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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;BoyWander, post: 8379650, member: 68570&quot;]Hey all! I&#039;m alive!</p><p><br /></p><p>Just wanted to check in.</p><p><br /></p><p>My God are rates terrible.</p><p><br /></p><p>I go to a good area and asking for $2.50/mi might as well be asking them to chop off an arm.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m glad I didn&#039;t &quot;make relationships&quot; when it was busy because I wouldn&#039;t be able to afford this downturn.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m blaming a few things for this.</p><p>New owner ops who jumped in and don&#039;t know their costs, carriers running for cheap and paying imported labor cheap and on a 1099, and the trade tariffs on China.</p><p><br /></p><p>Even when people are calling on your truck, they don&#039;t want to pay anything.</p><p><br /></p><p>And they&#039;re like &quot;this isn&#039;t like it was last two years&quot; and I&#039;m like &quot;So why are you begging for my truck?&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>If you&#039;re new, here&#039;s a piece of advice.</p><p><br /></p><p>If someone is calling on your truck, there is absolutely no reason to quote less than $2/mi and it doesn&#039;t matter where you are or where it&#039;s going.</p><p><br /></p><p>You should still be aiming to average $2.25+ loaded mile.</p><p><br /></p><p>And no that&#039;s not on 1000 miles a week.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t mind running 3000+ miles in a week. But I&#039;m not gonna do that for $5000-5500 gross. I did that the first 4 months after I bought the truck and not doing that again.</p><p><br /></p><p>You can call and beg for freight every single load and still avg $1.60/mi but that&#039;s company driver pay when you actually add up your expenses.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve also been in the market for possibly selling my equipment but I love it out here. I&#039;ve had some low-ball offers and I&#039;m not interested in that. </p><p><br /></p><p>In 3 months my truck will be half paid for. Hard to believe.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyways, just wanted to check in. I&#039;m in college basketball mode lately and can&#039;t wait to fill out my bracket.</p><p><br /></p><p>Hoping my Wolverines can keep up this recent offensive renaissance because with their top-of-the-nation defense, a trip back to the title game isn&#039;t out of the question. Also high on Wofford, but who isn&#039;t??</p><p><br /></p><p>Go Blue![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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