Tn.,but the last time I checked on some it was about a buck a mile,$240.00. I said thanks,but no thanks.

 

A headache rack on the truck or a headboard on the trailer is no longer required by the DOT. Not saying it is a great idea to not have one though. I took mine off my truck so as not to have it in the way when pulling my van.

 

this is off of what you asked but honestly, it's pretty regular we dead head at least 200 miles. We get pretty happy with a 100 mile Dh. I say that so you know it's pretty common in the industry. Don't feel bad dead heading and take cheaper freight cause you don't think you should dh.

 

If you've never hauled sheetrock...praise the Lord. Want a freight claim, haul some sheetrock.

 

a headache rack isn't that heavy 150 mabye 200 lbs iv put one on a truck by myself before and its a breeze with 2 people. your chains binders ect and everything that you hang on it probably add up to nearly the weight of itself but then again you probably wouldent want to unload everything off your headache rack when you go hook your pneumatic

 

I use the brick screens in the photo. I haul brick every day. a new set runs over $900.00 I bought a full used set for $300.00 a lot of drivers have any shop that welds make them a rack under trailer to hold the screens. I just lay them 7 to each side all the way to the headboard & throw 1 strap over & tighten. though I never use my entire length of my trailer, so I have room.

 

Usually they shirnk wrap brick from what I've seen I've hauled a lot of brick, cinder blocks, etc never lost one. Had plenty of them crack and break but never lost one. I will say this though every load of brick I hauled that went more than 200 miles nearly every piece of shrink wrap was gone by the destination. I just used v boards when I pulled them seemed to work alright.

 

you can decide if the bricks are cheap to move. some area's do not pay well, others pay a lil better. $2.36 a mile to the truck, not gross, is fair to me.

 

A lot of folk like to quote the rate per mile....but leave out the other important factor.....2.36 a mile on 100 miles is junk. 2.36 a mile on 600 is good. We regularly run from tucson to phx for $500...wow 5 bucks a mile. But dead right on home...so all the sudden it's just a ok rate. More of something to keep the customers happy.