2017 Rates Prediction

Rates are what they are. More important is that there is still work to do. Just checked and there are 415 loads out of Chicago to book this morning. Some, who aim higher, may look at this with disdain, but I always say as long as there is work, a man will not starve. I am staying home until Wednesday, so much contribution on my part to better rates out of Midwest.

 

My comment was based on the west coast I-5 corridor, I don't follow much from other regions.

I did see a couple of full loads posted the other day from Portland to Ohio for $2,200 at 2500 miles. Sad thing is someone took them.

It's obvious that rates are really flat this time of year. However, that combined with fuel prices being up by .40 a gallon from last year, I've kept the truck parked and myself home pretty much since Christmas.

Here's to higher rates and increased volume starting March 1st!

 

True!!!
I can't believe they want to load a truck with 41 K lbs to LA from Chicago for $2100. With all this winter driving... I may contradict myself, but whoever takes it is on the fast way to starvation. I am glad, I gave up on Cal.

 

But I am afraid, they double or even triple pack the loads that are intended to be 1 truckload into one trailer and then it is shipped on the train. How else would it be possible?

 

The reply is always, "it gets me home and at least pays for my fuel, etc." When in reality, that guy is PAYING the broker/shipper to haul their load. As long as someone takes it, they'll keep offering it.

 

Rates in Chicago are terrible. I know it's february but rates are just insulting. Since new year all i did is one load to Dallas and back.
Called for a load to laredo,pays 1000$ on 1400 miles??? $2300 to Phoenix,2100-2500$ to california,$1.80 to florida...

 

Yep, Cali is really bad right now, it's a black hole for dry van work. I was trying to put together a round trip from Oregon to Cali last week. The best I could tie together was a $1.20 a mile round trip. Needless to say, I stayed park.

 

Not sure about rates, but steel has been moving a whole lot more in the past month than all of last year. In the past couple weeks, we've done 8-10 loads of blades for a single customer in southern Ontario. Half of them full super-B loads.

Things are picking up, if only slowly.

 

Agreed. I see a lot of steel moving all over the place from Oh down to Al. Rates are not exactly what I want so not going after them unless I have no other choice. A lot of equipment and machinary keeping me busy right now.

Hurst

 

I think manufacturing of equipment has picked up significantly. We don't normally haul much of it, but I'm seeing our neighbour company loaded up with combines, threshers and headers and the like (their specialty) more than the past six months. They were slow for quite some time coming into the Christmas season.

I really do think it was companies holding off on the US election to decide on what their production schedule was going to be for the new year.

Hell, there is a heavy grader manufacturer out in Rosenort, MB that we've done over a dozen plate steel loads for in the past month and a half. They've never ordered to this scale before.