mercer transportation

flats would def be better but i am at $6k in 7 days on what will be about 3600-3700 mi. all miles. i think you can do better then that if your smart about it. this load i grabed last minute for $1.82/mi just so i wasnt sitting over the weekend. if i hadnt been trying to get home i could have done better. but its better then sitting and still profitable even to its the cheapest i did this week

 

Wow....adding 30 trucks a week??? That sounds a little scary. Mercer is at the top of my prospective list, but, my gosh........

 

I noticed a ton of Mercer coming east on I-40 last week, hauling military. Was there a move going on out of Irwin?

 

From guys with mercer they have been saying the normal is 5 or so a week but for some reason they signed on 30ish last week. So that number isn't the normal.

 

i know as far as my week, which was the big week. they got a big shipment of new trailers in so they called everyone who had been on the waiting list to come in. although the next was larger then.normal also it wasnt as big as my class was

 

wideload, how long have you been there?

 

does mercer slow down much in the winter? pulling tanks now not doing well. want to come to mercer thinking about it for awhile. dont know if i should jump now or wait till feb or march. any insight would be helpfull thanks

 

yeah, 30 trucks is way off the normal, its usually 5 or 6 at orientation.

 

and if ya live in the right area, 2.20 is possible with a flat. i avg 2.03 loaded and empty so far this year but i dont worry with miles , i look for revenue , i try to do a min of 4,000 a week on the least possible miles. but if i can do say 3,600 on 1400 miles i am completely satisfied.

i hit 200,000 last year, might be short about 10 grand of that this year but so far i have taken off 6 more weeks than i did last year. example september i took off the first week, worked 2 weeks and took off the last week of sept, still did 11,000 to the truck on 4900 loaded and empty.

 

i have been trucking 20yrs. i have yet to find a trucking co that doesnt slow down after the holidays.