pods

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  1. buck and a half

    buck and a half Mr. Miles & Miles with Many Smiles

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    anyone know any info on how to get involved hauling those fiberglas pods,trying to find iinfo for a good friend of mine.He is looking for a good lease company to work for with his new truck,he has two flatbeds to work with.Thanks you'all for any info.
     
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  3. RickG

    RickG Road Train Member

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    If you Google pods storage you will find information on that company . The franchises own their own trucks for local work . They do use brokers for long shipments of pods but they don't lease on contractors .
     
  4. Blind Driver

    Blind Driver Road Train Member

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    Is anyone here hauling for them and can provide some info?
     
  5. BigBadBill

    BigBadBill Bullishly Optimistic

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    Hauled one unit as LTL at cheap rate but had the room and getting TL rate on other stuff. I have tried to put together several of these to create a TL but combined rate if it was one pick one drop would be cheap. Only way I see it working is if can get something else on that pays well.

    All I have seen lately is local company stuff and no "PODS" trucks.

    Good luck.
     
  6. Shaggy

    Shaggy Road Train Member

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    Did roll off dumpsters residential / commercial for years.Thought my job sucked.

    Those pods placed in any area imaginable for crap pay. These guys are under paid.
    Those trucks delivering and picking up aren't small. I can't imagine the headaches these guys put up with.

    Bad enough residential dumpster service the customers were picky morons. complaining about the petty bull crap.
    boo hoo what do you expect a 15 ton truck picking up a 20 yard dumpster filled with concrete. Of course it is going crack some drive ways @ 72,000.


    These POD drivers deliver to the front door in a CDL truck. That arent light weights. Messing up lawns ETC...

    Around my area $13hr



    Edit: hauling over the road PODS . My mistake.
     
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  7. Blind Driver

    Blind Driver Road Train Member

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    I've seen flatbeds hauling them. I'm curious what the pay is. I figure it was pretty lowballed.
     
  8. crzyjarmans

    crzyjarmans Road Train Member

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    Ive seen CRE hauling pods on a flat, bet there doing it for next to nothing
     
  9. SHO-TYME

    SHO-TYME Road Train Member

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    Sailboat fuel pays better than PODS.:biggrin_2559:
     
    Shaggy Thanks this.
  10. Shaggy

    Shaggy Road Train Member

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    Ha, Even though not what the OP was asking. That is funny
     
  11. keepitsimple

    keepitsimple Light Load Member

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    and that the OP is three years old.
     
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