Flatbed rates i was quoted today

Had another ld. Macon to St. Augustine 5 k and tarp. Need double drop 31' in the well. Ok 1200. Can I del. it Saturday? Nope Monday, ok I will do it for 1600. then. Why 1600, they ask. Truck tied up over the wkend I said. short run should be next day del. for 1200. They called back and said they could'nt do that.. Ok thanks anyway. Maybe I was wrong to ask for an extra 400, but I was looking at the trk. being tied up.
But here I sit still no lds. booked yet...

 

What does that make those who depend on them for survival?

 

Desperately Stupid?
::ducking::

 

You are never wrong asking for more money in this buisiness.

 

Got a call from a buddy of mine tonight. He bounced to Houston to do a project move. Sat all day Monday and today. Guess what, they overbooked the trucks. So he asks for 3k truck ordered not used.. They freak, but came up with the money.. 7 axle stretch

 

That won't do any good....They bypass the Ports W/O TWIC cards.....They use other compliant companies to "Short-Haul" the "Cans" or Trans-Loads, out of the Ports to drop yards and take the loads from there to all points.......

You have to give those guys an "A" for effort......

"What Cabotage Laws?......."

"What's CARB Regs?"......."What's a TWIC Card?..."

 

Go Here....

 

I've got 2 brothers who charge me $150 to take my trailer inot the Port of Los Angeles and bring out my load. Well worth it most times, and they don;t waste time, in and out to get another load. Good guys to deal with

 

Okay,here's the problem with so called back hauls. There is no such thing as a back haul. It takes X amount of dollars to operate a truck north,south,east,or west. If it takes X amount to go west ,then it takes the same amount to turn around and drive east. The truck doesn't know what's behind it. A mile is 5280 feet. To drive one mile ,one must make a profit on that mile regardless of a compass direction. Or one could use the mentality too often heard. " yea I'll haul it for less if I can get a lot of miles" This is the same type of business logic two fellows were using in their watermelon selling business. They were buying watermelons for fifty cents each and selling them for fifty cents each. After some time passed with no success, one partner says to the other "I have figured out the problem...we just absolutely have to have a bigger truck" And there is your back haul.