Stuck in texas

Texas sucks. Lots of freight, but it's all cheap. If I was you, I'd seriously consider moving.

 

Well, it's very simple...
Fund a carrier that based in Houston or Dallas and they'll have permanent customers in those cities.
Every time I ended up in Texas, even if I wouldn't be able to find straight load to Missouri, I'll break my trip apart in order to get to Missouri, and it's most of the time more profitable than a single trip...

 

I just took a cheap load out of Houston to get me enroute to get home. Last time I was in the area I sat for 2 days trying to wait for a decent paying load to pop up. Ended up taking a cheap load over to La where I had a better paying load booked.

Texas has always been hit or miss for me. Last few months its been pretty ridiculous. Worse than Fla in my opinion.


I agree with others. Unless you hook up with someone who has direct freight in the area, its unlikely anyone else can do any better.

Hurst

 

Do you have hazmat? I know a company there out of Deer Park, and Pasadena (but they can try to be cheap, I only use the Pasadena for partial to add to my Deep Park load)

They have plenty of work, and last few times I been there I pulled out with 2.10/mile light load going to ohio areas, but I also added the partial from Pasadena to make it over 3 a mile

 

Are you a company driver,or Owner/Operator?..if O/O, listen to the advice of the ones who posted earlier, sounds like they have the "LowDown" on freight rates and amount of the movement of it. If you're a Company driver, they shouldn't have a problem getting you out of Houston or anywhere in Tx. Maybe things ARE THAT BAD...Hey, good luck to you,God Bless and Merry Christmas

 

Are you a company driver,or Owner/Operator?..if O/O, listen to the advice of the ones who posted earlier, sounds like they have the "LowDown" on freight location and rates...if you drive for a company, they shouldn't have any trouble loading you anywhere out of Tx. I would think, unless things are really That Bad!.. Good Luck to you, God Bless and Merry Christmas

 

What type of trailer are you pulling and what direction do you like heading in when headed out of TEXAS