What the happened to flatbed rates out of Laredo this week ?

Bottom feeders and people who have no clue...

 

I pull a 48' flat and can scale 51k lbs. I pulled a 53' conistoga 1 week of last month too. That being said still cracked $20k gross for the 4 week total but it cost me some sleep, home time and lots of extra fuel. I lose over 1.5 mpg when I pull that conistoga on top of the increase in deadhead.

I'm sure I netted more in June and took a week off for jury duty.

 

This is something I have been thinking about in regard to those that pull a conistoga. There's no way to reduce drag even if you have a low profile load or are deadheading.

 

I think the fact that I have a Midroof and the trailer is 13'6" doesent help. There is also more than 3' cab to trailer distance.

I hate tarping!!!! I only carry 4' on my trailer. I would like a conistoga real bad but I think it would require a diffrent truck as well. I am having a hard time finding a coustemer that is worth the investment.

Ours just sits now. We had a dedicated chicago to east coast weekly with 7 to 12 stops that we lost a few months ago. The guy I'm leased to did it every week for 6 years. Sent us an email "your services are no longer required". I picked a load up out of there a couple of weeks ago off the board and they were loading a piece of junk with plastic Home Depot tarps for that run. The loaders were just shaking there heads.

 

The pendulum is gona swing our way one of these days ...and boy when it does !!!

 

Watch out for the wrecking ball...

 

Rates are in the toilet.

Smh

 

............every clueless Tom, Dick and Harry with dreams of getting rich in this business, will go buy a truck..........rinse/repeat!

 

I'm seeing 7 to 8 mpg with my set up. Can only scale 48k though. We are 100% load board though and from what I've heard we're not getting much better rates then a regular flat. But you can't beat a 5 minute tarp job.

 

I can only scale 46k on a good day.....