"Slim Pickins" Getting Out Of Cali

Ron I don't want to compare #####, after running your numbers there's really no contest anyway. All I was saying with my initial post is that those insurance requirements aren't that unusual, and can actually be quite lucrative if you spend some money.

You've got to get out of that load board mentality, go beat on some doors and find some work that pays it's our there there trust me.

 

I don't know what 2008 was like, other than owners like you have told me you couldn't buy a load back then it was so bad. I agree this has been one screwed up year. It's supposed to be busy season for dry van freight around my parts and volume is way down compared to last year. Very slim pickings. Cheap loads going fast. You mentioned a LS load that was gone as soon as it popped up. Sometimes when they book one of their go-to trucks on a load they really have no intention of posting it will post up anyways, for whatever reason, a computer thing, seen it happen a bunch.

 

I just average 2.48 per mile, every mile, for the month of October, running Cali to Washington and back. Refer loads. Is it a flatbed thing

 

It will slow down in the next couple weeks. I'am in with a produce company, so year round is good for me, unless a bad crop, I do head to Arizona and Texas for a month or so for winter, but never more then 4-5 trips.

I have heard company's having a hard time getting trucks out of Oregon, CARB has been the main reason. Lumber has been hard to get on Central Cali of late.

 

Don't know where you're at in SoCal but if you can park anywhere near the west end of the San Fernando Valley, PM me and I'll connect you with great parking for $135/month in Woodland Hills.