STOP RUNNING CHEAP FREIGHT!!

Current flatbed rates are like Van rates fom like 30 years ago lol.

 

That's it in a nutshell right there.

 

That's why I have a wife who works for a company, she "pays" for those things for us with her salary, and goes home every night. I "lose money" trucking...

 

Up north here we got sone of these Amazon loads for $3.93 cpm. I guess When you convert it usd thats $2.77. Howver, most are one offs lacking reloads. Either way, even dead heading 2 hrs for another load paying $1.90 for a reloaded you're still well above $2.20 cpm. To each their own, but if Brokers can get those suckers running $1.60 or $1.40 cpm loads let them be. I'm realizing some don't want to put the effott in in order to operate sufficiently. Most taking those loads maybe in desperation acting on a whim not pricessing their threshold properly.

 

Any idea what a dead head pays ?
Houston to Port Allen LA

 

1.00$

 

so that I’m understanding this-
I am back and forth-ing with you: who is talking about screwing the taxman because you don’t make any profit?

I saw your “i wrote off 88k”
Are you bragging or complaining? If you make more, you can write off more-


I mean, you want to really get over on the government- come work for me the whole year, I won’t pay you at all: then you won’t have to pay any taxes, and you can write off everything; home, truck, wife, savings, future…..

 

you do understand that just because a truck is paid off doesn’t mean it costs nothing to run right? There’s plenty of threads here of us with the old iron and running costs

ultimately it’s a business, and while I won’t haul it, if someone can make it work with
Their numbers then that’s really all that matters,

as for the taxes, I agree to a point, I like write offs, but I’d rather have them on tools or other equipment to reinvest in rather than just not making it. But a good accountant should be able to beat 100-120k down to 60-70 rather easy,

course missing 18 weeks In the last 13 months hasn’t really made me worry about write offs too much this year

 

Writing off 82k this year on 165k gross..

Monica..
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is that supposed to impress me or something?