Cheap Freight in Texas

Most of mine at the moment is flatbed freight, and the majority of it is paying WELL over $1.30 a mile + FSC. Like I said; you're looking in the wrong places and with the wrong people.

 

I getting $2.50/mile+ RT. If I find something back, I take a percentage of what I am getting off the invoice. Net to both of us is better if I find something. Just have agreement that I won't go too low. In reality, she has "bought" my return trip. We just have an agreement that I don't have to go below $1.50. She understands that would hurt my business long-term.

 

Now its soo slow and so many loads of hay coming in the brokers know it i live just outside of houston and hate to go home because of what the loads pay even the loads going in dont pay that good this last load was a landstar load from ohio paid $2 a mile on a stepdeck

 

the drought is destroying texas livestock, they need hay... to bad for the cheap freight..

 

1.50 - .60 fsc = .90 line haul

I have $2 gross minimum since my carrier takes 25% of the line haul. I couldn't profit at 75% of .90. That's deadhead time for me. Ain't doing no favors for strangers.

Always mention this to all cheap brokers. They need to learn to bid properly or stop
keeping so much.


Hey BBBill what you mean by RT? nevr heard that acronym for trucking.

Real Time
Route True
Rate Trip
Real Trip
Run Time

???????? Just guessing

 

Round Trip - haul a load out and come all the way back empty

 

Yeah, haul a load at $2.50 Round Trip (which means he is getting $5 a mile loaded, and comes back empty )

 

The majority of the loads with fuel included pay over $2 a mile. $1.30 linehaul was being very very conservative. It truly just depends on what destination it's going to. Some of it pays far far better than that. Some not so much.

 

When all the hay started going down there I quit going to texas. Even the hay going down there is getting cheaper every time I see it on the board.