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<p>[QUOTE="crocky, post: 10135922, member: 200207"]I was in Houston Wed, didn't see much of anything worth a ####.. Got a hotel stayed till 11am check out and still nothing worth a #### Thurs.. found 1 load at $2/mile that was going to my home town from Dallas. called about it and asked him to check the dimensions and sure enough it was a screwed up posting...and they took it down...</p><p><br /></p><p>At that point I started driving empty toward FL.. and finally found a load out of gulfport/MS that gave me $1/mile after all my dead head and delivers 30 miles from my house Monday.. So I'm home now..</p><p><br /></p><p>No reason to stay out there for this crap and risk death or serious illness and deal with all the restaurants being closed ect..... Guess I'll wait it out just like I waited out winter. I will just keep watching the boards and try to look for quick runs out that I can get something right back with. That's what I did all winter, was quick trips from central FL to LA,AL, MS and sometimes TX then find something right back home.. Not great money but at least it's steady...</p><p><br /></p><p>I will say I saw a ton of empty flatbeds going both ways on i10 on my drive home, both hotshots and flatbeds and I saw multiple HS with very small loads. Kinda like they took whatever they could get..[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="crocky, post: 10135922, member: 200207"]I was in Houston Wed, didn't see much of anything worth a ####.. Got a hotel stayed till 11am check out and still nothing worth a #### Thurs.. found 1 load at $2/mile that was going to my home town from Dallas. called about it and asked him to check the dimensions and sure enough it was a screwed up posting...and they took it down... At that point I started driving empty toward FL.. and finally found a load out of gulfport/MS that gave me $1/mile after all my dead head and delivers 30 miles from my house Monday.. So I'm home now.. No reason to stay out there for this crap and risk death or serious illness and deal with all the restaurants being closed ect..... Guess I'll wait it out just like I waited out winter. I will just keep watching the boards and try to look for quick runs out that I can get something right back with. That's what I did all winter, was quick trips from central FL to LA,AL, MS and sometimes TX then find something right back home.. Not great money but at least it's steady... I will say I saw a ton of empty flatbeds going both ways on i10 on my drive home, both hotshots and flatbeds and I saw multiple HS with very small loads. Kinda like they took whatever they could get..[/QUOTE]
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