Chicago area rates

Honestly, those are not just bad, they are scary bad. But containers have always been bottom of the barrel pay so not very surprising.

 

You don't wanna know what I had to do to get out of FLORIDUH!! Sighhh

 

Tell us, tell us!!!

 

Same as you driver

 

afer ful 2500-2600? prob local home daily? i dont know how thats bad.

 

Holy hell.... RUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! please man. those rates are not good, they are effing terrible man. but im not shocked either, alot of intermodal companies are like this. you got to find the right one that you can settle down with and feel comfortable. i've tried my fairshare of intermodal companies, im finally happy with this one and it's been almost one year, no complaints but anyways....



Here's some of the rates my company pays me, we go to elwood alot but i cant be arsed to go back on my settlements haha..:
P.S. - all those you did are from elwood, anything that we do out of elwood, add about $150 to that rate.

BNSF -> APPLETON, WI -> BNSF
$603 + $180 FSC + $60 TOLLS


NS79TH -> MADISON, WI -> CONGLOBAL
$502 + $220 FSC + $50 CHASSIS SPLIT


CN HARVEY -> ROCKFORD,IL -> CN HARVEY
$315 + $51.30 FSC + $75 TRIAXLE


CSXBEDFORD -> OAK CREEK, WI -> CONGLOBAL
$385.25 + $103.50 FSC + $40 TOLLS

I clear about $3,500 - $4,500 after diesel. My company also has it's own fuel tanker in the yard so it's such a convenience.. aswell. Not slow here. Work is on &@#*&*# FIRE!!!! I love it here. Good group of folks, family environment. Has about 60 drivers, half of them are o/o. Sky's the limit here, you make as much as you want. Each to their own I guess, but WORKS FOR ME. the company i work for believes in being fair and knows that we dont work for free so we are being paid top dollar and from what i know and talking to other truckers, i'm #### content with my job minus the headache and rails...

 

The only way you are doing 2500 after fuel on those rates is by either getting 30 mpg or running your ### ragged 90 plus hours a week.

 

I just sit and wait for a good load. Now if I didn't live here I wouldn't come down unless it paid good enough to bounce to Birmingham. Basically the same way I look at those western loads. I only go if it pays good enough to bounce back to a good freight area.