What would you accept- deadhead 2750 mi pick up & then 2750 back?

Guy I know that drives for a small company that hauls for the military ,
They run more empty miles than loaded


They’ve run DH from Georgia to Idaho to pick up and bring back a load

they’ve run DH from Savannah to San Diego, to grab a load and team it back to Savannah in 50 something hours

As long as you getting paid a decent profit who cares if it’s empty or loaded ?

 

They were looking for options? You quote them 18k. They shop around. It's a team load so it's 6 or 7 days running fo 5600 miles

 

Quite honestly. If they called knowing I would deadhead 2750 miles to get it. Just to go 2750 miles. I know I have the upper hand in negotiations. I would have quoted 27,500. Then probably would have agreed to 25, just so they feel like they are getting a bargain.

But idk his freight. Maybe that’s high, maybe that’s cheap

 

$4-$5 a mile with your setup,you're golden

 

To vague to answer, don't know Cost per mile to run truck, what you pay yourself, what kinda of equipment, what kinda of load/weight, permits, route, etc etc.

 

I used to regularly run a good paying load 900 miles to deliver ,
And DH back to grab another good paying load

most of the other guys would dick around for a day and DH 100 miles to pick up a normal paying load back to home ,
But it was always spend 8 hours and 100 miles to go get a load and then the load was at least a hundred miles out of the way and another 8 hours of delays

I made more money by deadheading back to the port and grabbing another of the endless loads of fresh fruit from Central America that paid good to deliver .