Do Owner Ops actually take loads that are less than $3.00/mi?

i got in before it, but what I NEED and what I’m willing to run for, are two totally different things …

 

I got in during the boom. I didn't even know there was a boom going on. Paid $15,500 cash for my truck. I've hauled three loads less than $3/mi this year. Two on purpose, one on accident. (actual miles ended up being $2.99)

Current load is $1,200 @ $5.22 per mile, and I kinda screwed myself, because the other guy loading got $300 more than me. I'm not the world's greatest negotiator, but I get a little less dumb each load.

 

Uh oh...don't start talking about price fixing or else you get the staff following you around to delete your posts while looking for a reason to give you the boot.

 

When you got a $200,000 truck and $100,000 trailer to pay you got to keep making those payments even if you take $2 a mile loads and don't pay yourself.

Unfortunately a lot of that must be going on out here.

 

I operate by $ per day (gross and net) and not by mile. I mean if you want to take the $12/mile loads that deliver down the road more power to you.

 

I’d like to add if you’re running load board freight the average you can probably manage is around $7250 gross, roughly $2.25/mile. This is still better than it was pre-boom by a good bit, just inflation and diesel is so much higher.

There’s also risk vs reward. I deliver Friday morning in LA area and still book a 5 stop pickup (nightmare traffic very risky) and it pays off enough to make my week. There’s also $6.5-8k loads I’ve seen with 20 stops that are all FCFS I thought about trying to do.

 

hope that 20 stops isn’t slot of driving for that…

i have 6 PO for 5 stops this week 559 loaded miles is a smidge over $4200

i dead head about 150 miles, do a couple picks for another 1k or so, run another 150ish Miles to the barn, unload, reload, and come back up

 

Yes, my truck is a 07, and 10 years no payment .this year i stay more home and relaxing. For me is a Good year, not to Bad.,for other No. Everything depend how much is your Debt