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so since you deadheaded back would that be 1.35 per mile to the truck? just curious.......

 

True that. On the other hand it puts me in position for a local haul later today that pays more than any of the Texas loads for shorter miles than deadheading to pick up the Texas loads. Local hauls can pay north of $10 a mile.

 

Lots of dh with oilfield. Usually pays more to dh then wast time with a general freight load. When I drove a hotshot truck we charged all miles.

 

When I was doing it I didn't really worry too much about the dh or the per mile rate. I was more interested in the daily average revenue. If I could average $1,200-1,500 per day then I was a happy camper. On longer runs (over five days) I would look at a bit less per day.

Obviously the dh and per mile rate DO matter, but I think a lot of operators get hung up on details and fail to take the the big picture into account.

 

Amen. I got way too caught up trying to minimize deadhead last summer. I ended up taking a nose dive in total revenue for the month of August. Sure, my deadhead was at record lows, but I was stuck for a week at a time trying to link loads back to high revenue freight out of OKC. Wasted time and after analyzing it I realized that if I had been closer to my normal 35% deadhead instead of 12% and put myself consistently in position to grab oil loads, the profit for the truck owner would have been greater.

 

14ft wide frame going to Peoria, IL.

The had these bundled pieces on top facing the wrong way. Had to chain them to the main frame under it.

 

When you put your oversize banner on the front bumper, it looks like it covers up your license plate. I am thinking about putting my plate up on the grill if I start doing oversize with my truck.

 

WY was the most strict about that. Okay, I understand you shouldn't cover the front plate (and I never did), but they wouldn't let the plate cover any portion of the banner either. Even when I pointed out that because of the way I had it set up it covered less that 5% of the banner and none of the lettering... nope, not good enough. So, up on the grill it went.

 

Don't put it on the grill, that looks chintzy.
Make a L bracket that catches all 4 plate holes and at least 2 holes on the bottom flange of your front bumper, mount it so there's a 3/4-1" gap behind that bracket in front of your bumper.

Voila. Looks legitimate.

 

My old stompin grounds...
Hauled some big pieces out of that place....