Getting Truck / Authority Beware - The Ship Has Sailed

Discussion in 'Ask An Owner Operator' started by Midwest Trucker, Oct 18, 2018.

  1. danny23tx

    danny23tx Road Train Member

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    Different lanes , different trailers not everyone is going to find those magical loads . I loaded the same load a fellow o/o loaded and he ran it for $200 cheaper , he asked why I thought his was cheaper I said cause you chose to run it cheaper . Somedays you hit a home run some days your just trying to get on base . Good luck everyone!
     
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  3. Scooter Jones

    Scooter Jones Road Train Member

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    Big difference between me and the other guy is I won't run a roundtrip load (no matter what lane) for a $1.70 a mile.
     
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  4. Midwest Trucker

    Midwest Trucker Road Train Member

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    What was it back in the summer? Prob 4000 loads? 400 miles was prob paying 5/mi.
     
  5. Brettj3876

    Brettj3876 Road Train Member

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    2.30 a round for coming back empty. Although our load going up to bean town only weighs 6,000.

    1500 on 325 miles but Idk how long it will last. NFI is starting to pull a lot out of there. Will have to go back in the oilfield to do 10k a wk. 7 loads a wk me and my dad split it pretty even.
     
  6. Midwest Trucker

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  7. Gdog66223

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    Did your ship set sail yet or was you just talking about not setting sail?
     
  8. Midwest Trucker

    Midwest Trucker Road Train Member

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    LOL.

    I’ll put it like this... I have as many sails in the wind as I can get. But have a couple sails sitting on the deck due to no operators to put them in the wind.
     
  9. Gdog66223

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    You can't please operators today. You could tell them that they would get free meals, $10,000 a week, and only have to drive in a circle and they would still complain about something!
     
  10. Midwest Trucker

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    Midwest spot market is the worst I’ve saw it since probably this time in 2016.

    .9 load to truck Indianapolis and .5 load to truck in Chicago.

    Everyone keep buying trucks and jumping in head first! lol
     
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  11. Rideandrepair

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    I’m glad I wasn’t paying attention much in 2016. Didn’t even know Freight was slow, Lol. I’ve seen a steady increase in revenue since about 2010-2011.Some ups and downs.Aside from the spike in 2017 obviously due to ELD mandate. Still, Market seems about Normal right now. It’ll pick up in mid March.When produce winds up.
     
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