Rates are starting to skyrocket already

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  1. Dave_in_AZ

    Dave_in_AZ Road Train Member

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    Oh yes. Some are almost double what they were 6 weeks ago. And all are going way up.
     
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  3. JC1971

    JC1971 Road Train Member

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    Prepare yourself for $10 per box cereal and $5 corn dogs.
     
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  4. PureLeafTea

    PureLeafTea Light Load Member

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    Higher rates doesn’t equate to higher pay. Just means more to skim off the top before t gets to you.

    Companies today don’t pay much more than they did twenty plus years ago when I started. Trucks have gotten more expensive. Repairs more (and quality down.) Food is higher. Traffic is worse. Regulations like eLogs are killing the industry. Pay though? Virtually the same.

    Then they wonder why nobody wants to be a truck driver.
     
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  5. Puppage

    Puppage Road Train Member

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    But I don’t like corn dogs.
     
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  6. VIDEODROME

    VIDEODROME Road Train Member

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    So you're prepared
     
  7. we just need to hang up on the rate-con till it looks good to haul. not gonna let the bottom feeder broker grab dumptruck loads of money off a load he is hussling.
     
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  8. Dave_in_AZ

    Dave_in_AZ Road Train Member

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    You and Glenn Beck. He was on about $20 box cereal like 10 years ago.
     
  9. tucker

    tucker Road Train Member

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    Did you do this too?

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  10. Rubber duck kw

    Rubber duck kw Road Train Member

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    Yea I haven't noticed any rates going up in the hopper world and I actually haul quite a bit directly through shippers, if it was there I think I would know about it.
     
  11. chimbotano

    chimbotano Heavy Load Member

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    Rates going up??? If you were hauling for 1 dollar per mile and now you are getting $2 per mile, it doesn’t mean that the rates are up ! You need to wake up and smell the coffe my friend.
    When I see am average of $ 3.5 per mile it maybe ok, just ok .
     
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