this year is really weird, We've had awesome pay out of pa going to anywhere tx and west...now this year it sucks, meanwhile OR used to be an armpit I got a 2$ mile from portland to tucson...used to be lucky to get 1.40. and even crazier scored a $2 out of ND to baltimore....wtf is up with the lanes this year. then I got down to south TX and could not get crap back to AZ, last year was getting almost 2.50 from houston to phx..friggin nothing even going that way last week....it makes it tough on us independents when there is no consistant area....hard to accept a rate nowadays!
When you know your hauling cheap.....
Discussion in 'Flatbed Trucking Forum' started by BAYOU, Jun 12, 2013.
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Freight is doing very here at LS as well. I'm seeing really good rates, and even manage a legal load at $3 mile out of Houston. That's never happened for me, but then again all the snowbird drivers have left since its in the triple digits down there.
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Why tell the broker anything about your personal life.
Because as soon as you do, you loose that element of control. Your desire to get home now becomes his leverage to get a cheaper rate.
Same way with you phone number. Learn how to block caller id. Then they won't have a leg up on you when negotiating.
But......why bother sharing that insight...
The more you haul cheap freight, takes it have the market so I don't have to deal with it. -
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flatbed rate?
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If you ran for say $2.50 mile till you got to that crappy load, that 750 mile DH was only $400 in fuel. You should have had that no problem. You would keep more $$ in the lond run and less wear n tear on your truck. But like people have said, we all view things differently and operate differently. Maybe you have bills and HAVE to get some revenue?? Just figure you could Dh to vegas, grab a run down to Los Angeles and then mback to the house and wind up grossing the same amount in the end.
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