2017 Intermodal
Discussion in 'Intermodal Trucking Forum' started by RERM, Apr 4, 2017.
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well for 53s you gotta do long to make $$ but issue is these 400 milers are just too much. im maxed at 330. jeez.
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Lol, it's ok, sure seemed like it was going to be a lot better the way it was talked up... The money is probably comparable to where your at.RERM Thanks this.
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I try, 3 if I have time........but every now and then I do 1 and go home.....containers have made me soft!!!!!...lol!!!!!
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Trucking in general needs an economic upswing to be highly profitable again....doesn't matter what you pull right now....economy is just idling along.....,,HalpinUout Thanks this.
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I'm not so sure it's going to happen either... Seems to be more and more trucks on the road to me...
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Things will get better, it's just a matter of waiting it out......HalpinUout Thanks this.
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I do a mix of 20/40 and 53ft. I dont see the difference imo. I've actually did a comparsion and regional 53ft pays the same if not better... and there's no lift on/off....... i dont think we take local 53? Done it once or twice... thats about it, doesnt pay bad either... i'm cool with both, i've kind of lost patience of lift on/off after doing it for so long..... but then again, i remind myself.... its work and intermodal lol. @4noReason why dont you ask to try the 20/40 freight? Trust me these guys are open to anything, dont think they would even care! They work you how you want to be work. I know 53FT are priority and go to drivers.... my cousin has started working as a driver fresh out of school and last week he worked 5 days legal pulling JBHUNT... made $1,800........ dude is ####ing off the hook exicted lol. makes me wanna sell my truck!!!!!!!!!
Side note - going into CN Harvey, saw fore ad on their fence "hiring dedicated to indianapolis, $1.30 a mile"... LOL -
nah im good. i know 53s r ok. with no lifts esp. besides 53s pay tolls. the 20/40 guys all hide their plates. if it paid so well......why hide it?
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There are local 53 runs....and, I've not done JB Hunt loads, but I have done CSX, UPS, Schneider and Pacer loads and, other than a couple of exceptions, they all paid WAY less than import/export runs....
Schneider runs being the worst...(with a couple of exeptions)....
Hell, for weekend work, once JR offered me a JB Hunt to Cedar Rapids....$600...no thanks!!!
A 20 tri axle run to Cedar Rapids paid close to $300 more...even now with low rates it's close
to $200 more.....I'll keep doing 53 stuff, but only as filler work and NO JB HUNT......Last edited: Sep 3, 2017
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