Lowboy Rates/ Advice?

There was a thread about it but I can’t find it, here’s the letter.

 

Customers who aren't regularly moving oversize/overweight freight likely will not easily understand why your rates are what they are. Perfect example of why OSOW rates need to cover the expense of the load you're hauling and a little more, this week Ohio's system has been down and they are today back to whittling down their backlog of permit orders from this week, albeit slowly since I'm told their normal system has yet to be restored. We have an 11' W load from northern Illinois going east of Cleveland, and we sit and wait. I had the next load lined up as well, which we can't cover now because I have no idea when he will be able to roll. Customers generally don't consider instances like this which happen in OSOW business. It's part of it, but the cost can't come out of the goodness of somebody's heart.

And yes, rates on brokered OSOW right now are cheap.

 

Just got loaded in Toledo with 80ft railroad rails. Called our permit girl and she said the fax thing. I was like are you talking to dinosaurs. So I feel your pain for Ohio.

 

Also, OSOW loads are subject to curfews and extended routing. Also time to plan, purchase, print permits, as well as being stopped at scales to present permits.

 

One of the more unique curfews I have seen is during football season when there is a home game, OS can't travel in southeastern Nebraska on Saturday. They do take their Huskers football seriously, even in the state legislature.

 

Ok, here is what I think you should do. DONT just go and by a lowboy and truck not having experience. There is alot of that going on. Rates are in my opinion not something I will talk about to an outsider. EVER. if you really want to get in this line of work find someone or a company that is willing to teach you about heavyhaul/oversize.

 

what load board is that

 

My hat is off to you guys that do that kind of work, especially if you do the load planning and get the permits and you go through all of that.

There is a lot to it there's a lot of expense in having the right equipment, every state and probably County even has a different idea what is legal and there's just nothing easy about it that I can see.

I very briefly worked for a Heavy Haul company and we were down at the Philadelphia Port.

I can't remember what we were hauling but there was one guy there that was a few nickels short of a dime, and pulling out of the facility he made a right instead of a left and right there instantly the cop got him.

$2,500.

When I asked the company about it they said they had lawyers on retainer and it's just a constant battle that there are tickets and things you have to fight.

So whatever you guys make doing that you deserve it.

It's not something anyone should ever just dive into head first and not understand it.

 

I like how he asked for rates and advice and all he got was disclaimers and warnings

 

The disclaimers were for the rates and the warnings were the advice