Hopper, Dump O/O's & Drivers

I don't know to much or heard anything about that wheathauler so I can't really say for sure but wouldn't surprise me any. I'm not sure they would get to far without the right connections as most of the big elevators have their go to carriers already. I do know that pulling out of the bigger elevators the rates are always cheaper than most of the smaller elevators are.

I stay with the smaller elevators in small towns and rural areas. I have been working with those places for many years and help them out whenever they need help. I also help a lot of them with anything to do with agriculture equipment and supplies.. Flatbeds, dry vans and hoppers too. I like working with the smaller guys rather than the big mega guys, I find easier to do my job and not as many headaches either and guys coming in and cutting the rates as bad too. Most of the places I work with don't play those games and they use all the same carriers and guys who made them who they are so they all support each other and take care of each other if that makes sense as it is hard to explain sometimes when trying to type it out on the computer.

 

Can't cure stupid. That's why that Concordia to Okeene didn't pay well it is being used as a backhaul. I was offered a $2 loaded mile load but there was too much deadheading to make it profitable.

 

Makes sense but around here some don't follow that policy. Elevator I hauled for six years dropped me when another carrier came in with lower rates. The carrier went bust but not before lowering the rates and really haven't recovered.

 

I'll second that. Had a decent round setup for February for some of my trucks, we got all the loads we committed to done early so I call at the end of last week to see if one of the legs has any more loads to haul on that contract. They said, looks like we have a load or two left and quotes me a price $.03/bushel less than what we hauled the rest of the previous loads for. Good chance he could have been mistaken, but I didn't bother asking.

 

RR load is that railroad load? I don't get out much it seems.

 

I saw one of the big carriers with a hopper bottom a couple weeks ago but I do not remember which one it was . It might have been swift or maybe crete just not sure,I almost fell over when I saw it. It may have been one of those one way trailer deals but I don't know.It was werner I remember now

 

Nothing surprises me anymore in the hopper business. The big boys are in everything else why not hoppers.

 

8 out of the 14 elevators I haul to now have contracts with tri state.. No big name hoppers yet. But I have 2 tri state rigs parked next to me and boy I'm jealous