Freight In/Out of Minnesota

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  1. Scooter8419

    Scooter8419 Bobtail Member

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    I keep reading that it is hard to get out of Texas once you get there. What is freight like in Minnesota? I know freight is slower everywhere, but overall, is it pretty average or a little harder? It seems like when my old man used to drive truck, he could find loads out of this region fairly easy, but that has been 10 or 15 years ago now. This applies to van, flat, and reefer.
     
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  3. REDD

    REDD The Legend

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    When I lived up there in Brainerd, I had no issues with freight (pulling flat). But I either had to go to the cities, Bemidji, Thief River Falls, or Roseau. Cities was usually steel, shingles, or precast concrete forms. Bemidji was always osb/plywood out of Potlatch (I heard they shut potlatch down). Theirf River Falls was always Artic Cat & Roseau was Polaris.

    I just recently (a few weeks ago) unloaded just outside of Bemidji & found a good load out of Duluth that paid well & took me back into Indianna.... So, I haven't had any issues with Minnesota (Or Texas for that matter) with getting freight.
     
  4. eckz

    eckz <strong>"Radio Rambo"</strong>

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    If you can steal them bobcats from TMC, they pay good =P
     
  5. REDD

    REDD The Legend

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    Bobcats? I thought they came out of North Dakota....
     
  6. eckz

    eckz <strong>"Radio Rambo"</strong>

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    North dakota is Geil or Gheil or however it's spelled.
     
  7. kwswan

    kwswan Road Train Member

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    bobcats are manufactured in north dakota. the gehl machines are manufactured in wisconsin.
     
  8. eckz

    eckz <strong>"Radio Rambo"</strong>

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    Odd because ive picked up gehls in North Dakota, or maybe south dakota, don't remember, and bobcats in Minnesota o_O
     
  9. kwswan

    kwswan Road Train Member

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    check out the website for bobcat & it will tell you where they are manufactured at.gehl is headquartered in wi.,with manufacturing facilities in wi. & sd.
     
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