Would You do this load ?

Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by mhyn, May 31, 2019.

  1. REO6205

    REO6205 Road Train Member

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    Exactly right. Bulk haulers are busy this time of year. Whoever their usual hauler is they're probably not available or they're on higher paying loads or they're smart enough not to run for the advertised rate. They're trying to slide one past you.
    If they're loading your van in bulk they'll either blow the stuff in with a hose or use a conveyor. Either way is messy and creates a huge amount of dust.
    If your weights aren't right you either have to shovel off the overload or use a mormon-board if anybody has one. I watched a guy do that one time and it was ugly.
    Unloading is also dust filled . If the humidity is high you'll get that crap clinging to everything.
    We've hauled it in hoppers but I wouldn't even consider a van load.
    The rate sucks, too.
     
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  3. Hotplate

    Hotplate Medium Load Member

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    Why woud you trash your equipment like that for such a low-ball rate?
     
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  4. ShortBusKid

    ShortBusKid Heavy Load Member

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    I’ve hauled these loads but not out of Blythe. You will have to have a wash out when done. Loading and unloading are both FCFS. Loading has been an hour or two. First time I hauled one unload took almost 7 hours because there were about 40 trucks there. Second unload was about 2 hours. After the second one I just figured it was not worth it.
     
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  5. Woodchuck88

    Woodchuck88 Medium Load Member

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    A $1.80 a mile? Are you on drugs?
     
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  6. SteveScott

    SteveScott Road Train Member

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    My trailer is an investment, and I'm not going to trash it for a crappy low paying load. Perhaps a crappy extremely high paying load though.
     
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  7. x1Heavy

    x1Heavy Road Train Member

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    I hauled gypsum sheets out of plant city Florida.

    I don't know much about this stuff but hate the nursing required to make sure every sheet arrived pristine. You think you are building a chapel or something with it. what with the rains. Fortunately that was the only load of the stuff I ever had.
     
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  8. mhyn

    mhyn Road Train Member

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    Now 3 different brokers have these loads posted on DAT. CHRW, Scott Logistics and England Logistics.
     
  9. mhyn

    mhyn Road Train Member

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    I have done gypsum sheets before. They inspect the trailer for leaks and load only air ride trailers. Yes you need to drive carefully so freight won't be damaged.
     
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  10. BoxCarKidd

    BoxCarKidd Road Train Member

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    Gypsum is a sister to lime and used to increase the PH level on soil. It is not very hard on steel like N, P and K. Yes it can stick in out of the way places and hold moisture there.
    Blown in a box like that could make it look like a pregnant cow.
    It is also used in tooth paste. That does not mean I want to cheep freight it in my box.
     
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  11. mhyn

    mhyn Road Train Member

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    Guys from that area(Blythe, CA) to Los Angeles nobody paid more than $1-1.5 per mile within last 20 years. No van loads come out from that area. Trucks usually come to LA empty. Sometimes there are loads of hay(loaded in dry vans) that come to LA port and it usually pays $1.5 per mile.
     
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