McAllen TX loads

$4 a mile out of The Valley ??

I never saw anything even remotely close to that number coming out.
We stopped going down there when they all got together and capped the rates, they won’t admit it, but they did.
Let all the mega refer outfits haul it for nothing..

 

Who got together - brokers?

 

So, you guys are really driving like 3,000 miles per week, at $4 per mile? $12,000 per week?

How can this be legit... lol... but are you paying for your own gas?

 

Yes sir..
Everyone we used suddenly came in at a low garbage rate, even our direct customers got in on it..
Boss man said F them let someone else haul it for nothing.

 

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Yes they're paying there own gas. As well as insurance, tires, maintenance, and bank notes on equipment [with a 4-6 year book span] totaling in excess of $170,000, as well as their own salary, and hopefully making some profit at some point. Then they may empty and have to drive 500 miles unpaid to freight that doesn't pay half as well.

$4.00/mile freight is not terribly common, and is usually on shorter hauls and may have other special requirements such as haul butt before the buyer changes their mind, and it may or may not be rejected when you do get there.

 

Ugh. This reminds me of when I was doing a paper route.

It's like, they charge for the bags, then don't pay gas. And they only pay $0.25 per paper drop or something lower. In the end, it paid less than $5 an hour in profit.

 

You’re not reading correctly. You can get $4-5/mile out of a good area going to NE, then get $1.5 to get out, so the average can be 2.50-3.00. It’s also seasonal with February being the slowest with lower rates.

 

What were the rates cupped at? You realize there are 1000’s of brokers. Would be kinda hard for them to gather at some conference and cap the rates. It’s probably just supply/demand. If there’s no shortage of trucks they won’t pay a lot.
I got out of there this Saturday and thought I got a good rate. Was also offered $2,800 McAllen - Clarksville, AR 840 miles - $3.30/mike but I passed

 

We were seeing loads right around $2.00 a mile nobody would go any higher.

 

Any of those produce loads that come out of Mexico aren't worth the effort. Low rates. Screw around all day loading it, if the load didn't get across before they close the border for the night nobody tells you anything. Load cancels are common.
Forget it