Where, OH, Where........

Been running away from the I95 corridor lately and am relieved. OK twice this week. New Orleans, Texas, and knocking on wood it don't change back east for awhile.

 

They make more money on the east coast than anywhere else in the US J Frog will back me on that

 

Preplanned out of Nashville,Glasgow KY to Plano TX

 

What do they have to show for it? There's probably a reason why some of the more successful carriers dont touch east coast freight.

 

Who would you be claiming is a more successful carrier? I can't think of any that don't run up and down the east coast. Yes there are some that don't run up and down the east coast, but what are you using to determine their success? Size? Profits? You really lost me with that claim.

 

Apparently nothing,I don't know where you run but when I have been East I see plenty of JB,Schneider,Swift,Heartland trucks last time I checked all of them are successful carriers

 

Freight prices and availablity varies from season to season in different parts of the US. The east isn't always the highest paying, but as a general rule, you can get the most $ per mile there. But it can also give you the most headaches. Big companies don't deal with the headaches, but their drivers do.

Sorry you got to run the east like the rest of us do DG, but suck it in and get over it. Its just part of the job. I don't care for it either, but I don't own the truck.

 

I'm not complaining about running the east coast but USA could at least get some worthwhile loads to put back in the truck afterwards. What do they get out of a 300 mile / 6 hours dock time load after they pay for fuel to run up and down hills, $250+ for the lumper and the pocket change for the driver? One of my old FM's use to email me screen shots of the actual load details and it would only show $200 - $300 revenues for most of these crap load.

 

LSimple math. 2500 trucks making 1 cent per mile profit, each truck runs 1500 miles a week. That's 2500 x 15.00= $37500.00. That may not seem like much, but its still profit. At least until someone rolls a truck...

 

Lol, or has a blowout.