new authority, where is the highest paying freight?

My thoughts exactly. It don't matter if you were hauling milk, you should have researched this long before you decided to get your own authority and write up a plan.

 

Well I live in the west coast and here's my experience

One way you get a really good rate 2.20-2.70 from CA to WA

BUT THE PROBLEM IS A LOT OF THE SHIPPERS KNOW THAT rate & they know you WANT TO GET BACK HOME
so I've been getting 1.10-1.40 COMIng back


Are there any lanes that pay good rates (above 2$) to the destination and back???

 

i've been driving a truck 13 years. what attention should i have been paying too with all that dirt i hauled???

 

That's a little on the low side....

 

2.20-2.70 out of Cali for a van is not on the low side imo

 

If he can't get back to CA on a good average it's too low..

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Agreed on that; thats why he should(as well as everyone) pull at a higher rate

 

With reefers hauling only produce out of California this time of year, the dry van freight should be moving at a higher rate as well. I think $3 should be minimum for CA outbound.

Even then, Oregon's road tax has got to really eat into your money. I wouldn't deal with Oregon again. I just did one load into Oregon and spent $88 for the road tax. I figured it's just not worth it unless the rate is REALLY good. Sadly, I thought the rate I got was 'really good'. But, it was one of those 'live and learn' loads.

No two points on the map are going to have equal freight between them. There's always going to be variances. And, the shippers/receivers needs and cost-structures are different. A shipper that moves 500 loads a week is going to pay a different rate than a shipper that moves 2 loads a week. Just the nature of the beast (plus, the 500 load behemoth is probably tied up with major carrier contracts dragging down the average for the area). But, that doesn't mean the little guy doesn't pay well.

 

if you ask that, you haven't been paying attention, and will probably be to broke to pay attention

 

Oh dear....
Gets authority before knowing the rates etc.
Expects other guys to give up their best customers, who pay the most.


Martin