Picking my own freight baby! My journey to & of being on Schneider choice, the Adventure & Numbers!

That's what I was thinking lmao

 

So you have guys that are doing IC telling you the rates in your area are terrible but your still hell bent on doing it, because you gotta give it a try... And for family reasons you cannot stay out long... Comical... Very much so.
One thing for sure is Schneider is going to love you...

SMDH!!!!!!!!!!

 

Hey freightwipper, would you mind giving me an idea of what current rates would are in PA, OH, IN, IL regional? Everything from couple day hauls to short 3+ load/day hauls. I don't care short or long haul, as long as the money is there...would hope to be able to make 800-1000/day, not sure if that is doable with current freight market.
My business plan for the beginning would be to spend 1-2 weeks a time out with few days in between, pay myself 1200/wk and put the rest into a business account.

 

Not to sound negative along with the rest, however we're being very realistic because all of us on here for the most part have some experience here, and i know just like FW has been saying... That lane WILL make you go broke. I've never seen a good rate around that area, but maybe that's because i don't consider 1.15 to be good, infact you could probably make more at swift. Especially you needing to be home every weekend, honestly it will be a disaster. If you have bills and a family to take care of, my only suggestion would be to get the idea of every weekend home, and go to where the real money is, and trust me it aint down south. And just because you see lots of IC's playing down there doesn't mean that they know what there doing, I've lost count of IC's that I've heard refuse to go somewhere because they don't like it for whatever reason, on along im thinking to myself its a matter of time before that truck is turned in and another warm body is put into it lol. Look up a youtuber "southern highway" he was an IC that lived in SC and wanted home every weekend, i think he lasted 3-4 months?

 

Before maintenance , insurance , PIP...

 

Yeah, from running percentage reefer, I complete agree that anything from PA east going west pays crap...had a couple short runs going from NEPA to western PA that weren't terrible, but after I went any further than crossing OH, usually.85-1.10/mi. I don't prefer anything east/north of PA just because getting out the rates were almost always disgusting, and they weren't worth what my company ran for going into them to get out of them...NJ was almost always a deadhead to PA just to get a load. But, this was also reefer...dry van will be a new market for me to learn.

 

I run that NE like FW, the rates are good in that circle around VA , PA, NJ, etc . I'll duck down to the Carolinas and come back up . I can get Texas to PA though and get back in it but I'm on a different system . I'm actually loading to Utah right now looking for ca short haul

 

Yeah, if I sign on to Choice, I'll have to learn Scneiders lanes. Only experience I have with rate knowledge was with one company running percentage and it was a different industry(reefer). We ran a lot out of VA running north that paid really well(2.50-3.00+), but our backhauls down there were almost never over 1.20-1.30. We had a sweet run from VA to Central Islip that paid 3.xx to close to 4.00 mi, depending on whether it was reefer or dry. Coming out however was usually a deadhead to south jersey/PA.