Pricing Advice

What is the weight for the load? Time allotted to do load, ?

 

Go with your gut on this, make sure you cover your rear for the things that might be thrown in as extras, price out what it will cost to do the load while providing a good salary to drivers, include all cost of running truck and trailer including regular maintenance. Being to cheap will only hurt you and the same with being to expensive, so know your costs and list them when you make your bid so both side know what they are getting, and with only 1 truck, what happens if a break down happens. CYA

 

And since new food safety guidelines and health insurance hoops are coming into play make sure you cover all those costs.

 

What kind of money you getting going back west?is the work consistant year round?how much dead head you doing between loads?
U have to look at the whole picture

 

The California market is a real crap shoot. It swings so much day to day week to week. If you tell them 7500 this week and some time goes by and the market slows and the brokers are giving him 5500 quotes is he still going to pay you 7500 year round no questions? Same goes for if you agree to 7500 and market gets real hot maybe 9000 will you still pull for him for 7500? Have to judge the customer and this is one of those things that takes time to build trust and in a single moment it can all go to crap. Will he lock you in at 7500 ahead of time or wait til last minute and expect you to be ready after he has shopped all his brokers and expects you to be good for 7500 at a moment's notice? Food for thought.

 

Get familiar with USDA truck rate reports and capacity.
Your numbers are close for the market if you're going into ga which is saturated with trucks right now.... SC is a bit different.

 

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