ever haul leachate water?

 

ROFL :lol:

I've never done anything of the sort.

ROFL :lol:

I don't attack Steve. I call out BS when I see it. Steve, on the other hand, is well known for his all too common attacks.

Huh???

Did they put a gun to your head and force you to retire? How does one run on their own "authrity"?

I've never said a bad thing about Doghouse. In fact, I have commended him for having the ability to understand how to properly figure his business numbers, unlike your hero Steve.

ROFL :lol:

Explain that one, please. I'd love to know what your reasoning for that claim is.

I do find it really amazing that you think it's okay to attack me in a thread I hadn't even posted in.

 

Dog..LTL with a flatbed or stepdeck can be very profitable. The thing is, you have to only pick those partials that do work, and do not let anyone make you feel preassured to make a quick delivery..unless of course that person is paying "Expedited Service" rates. On standard LTL movement, the truck has 21 days to get the partial delivered(industry standard).

Each partial pay's by the foot of deck space required. If a partial requires 10 feet of deck, weighs 1700# and is moving say 700 miles, the rate to make that move should be $400 -485. If the weight is in the 15,000# range it should pay $700 - 850.

The broker that was putting 3 partials together, then telling you it was only paying $1.27 per mile, was lying through his teeth on the rate. With ltl, if you have 3 picks, you should only have 3 drops. If a pick has anything more than 1 drop, you set the drop rate($$$) for each additional drop, just like YRC or FedEx or UPS will.

Doing LTL, if you run a tight route, and use your deck space wisely, you should run at $3.85 to $4.85 a mile easily. Flatbed ltl pay's far better than van ltl.

 

It's funny that guy got mad. I will never understand some people, it's like standing on someone's neck and then get mad when they are trying to squirm free.

Great answer btw Orangetxguy, it's amazing the help that's provided here. Good luck Doghouse!

 

Doghouse,

I see 6 flatbed loads going from NM to TX. I'm only looking at raw data. I don't have any details on rates, weight, etc.

 

I have mike. When i drove Vaccum tankers. :lol:

 

Same here when I dealt with IDIOT dispatchers and had to bail them out of JAMS. Felt like sometimes I was swimming in CRAP up to my neck and I was pulling 44K of :moose: :dung: in the trailer.

 

Orange..I have tried LTL,..and just the planning of it is enough to drive me insane :? . It seems like I would need a full time dispatch service to juggle an LTL run. I just tried to put one together Starting in Tucson ($900-1,700lbs-15' to Seattle delivers on 1/30/08) and Chandler (400-3,000lbs-2pallets-to Citrus heights,CA) total $1,300 and thats just not enough to go that far. Now I tried to add to it, but none of the pick-ups and delivers were within reason.
I am thinking about getting a small warehouse and a 26,000lb straight truck in Florida (Live Oak area) and then trying the LTL from there, but to do it out here from the truck just drives me mad.
You're right,..LTL should be around $4.00per mile, and I certainly wouldn't do it for much less than that.

merrick.. Today I had a broker tell me that my terms and conditions to accept a load were not acceptable. I politely told her that I was not interested in doing business with a broker who thinks my rules are too much for them. I told her that I run my operation up front with no surprises, and if you can't accept my terms than your operation has somthing to hide and I have no interest in working with you.
Gotta watch these guys,..it a dog eat dog world,.....and this dog's not on the menu.

Bigmon..I checked all of them,..thanks for the heads up on those,..but some were too heavy for me and some were in North NM and I'm not ready to DH that far,......yet :lol:

 

I'm assuming DH got out today or he would have posted something for lack of anything better to do.

I probably have hauled something most of you haven't but I can't tell you what it is because I don't know myself. Twice already I've hauled a small container for the Navy from one port to another. It's about the size of a small rectangular metal trash container. It's the only thing I'm allowed to carry and when I get to the Navel base in Virginia they are waiting for it and it gets hoisted onto an aircraft carrier. My shipping papers are always blank except for a phone number if I'm stopped.

I asked once what it was and they said it was pigs blankets?