Bad paying freight

your right, that's the way most newbies think, brawn before brain, they think that just cause they are running allot of miles they are doing good, it works for a little while, but it will catch up to them.

they also tend to grab the loads at the offered price just so they can run, I cant say how many times I have let a load sit a day or two, and then booked it for twice the first offered price.

 

what i think is funny is guys out of houston,tx will take loads up to midland, odessa, and lubbock,tx for $2.50 a mile because they think it pays good but almost every time i have been out that way i had to dead head back into dallas/fort worth to get back on the freight hello people thats 300 miles your adding to your trip so your only making $1.62 a mile
$1,850 is the lowest i will go out that way...........

 

In other words, it's better to take a 1780-mile run @ $2.00/mile with 250-mile DH, than 2000-mile run at $1.10/mile with 30-mile DH. Same total miles, $1,360 more in gross revenue, less wear/tear and better overall mpg (shorter loaded miles).

I try to minimize DH, but given a choice between the two above, I'll take 1780 @ $2.00. It'd be even better if you can cover the DH with a $550 short haul, like revelation1911 suggested.


Personally, I don't mind sitting for a day or two. I've taken a OK load in a haste, only to see a better load going to a better area popping up on the load board a couple hours later. Opportunity cost can go either way, I found. It's a crap shoot, and I like occasional day time nap and time to catch up on paper work.

 

I mistyped I meant I made 1.56 a mile for every mile logged, deadhead and loaded.

 

17,000 miles a month seems to be a strech to me unless it's a team.
The truck would never cool down with that many miles a month.
I had a Rv hauler once told me he ran 250,000 miles in less than a year
I laughed.