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Picking my own freight baby! My journey to & of being on Schneider choice, the Adventure & Numbers!

Discussion in 'Schneider' started by freightwipper, Jun 1, 2015.

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  1. Oct 23, 2015 #2281
    Home_on_wheels

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    Just HEAVY!!!
     
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  3. Oct 23, 2015 #2282
    freightwipper

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    and cheap
     
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  4. Oct 23, 2015 #2283
    Home_on_wheels

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    Define cheap. What's cheap for you may not be cheap for me. A cheap rate is a rate that I can't make a profit. My break even point is 85 cpm. So, at 86 cpm, I made a profit. No, not a lot of profit but a profit.
     
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  5. Oct 23, 2015 #2284
    freightwipper

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    Hmmm I guess to define cheap would be far below average for a particular lane.
    Like say OH to NJ for $1.50 is cheap but NJ to OH for $1.50 is good.
     
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  7. Oct 23, 2015 #2285
    Home_on_wheels

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    Well, I don't look at above avg., avg., or below avg. per lane. As long as any load is above 85 cpm I'm making a profit. And that's all that matters to me. The higher, the better, of course. In your example neither load is cheap to me. But, could very well be cheap to you, depending on your circumstances. Everyone's situation is different.
     
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  8. Oct 23, 2015 #2286
    freightwipper

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    Everybody views things differently.
    However if we move loads for cheaper and cheaper it will hurt us all in the end.
    I know if I went into O/O section and said OH-NJ for $1.50 isn't cheap I know I'd get blasted lol
     
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  9. Oct 23, 2015 #2287
    Home_on_wheels

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    You're right. I don't usually say anything about rates because I can run cheaper than most. It just comes down to knowing your numbers.
     
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  10. Oct 23, 2015 #2288
    freightwipper

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    There's dudes at Swift running for $1.12 or whatever trash rate it's at now and they're still doing well according to themselves. Hey if someone is happy doing what they're doing that's all that matters.
    Today booked my return flight to PA from Florida and I need to get home.
    Got very lucky and am going from Harrisburg area to OH to TN for right at $2 all miles.
    Wish it was always that easy.
     
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  11. Oct 23, 2015 #2289
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    My last trip to Jacksonville............
    Atlanta to Jax, 315 miles, $687.98
    Jax to Beech Island, 252 miles, $300.76
    Beech Island to Lugoff, 84 miles, $298.77
    Total....................
    651 miles, $1287.51 or $1.97 on all miles

    Sooooooooo........wasn't too cheap for me. I'm tellen' ya, I go to Florida all the time and get between $.85 and $1.00 coming out, BUT, I get my money going in. And that's the secret on almost any lane.
     
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  12. Oct 23, 2015 #2290
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    Of course. This job is about rate on all miles not just one particular load.

    That being said its just a personal decision not to take a $1.00 load out of Florida. I don't want to encourage Schnieder to keep posting them.
     
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