TX intrastate

Is there any money in running intrastate TX? Things are SLOW in oil right now and I am looking for something to get more busy. I have ready access to equipment but I am not sure what rates are looking like. Can anyone fill me in? Have access to flats and dry vans, curious about reefer rates as well though. Thanks in advance.

 

You hit the nail on the head. I was running a couple of trucks and end dumps in Northern CA. Construction was slow (still is for the most part) which I could've weathered and made it through but with the state telling me that I had a couple of years to get compliant with the CARB stuff and no work to upgrade my equipment I decided to just sell it all off. Moved down here to TX (which has honestly been the best thing I've ever done) and started hauling oil, finished up a business degree, was moved to a dispatch position, got married, had a baby, bought a house here, sold the one I had in CA and now I am twiddling my thumbs waiting for work to pick up as a dispatcher.

Company I am with is still paying me and all but I am basically doing nothing. I have the thought in the back of my mind that I need to have a plan B ready so I've been looking at getting another 359 or inexpensive newer truck to tinker with while I've got nothing to do here. Figured if I could put something to work on the 20 or 10 corridor in TX I've got a driver or two here that would be happy for a little extra work anyhow and if anything happened with my current situation I could just jump in the truck myself. I knew TX was generally a dead area to haul INTO back then, but I seemed to recall some people claiming to do pretty good just running around within TX. I'm very fortunate to be with the company and in the position that I am currently, I just know that the way things are currently can't go on indefinitely so I want to make sure I've got some protection for my family is all.