FEMA in Texas

I will call my Broker in the morning and see what they have for FEMA loads going to Texas, im sure they are putting out the word.

 

Make sure you have heavy money going in there, if it's worth it. And get daily rate charges noted on rate con...I heard about a guy being on a GA to TX dry run for $2,300. He was happy getting that rate. When asked what he was looking forward to and what he charged for the daily rate, he never responded.

 

The one thing I would worry about with FEMA loads, other than I heard it's basically low pay, is how far would one have to deadhead to get a load going out.

 

Wow he's risking his week or potentially his livelihood for peanuts. He didn't even consider he might get stuck there for days or even weeks. Hope it works out for him. I'll run them down to FL from TN for $6 & $7 mile. I did one last year down to there out of sheer desperation for $5 a mile. Steering clear of TX on this one it sounds awful risky.

 

You heard? So you've never booked one. They're open checkbook loads. Anyone booking them cheap is getting taken for a ride. They're risky. You could end up a victim of the storm or its aftermath yourself by accepting these kind of loads. Some people think it's wrong to run these loads for what they say are exorbitant rates. But not everyone driving a truck is a multi-millionaire who can just donate the free use of a truck and risk it all going into a disaster zone.

 

I just met a US Express driver in Allentown, PA who was bragging he got called up to run FEMA freight in Texas.

 

This may be a blessing in disguise for the OP.. According to his other thread, He Needs as much $7 dollar per mile FEMA Work he can get.

And Make sure you Pay off those Credit Cards Like YESTERDAY!!!!!

 

A friend of mine did those for Landstar a number of years back when FL got hit by 4 hurricanes in one year. He got mileage pay to haul water to the Homestead military base where they staged a bunch of trucks, then was paid $750/day to sit there waiting for FEMA to dispatch them to needed areas. They stocked and opened the base commissary for them so they had food, opened one of the barracks so they had bathroom and shower facilities, and even came around every morning with a trailer tanker and topped their fuel tanks off if they needed it. He said it was the best gig he ever did, the only catch was that you had to ready to roll at any moment once FEMA called. Not sure if they still do that post-Katrina or not.