How much should I be paying?

the truck is taking over 1/2 of the trailer--the rest of the trailer ,providing somebody can find compatable ltl is considered gravy

 

What was not intelligent about my post?? I gave you a suggestion. My small trucking company is in business to make money. I don’t do this for the enjoyment. My regular flats demand more money then you are offering. But I guess I don’t troll internet load boards for second hand freight. I find it funny that you think you are offering a diamond of a load at 1.50 thats where my OMG comes from.

 

You must not think much about the O/O side of things. The $1.50 you 'say' is what O/O's are getting is more like L/O's. That is after the company takes their cut. We work on percentage, those are the minimum rates we will run. If you have a truck on an RGN it is considered a full load. You cannot just drop freight on one of those like you do your car hauler or a step. An RGN would be what is being quoted since they have to assume the vehicle is tall, hence the need for a 20" deck height. Maybe that is why the company I was driving for has almost no turnover and successful O/O's. Our dispatcher actually thinks about us AND the companies bottom lines.

 

Well, if you know they are step decks then that does seem high. Unless they are pricing it that way because there is very little partial deck freight light enough to fill out the trailer. You will have to find a way to load and unload the truck as well. Step decks do not carry ramps very often. We normally will back up to a docking ramp and then the shipper can drive the load on.

What is the weight of the truck as it sits right now? That will play a factor in other freight for the deck. If someone has ramps for their deck or has a beavertail with ramps then that would explain the $3/mile. The trailer dictates more specialized freight and therefore costs more to run.

 

And your hauling cars for CHEAP,...................

How do operators like you make any money??,....Let alone sleep at night??,...