What would you quote? multistop nursery load

That sounds like a relative "easy money" load as far as nursury stock goes. Really you're probably hauling that stuff like I'm looking at doing. I wanting to get a great rate on one, go work a couple of days, then right back home. Maybe do a couple a week I dunno. I appreciate the input. I do have a general sense now of how others view this stuff although would like to see some more rates info others have managed. It's not so much that I care what anyone specifically gets I just want to have an idea of the"market".. These loads as much of a pain as they are, they always are much easier to get a rate budged upwards on than just about anything else.. ..I think one tiny reaason for that is they are just so easy to walk away from lol cause there are lots of trucks out there that wont mess with them for any price..

 

Those must have been rolloff's? They try to get those moved cheap on dry vans around here, or at least they post them cheap.. They've been posting the "driver assist" floor loaded potted plant ones cheap too. What sort of miles did you have in that one if you don't mind saying?

 

Ok, I went and did it after beating around the bush on these loads for a long time. All the easy freight's just up and gone and I need to work. Could really kick myself cause a broker called me at 13:00 out of the blue about one I clicked on ITS just for a look-see - not really sure if I wanted to mess with it. She said customer was accepting bids and they quit accepting trucks for loading at 4pm. In the rush to do zips on googlemaps I managed to leave one off that I went "opps" when the rate confirm came through. Really feel as though I bid it about $200 too low but oh well, that was my screw up. 339 total loaded miles $1,600 sound ok to you guys who do this all the time? 5 stops at Lowes stores first one Dayton, TN (the zip I left off) last one Anniston, AL.. Just got loaded, back home for the weekend then start kicking these off monday.. Potted trees doesn't look like really all that much work.. looks a lot better (quicker) loadwise than the last nursery load I did.. Trailer only 3/4's full probably approx 38K wgt.. I can go back to the house empty and do $2.35 to the truck on 615 total miles... Of course I won't necessarily go home empty but we'll just have to see. Rate seems ok but like I said feel like I sold myself short a little, hindsight always 20/20 what do you folks think? And how are Lowes to deliver at?

 

Might get a reload do have good options there, but the way things have been, maybe not. 150 of those miles are deadhead home.. ..recent rockslide on a local mountain upped that from 120 wouldn't you know. I totally did not figure going up to Dayton otherwise would have been $3.03 ttt to the house empty... opps.. not that happy with pulling the trigger but could have been much worse.