Say goodbye to good rates

Discussion in 'Ask An Owner Operator' started by Kenworth6969, Jul 27, 2020.

  1. Kenworth6969

    Kenworth6969 Road Train Member

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    call DAT today (the load board service) over an issue.
    They were supposed to take care of it last week and call me back, that never happened.
    After calling today and being on hold for a while they answered and apologized saying "we have been absolutely slammed, it seems everybody is coming back all at the same time".

    So DAT slammed with new drivers signing up when stimulus bonus checks ending.
    That is not a good sign, flooded with drivers when the free money handouts stopping meaning also people will have less money to buy stuff for all the drivers to pull.

    $1 per mile coming to a town near you
     
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  3. Vitkouski

    Vitkouski Light Load Member

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    It's some loads declines. But looks like almost all trucks are on the road now.
    I think that the rates increased because of higher loads volume. Now we need to transport all goods sold on quarantine and can't be transport earlier and the goods that need to restart the businesses again.

    Hope that a lot of businesses don't close for vacations this year so we don't see the usual slowdown in august.


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  4. Vitkouski

    Vitkouski Light Load Member

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    Keep calm and negotiate!
    Don't move the cheap freight!
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  5. Scooter Jones

    Scooter Jones Road Train Member

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    I agree, a person is crazy to jump into this industry right now as an L/O O/O.

    $1 per mile? I'm thinking more like $0.75 per mile is coming.
     
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  6. Kenworth6969

    Kenworth6969 Road Train Member

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    With stimulus bonus unemployment checks ending things are about to change for the worse.
    The drivers happy making a few hundred a week are about to get off the sofa and flood the market pulling cheap freight.
     
  7. bad-luck

    bad-luck Road Train Member

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    It's only a $1 a mile if people haul it. Say no to cheap freight. I NEVER haul cheap freight and NEVER will!
     
  8. bad-luck

    bad-luck Road Train Member

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    Where do you come up with this stuff? Seriously. 75 a mile?
     
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  9. NorthEastTrucker

    NorthEastTrucker Heavy Load Member

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    Whow!.. I was thinking about becoming a O/O but no less than $1.70 per mile. If you're saying it will soon be avg. $0.75 per mile I might as well stay where I am or at worse drive for a Big Carrier because most are paying $0.60 to $0.70 per mile on average.
     
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  10. Judge

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    Well, that’s it, I’m going to Howard Baer.
     
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