You're worth more!!

So, I was on its looking for some work. I saw a couple loads going to south Texas. One to corpus Christ and one to Laredo. I know south Texas, is a black hole for trucks. But, I thought hey it may pay well and I'll bounce to Houston. Both loads were light >20k. The Saint Louis-Corpus Christi was like 9 wide. So I called. The broker said he had one left. Asked my rate I said "4500" he said he had a standing offer for 2200. I said bye. Next load was from Raleigh to Laredo. Legal 10k on weight. 1553 on miles. I figured I'd say 6600 and anything over 6200 would do it. So I called, he said he had 5 total and 3 left. He then asked my rate. I told him, and he said the other two sold for 2500 & 3000. I guess if any one is listening, what I want to say is even for a legal 5 axle load, you can and should get more than two bucks a mile. Quit selling your self short. That load was at a min. A 4500 load. And that's cheap to Laredo. Oh well, thanks for reading my vent.

 

PS. I know most guys here aren't the problem, but maybe this will change one mind.

 

The trucks set the rates. Not the brokers. An old car dealer told me once "I don't shart people, I just put it out there and let 'em shart themselves" brokers are the same way. The truck can always say no.

 

It's madness! I don't know why people don't value their work.

 

I totally agree with that. I guess it is madness, that someone is selling a service with no clue of the true value of said service. It's truly sad.