Miles are Miles arnt they?..why would people turn down short loads?..are they really that lazy that they cant take a 200 mile load?..cause it would mean what?..they have to get out of the truck sooner?..I guess I dont understand the logic in turning down miles even if they are less than 300?
I mean what makes one load a "crappy" load and one load a "good" load?..Im a complete noob so I have no idea. like I said above ist a mile a mile?..I would think a crappy load to me would have more to do with crazy docks or bad traffic/weather and less to do with how many miles it is?
The problem is when you get several short loads in a row. Hard to get a decent paycheck when that happens.
When I ran company, there were several weeks in a row in which I did not get any load over 400 miles. I made roughly 2,500 miles each of those weeks, still had time left over and, since some of the loads fell under 300 miles, got paid a higher rate for doing them. I cleaned up those weeks.
Basicly you kiss the dm's but and take the short runs(e FYI shortest load i have hauled was 0.3 miles) then they remember you and might maybe remember you later for good loads.
Take a hard look at the sliding pay chart, and do the math. You really can make good $$$ doing short runs!
Thats true, but your in the docks more often doing short loads, and when you pull a refer its not uncommon to be held up for hours while getting unloaded at a grocery warehouse. 4 hrs here, 5 hours there, it adds up at the end of the week.
