My adventures at CRST Malone

Glad to see your up and going!!!

Truck is out of the shop and I am loaded headed to southern IN $700 on 362 miles. Delivers Monday but put me in a good freight area. Then KY to IL $1300 on 585 miles delivering Tuesday. Feels good to be back at it.

 

Hope your out of the shop soon man!!


Indiana for the night. Delivering tomorrow in Illionois then deadheading 130 miles to Chicago picking up a multi stop and pick round trip going to Louisiana, then California, reload back to Chicago. $9980 on 4450 miles.

 

Gary for the night. Deliver in Santa Fe Springs CA Monday due to hours of service.

 

Anyone having luck securing or untarping and tarping without a blizzard or torrential downpour this week? I see washing a lot of clothes in the near future this weekend. What's everyone up to?

 

A lot lately. I don't have a set formula really. I take out the 25% add the deadhead to the miles and divide. From there I see if it works for me. 250 mile deadhead isn't unusual for me. Most of the freight I haul into the North east is $3+ a mile to Truck freight but if the agent I work with up there can't get me out I bounce. In the end it's all about how much am I making on this load with the deadhead after all expenses, what area does it put me in? Where are my possibilities of a reload at?

Counting deadhead with the same expenses I have If you average only $1.47 a mile on 2500 miles you will take home a check of $625. I focus on pulling better paying freight, with a higher RPM than I do deadhead. Because I know exactly what it costs me to operate. But to answer your question I average between about 0-145 miles a load with 250-300 not being unusual. No need to deadhead far in the Midwest, northeast I can get freight but I have to bounce to it. One big science this game is. But I WILL bounce out of a dead area before I wait for freight 100% of the time with no hesitation.