Rates are crashing and fuel to the moon!

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  1. JonJon78

    JonJon78 Road Train Member

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    I sure and the hell wouldn't run out and spend $100k on a reefer trailer to haul anything at those rates...
     
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  3. ElmerFudpucker

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    They should post their truck. I’m sure the phone will ring off the wall with desperate brokers willing to pay 4 bucks a mile. Always post your truck!!
     
  4. BoostedTeg

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    I don’t think they are it’s all hovering around $2.00 bucks a mile. Maybe the WA load if they go up to $2k and you can get something good coming back to ID from up there it wouldn’t be bad cuz you’d be gone for only 2 days.
     
  5. abyliks

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    my new one came in right at 113,5.

    I would make a few phone calls but probably wind up bouncing to prosser or even Yakima from there, and load East
     
  6. Midwest Trucker

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    You put a lift gate on the back?

    I spent 115 recently but had a TK S600 with chrome grill, grill lights, Tbar, warranty. Also did e track, psi, skirts, scale, tire carrier, and lift gate on the back.
     
  7. abyliks

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    I did not, most of the stuff I do off the back is either done with a skid/tractor or if it’s one pallet just finger print it, I did go full stainless and flat floor which was 80k and I’m giving a carrier a try…. 7500 in black/chrome with stealth package was 33,5, c600 came in at 38k and I’ve been less than impressed with precedent Units as is, thought about finding a real nice 230 to put on but the whole point of this was lowering costs, down time and repair time, I wanted the full thing under warranty, I did stay single temp and added the LTL chute.

    Black skirts, all aluminums with Michelins/ inflate, tire rack, hub meter, and my first one with disc brakes, I will just plumb a water filled guage past the leveling valve for ~$50 like I usually do. Got the 46k(? Would have to to check) Hendrickson suspension over the 40 as well

    edit: price was with FET included
     
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  8. BoostedTeg

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    @abyliks did you also end up getting a new 589 or you still rolling in the w9?
     
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  9. abyliks

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    got the safety stuff done on the w9 so I could stay rolling with that, body work hasn’t been done yet, (needs a hood) trailer was the more important thing to take care of, i actually did a bogy under my old trailer that was also totaled so I will have a spare and flip my spread for most of my money back

    I actually just got my deductible back for the accident so they accepted fault, and if I keep saving and can get a little down time out of them I figured I’ll have a nice down payment for one and I can strip the w9 back down and do the body work, I don’t want her to see salt again though if I go back through it. once it gets all settled I’ll post the dash cam for the class.
     
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  10. JonJon78

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    Looks about the same as Idaho up there... 35 loads within 150 miles. Maybe 15 of them pay a tiny bit above $2/mile.

    Guessing DAT has lots more reefer loads than ITS?
     

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  11. abyliks

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    no idea I don’t have either

    edit: just checked TQL board and they got a Florida for $5800 or IL/KY/AR for ~$3500, probably why I haven’t looked at it, but it is also only Tuesday
     
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