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Truck Load Rates Halt 8 Week Slide 2.0

Discussion in 'Freight Broker Forum' started by Scooter Jones, Mar 7, 2020.

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  1. Mar 12, 2020 #111
    Scooter Jones

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    Well, that changed for the better. Turns out the first load couldn't load until today, so I found a better paying better with a more favorable delivery time. I did have to actually work for once though. Plus I missed a night at home LOL.

    The $1,600 on 485 miles was worth it though. Another quick pick and delivery load came up too, which added a hundred miles.

    So, the trip ends up being $2,750 on 900 miles. Still not the best, but good enough for the middle of March with a funky ole dry box.
     
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  3. Mar 12, 2020 #112
    spyder7723

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    @Scooter Jones hey man, I'm sorry I got your last thread sent to the politics section.
     
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  4. Mar 12, 2020 #113
    TallJoe

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    One hand, you see all the WMs, Costcos, Albertsons having the time of their lives. On another, you'd think that they need replenishments and trucks to carry them.

    Are they going to get it and for how long? What are the supplies needed to manufacture the very product and also packaging for all these things: from Campbell soups, soaps, hand sanitizers, to toiler paper and water? Do they need anything from China / overseas to make them? Let's hope not, because, for dry vans, it would mean staying busy for a while.

    At the same time, Tanker yankers please keep delivering fuel to truck stops, and tell those folks at refineries to keep the hard work. Truck stop fuel desk clerks - please come to work, DC workers please don't quit, keep unloading us. We'll be fine.
     
    TallJoe, Mar 12, 2020
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  5. Mar 12, 2020 #114
    TallJoe

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    ME TOO!

    BTW:
    Truck Load Rates Halt 8 Week Slide 1.0
    would have had its 1st anniversary today!!!!

    I'd like to wish its creator @Scooter Jones all the best in managing this one to become as prolific and successful as the last one. At the same time, I do hope, that on March 12/2021 we'll all be in better moods and bashing those who agree to take loads that pay even as much 3 dol a mile....for a dry van.

    I would like to raise a toast now but due to the fact that I am on duty not driving...well off duty but inside CMV , I will not do it.
     
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  7. Mar 12, 2020 #115
    Scooter Jones

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    LOL. All good things must eventually come to an end. Even the Amiga, commodore 2000 eventually came to an end. But I'll tell you what, that computer had some of the best video games ever. Earl Weaver baseball was the bomb!
     
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  8. Mar 12, 2020 #116
    Scooter Jones

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    I went to Amazon to reorder some Brawny "Tear a Sheet" paper towels we use in our household and on the truck.

    Last order November 2019 was $21.99 for the big multi-roll package.
    Price today $30.99
    30% more.

    Good ole' supply and demand.
     
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  9. Mar 13, 2020 #117
    PPLC

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    I'll drink to that.

    Probably because if the rates are at that level, I'm going to have a lot of cranky customers. :)

    Wife hit target on Monday to pick up some household essentials we were running low on. She had to score the cheap target brand TP, because the entire aisle was empty. This whole thing is pretty amazing in that respect.
     
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  10. Mar 13, 2020 #118
    Scooter Jones

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    Well, not to be crude and insensitive, however, I'm thinking all these drivers that are afraid of the Wuhan Coronavirus, should just park it for a few months and quarantine themselves at home :confused:
     
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  11. Mar 13, 2020 #119
    sealevel

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    Picked up a port load in Savannah yesterday and it was a ghost town. Just completely shut down. Gonna reposition to the heartland and see how it goes. Ironically this is the best week I have had in two years but I can read the writing on the wall. I still believe when the fear subsides in a month or so, we will see a boom like we have never seen.
     
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  12. Mar 13, 2020 #120
    rachi

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    Lots of water and toliet paper loads avalable soon I would bet. All sold out here in Cali!
     
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