How are Brokers NOT to blame?

8 bucks a mile is a little cheap on that in my opinion. Especially if it takes a jeep to move it. I guess it might be alright. He is using your trailer after all.

 

And if we're gonna go about getting together and set a rate, why not make it $100/mi, or $150, $200 hell $1,000,000/mi?

Let's see who memes first lol.

 

And if a frog had wings he wouldn’t bump his ###. Your inexperience is showing.

 

You’re right. Supply and demand is made up. My question is what regions of the country currently have more loads than available trucks? As long as there are more trucks than loads the rates will reflect that. It doesn’t matter what you analyze or what you seek to teach others, until the spot market slice of the pie gets larger or the number of people eating from that slice or both the rates will reflect that.

“Let the megas have those lanes”. What would happen if they didn’t have contract stuff on those lanes? Probably more loads on the spot market. And then what? Probably higher rates. Almost like more loads available for the available number of trucks.

 

Sounds an awful lot like supply and demand to me.

 

$8 Canadian is about $6 American now.

But I noticed that you ignored my question about getting the much needed information about the truck, route, mpg and such, before giving out your opinion on a price to charge a shipper/broker.

If my tire cost is a dollar a rolling mile, diesel 3 dollars a mile, and we haven't even yet discussed insurance, truck payments, maintenance, depreciation, my wages, how does your model for pricing work?

 

If it's the same money, what's the difference?

Most sensical thing i've gleaned from this whole thread.

 

I never have based a rate on miles or kms.

That would be the worst way I can think of to do it.

I figure out a realistic drive time both ways, loading and unloading time, and then add in extras such as permits and escorts, meals, hotels if required, and then the profit needed to make it worth while, then give my price. It's a take or leave it deal, if they say no, I don't care, lots more work out there.

Some jobs are way more in depth than that for me to price.
Did a job this summer that i first drove up there in my 4x4 pickup, and had a good look at the route from pickup to drop off.
Decided that I best hire a tow truck to lead me in, to give me a pull as needed, and another truck of mine, with a driver obviously, and a dozer on the trailer, to fix the road in spots, and offer a shove when needed, escorts, permits, hotel costs, meals for everyone, wages including over time, and 2 days and costs for my pickup to drive it first, then and only then, did i throw the customer a number.
It was accepted by them within a minute.

Tossing out a preprogrammed number, without any variables input before, seems like a bad idea. You don't even seem to take into account consideration for road work being done, the hwy could be closed for a blizzard or fatal crash for a day, we don't all burn the same amount of fuel, or run high speeds, or get good tire wear costs.