Wich type of flatbed version is more profitable ? Reg flatbed , step deck or lowboy ?

i agreed 100% , I also think the same way , I am a numbers guy for sure and i am very key in fuel , thank you for your 2 cents

 

Mine was Balt-SEA-SPO-CHI-Lafayette IN-SEA-SPO-BALT with a covered wagon. Hauled 60 ft Wing extrusions from Lafayette to Boeing. Hauled some Wooden 55*60 ft Church beams. Took the loads and ran as hard as I could. AVG with a 500 CAT was 6.8 MPG year round. Bought all J fuel to get a discount from co, had all my maint work done by co in their shop and they gave us prority over co trucks in shop and dispatch.

 

This may be the most intelligent statement I've ever seen out of a gear jammer.

 

100% false statement you can make money with any truck it's the trailer you pull that separates the money it makes!!

 

Haz-mat tank is ok. But the rates have been cut just like heavy haul.........

Everyone thinks they can do it..... And they cut rates to get work.

And the BS factor is off the chart.

 

I think you should decide where you want to live, how much home time you need, who you want to lease to/broker from, what lanes you want to run, what type of freight you prefer to haul and any other variable you can think of, then spec your equipment accordingly.

 

Ok I live in MD. Everyone saids no good rates come to the North East. If I had to sit and wait for a good load I would never get back home. Where do you search to find what freight runs steady, average rates, in order to have an idea of where to start. I've done heavy haul as a local company driver, otr tanker, reefer as o/o using their trailers, but recently hauling trees/shrubs on flatbeds and decided that my first trailer will be a flat.

 

The rates are great going Midwest to MidAtlantic and NE. NE is hard to get out for sure. MD is not as hard as NE to go back Midwest. Sometimes I take something to Buffalo from MidAtlantic and then a load from Buffalo to MidWest.MidAtlantic to the SE is bad. You could run regional in the MidAtlantic to NE to upstate NY and Canada and do alright.

 

Okay that's sounds encouraging, because the area I've been running is NE and a few loads to the Syracuse Rochester area. But wouldn't mind stretching out as far as TX and OK and back.

 

As you stretch out the length of haul, the rate per mile gets lowered. Better go to AR or northeastern OK, forget TX. And work your way out there in steps(different short loads). AR usually has high paying freight back to NY/NJ/Northeast.

Try MD to MA, then MA to upstate NY, then NY to IN/IL, then Chicago to St.Louis or Tulsa, deadhead to AR and load back to NYC.