How are rates for O/O's at the moment?

I closed the DAT account a few months back. With holidays around the corner I was wondering if rates are starting to go higher.

Do you think rates will peak in winter during snowstorms as usual that might push brokers to book loads ahead of time for higher rates?

I'm staying home tomorrow. The same for Wednesday. I might lose one to two days of work every week because I didn't want to go down $100 per load. I don't know if the broker is bluffing the shipper is bidding. For sure, the load tomorrow was already taken by someone else. But the winter is coming and I don't want to haul for less not knowing what the weather will be since those are booked usually one week in advance.

I don't know why people haul that cheap. And how can they run their equipment to the ground with rates like that. You can only do it for so long until...

OOIDA can't predict anything. They talked about shortage of drivers all the time. Does anyone even read their news? They can only see an inch in front of them. For me they seem to be useless.

 

It's only going to get worse.

 

Bend over, hold your ankles and hope bubbah uses lube because you aint seen nothing yet.

 

Do that

 

Nahhh i gots my plan B to go work for a mine that has a standing offer for me. Plan C of using my college degree and plan D of finishing my welding certification and becoming an apprentice welder.

 

Old News. You’ll be surprised how many so NO to cheap freight but still haul as a back haul. It’s been this way since deregulation. You must be new.

 

Good luck then...

Degree means nothing at times...

 

Hence it being plan C, but i should be fine. I was more pokeing fun at the rates are falling panic. Im leased to a carrier and even if by mischance they fail i have relitives and contacts in several other divisions of trucking /shrug

 

A day in the life of trying to pick a load off the board in 2022.