I believe I said " I hope someone else has some good advice ". Did not say it was impossible. Just stated how it has been for me, one single...
Thanks, but your situation is a little different. I am an Independent Owner Operator. You work for a company and that company found that load ,...
We have tried to get direct shippers for 7 years. Calling, email, trying to connect at loading docks. Shippers love to use brokers. Shippers put...
OK, besides the Port congestion and climate change ........ Does anyone have an opinion on how this will affect O/O 's. ??
Well, there will far less freight moving west to east on trains....... More Cans/ vastly more freight will be coming to East ports, as well as...
Here is an estimate of the costs per mile to operate a Class 8 truck. Everyone's costs are different, but let's assume these numbers are average....
Does anyone have an idea how the expanded Panama Canal will affect the small owner-operator. Shipping lanes will shift, East to West rail will...
It's all about accountability and standing for what's right or wrong. Probably bad for business but so dang good for the soul. And I'll have to...
Loads are bid on location, distance, weight , commodity, tarping... oh, wait , tarping is thrown in for free these days, it's no big deal....
1.60 to Utah. 1.40 to TX or less.. 1.95 to MA. Lots of 1.55 to places where you can't get loads out of/lots of DH.
No, not yet. Hoping it will pick but seriously need to re-think June 2016 when IRP tags are due.
Haven't moved since mid October. At least if we go out of business, we'll have working equipment to sell. Refuse to run the truck to the ground...
We have hauled a certain load from AR to N.H. a few times. The same broker called to ask us to haul it for $1000. LESS than we did it a few...
In may , pulled this load for 1900... now , same broker, lane, load, weight, product is trying to get it moved for 1200. Now, just sitting,...
2.49 loaded with little to nothing coming out of SD...... not great .
Has anyone noticed how freight and rated have dried up ? I expected this for 4th of July but freight has not picked up ? The only brokers posting...
