Thoughts of the day and loads not taken.

Lol, yup!....i reposted it in the right thread.. dang I'm tired today.

 

I've always managed to do well going into and out of Kentucky of course it's been a while since I was up that way.. If it's anything like most other places these days it's a world of cheap freight pushers and picky, picky, picky getting a reload...

 

I probably would have been all over that partial for 2.12, or at least checked if there was another partial or two available without going out of route to far.

Your right though, partials can be time consuming and hit and miss. I'm working on one now, three parts from IL to TX. I'm gonna have most of the week into it by the time I deliver friday.

 

as long as my truck turns 1.30 a mile I break even after fuel truck maintance account feed insurance and trailer payment ifta tax and tax prep account. 1.30 keeps everything paid everything over 1.30 a mile is profit granted it doesn't all go into my bank account as I spend more and more on maintance for tax purposes only not to do repairs but buy parts on sale, in bulk and just the good old have on stock reasons....than set some aside for buying more trucks again for tax write offs...we just keep lining trucks up in the field...lol so yea 2 a mile makes me plenty....I can understand cheap freight and again I don't know the specs on what the partial was but 2.12 a mile I would most like have loaded it, even if it was a couple hundred miles throw that on in the morning and run it real quick and grab another long haul....those are the days I tend to make a killing...tired as heck the first day but if you can knock off that short load at a pretty good rate than throw on a good long haul get a nap and run it out and it was a great week....now loads like one I turned down a few weeks ago is a different story. 48k lumber out of NJ to oh for 400 bucks....that's all toll roads alone that is going to cost 150 min than add fuel your in the hole....I called back at the end of the day just craps and giggles and he told me jb hunt covered the load for 350

 

Did I miss something? $2.12 might be great or crap depending on the dims and when it needs to be delivered. If I have two weeks to get 1 skid to Chicago......

 

depending on the rate and how bad i wanted to go home. i'd take SOME thing home over EMPTY.

i'd like to at least make something, which would be better then going negative from the cost of fuel.

 

I'm kinda leaning towards Magoo on this one. IMO, there are alot of hidden or intangible "costs" associated with cheap freight.
1. You increase the risk of a cargo claim
2. You increase your chance of getting inspected
3. I can almost always gain more by being home spending time with the family or working on the house or truck vs the layover to PU or deliver (or both).
4. The next time you deal with that customer they will attempt to use that cheap rate as a basis for negotiation so it will cost you money again.
5. If a good paying load does become available you must pass it up because you are busy hauling cheap freight (instead of back at home with a fresh reset).
6. You lose the reputation for being available and you slip down from the top of the call list.