o/o switching to flatbed in Indiana

Boneheaded · Apr 15, 2019

brads6.9. said: ↑

Don’t laugh
I live in southern Indiana and have leased to CRST Malone for several years now and have no complaints.
Good Company with decent rates and a lot of freight.
You should have no issue being home every weekend and making a good living.
They have good lanes in and around Indiana the biggest plus is being with a Company that lets you run your own business you do what you want. Plus you are backed by a big Company that will fight for you in dispute over a load they pay you and go after the shipper.
Several years ago I broke down in KC bill was about $9500 I had about $7500 in my maintenance account. I was going to put the rest on my credit card Malone covered it no issues.
That kind of loyalty goes along way with me.

I live down south and know many drivers leased to Kaplan it seems to be a good company as well.
Mawson and Mawson is also a good option as well they kinda have a limited area but demand high rates.

Nothing against PGT or F and S I know several guys that work for them they have Company trucks that need fed first. Not bad Companies just a Company operation with a few O/O

BTW
You need a covered wagon the highest rates go to the wagons when it comes to metal.
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I just got home from a road trip up to NW Indiana to have a sit down with a few companies today. I have to say that your right about the PGT trucks that I see rolling up and down HWY 231, kind of trashy looking. The PGT yard in Gary is about the same as those trucks.

Boneheaded · Apr 15, 2019

brads6.9. said: ↑

The Nucor mill in Crawfordsville does not have great rates no matter the carrier $2.00 ish would be the norm. Steel Technologies across the street has much better rates. The mill in Pittsboro has better rates and we also have lots of good paying short loads out of Terre Haute that stay in Indiana I have bounced around the state before and loaded, unloaded reloaded in the same day. Never leaving the state all week.
Steel rates have a lot to do with contract rates it depends on what the carriers have bid on the RPM or lane. Some mills are handled by a logistic company like Ryder and offer the same rate to all the carriers like AK steel does.
We often have 100 wt or 140 wt on contacts so you get more $ for a heavy coil.
IMO the money is in finished metal typically $3.00 and up I use $2.00 ish coils as a means to reposition a truck vs deadheading. I attempt a 5 load goal per truck a week most loads are under 500 miles so it can be completed in 11 hours of drive time and try to have the truck preplanned one load ahead. It helps if you go home loaded or load on Sunday.
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The second company that I went to see today hauls out of Steel Tech. I have to say that their company is much smaller than PGT, but they had much nicer facilities and better looking equipment on their yard. Also, after talking with the President of the company for about an hour, I walked out of their feeling much better about their small/mid size company than I did about PGT.

Boneheaded · Apr 15, 2019

starmac said: ↑

I would talk to some of the steel haulers, hauling out of the mill s you will be loading at. I hope your steel experience will be better that I had, it only took a very few loads to strike steel mills off of my list when I was running my own numbers.
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I have been talking with any of the steel haulers that I could catch sitting still. LOL It sounds like there are good ones and bad ones when it comes to mills. Just like every other thing I have ever done, I take the bad with the good til I can't take no more.

Phumac · Apr 15, 2019

With the company I am leased to, seems like the shingle loads pay more all in all than the steel mills in Northern Indiana. NAS down in Ghent KY has good rates though.

luddybuddy · Aug 31, 2019

Well I am leasing on with Mawson and Mawson September 9 will be starting a thread on my experience.

FoolsErrand · Aug 31, 2019

Dont get too caught up in the commodity youre hauling. If it dont pay, dont play. I got a $3/mi load of steel to alabama out of bayou steel in harriman TN. Seemed great until they took 10hrs to load me and caused me to miss the drop appt and screw up the entire next day.

Youll do good triangulating around home. Aim for alabama as much as you can.

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