Pay packages for short miles

Some places pay by the trip, others by the hour.
If it’s the same run all the time and not too much for delays, a flat rate per trip would be okay.

 

Percentage has always worked for me.

I've broken everything down into segments. I know what most of my rates will be for the lanes I run. I do both long and short miles. If done correctly,.. everything should work out and everyone stays happy.

I've learned to stop chasing miles and CPM. Now everything I do is based on time and percentages.

For me,.. a 200mi trip is the same as a 400 mi trip. Its still a day to get everything done. Wont get reloaded till the next day. So the rate is the same for 200mi,.. as I would charge for 400mi.

I've had brokers scoff at me and proclaim well its a light load,. short miles. I politely close the conversation. But in my head I am saying,.. :Then find someone else! Time = money. "

Hurst

 

I wou ld let that driver and find someone who lives near the shipper. One quick ad on Craigslist advertising that lane and the hometime and you'd have the spot filled.

My small comoany is based in North Salt Lake and we have been breaking into the Texas market and our biggest problem, by far, is using drivers in a very specific freight lane down there, but the guys live all over the place, utah, georgia, Idaho, ect. So when one wants home time, he is essentially put of that freight lane for around 3 weeks. 1 week or so to get him home, then hos time off, then another week to route him back down to texas. That's 3 weeks our truck isn't servicing the customers that we're working so hard to build.