Haven’t seen a thread like this. Hopefully you awesome fellas can help.

I called on a flat load of salt in super sacks a fewe years ago, they quoted 60 cents. I ran across a guy with a load of it a day later in wy, and he said it didn't matter to his company, it was headed the right way. This happens all the time.
We baled hay in Ks and sold it in Tx, a lot of hay, 30 circles of it. Jb, hunt, arrow, etc,etc hauled it for a buck a mile. They charged us on short miles, I ran that route steady and tried every backroad imaginable and the very best they were getting was 89 cents a mile, but it put their trucks in a more favorable spot.
We figured 3 bucks a mile on my truck, but If I didn't need to be there, I would have never hauled a load at all.

 

This was back in the 90's, but still.
There are trucks that leave Alaska all the time with stuff that MIGHT pay the fuel, I guess just to say they aren't deadheading.

 

I will always eat the cost of fuel before hauling anything with no profit in it. It is either worth hauling or it isn't as far as I am concerned, unless doing someone a favor, then I might not charge anything.
It just doesn't cost a lot to run empty, and usually you run to where you need to be. When taking a cheap maybe cover fuel load, you may get wheere you need to be and might still have to deadhead or take another cheap load.
I have talked a few guys into leaving Alaska empty, instead of hauling a cheap load of pipe, they have thanked me every time.

 

I brought a guy a load of gravel one time for a gift card

He wasn't going to use, and the gift card was worth twice what I would have charged him in cash. We were both happy

 

I have done some trading over the years to. I left a dry van at a guys house for a couple of days while he had it loaded it and then pulled it close to 300 miles. I had to sit around for 6 or maybe even 8 hours while his guys unloaded it, but I got a nice new hot tub and a riding mower out of it. lol

 

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