I probably shouldn't take these loads
#21
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Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Rockwall,Tx
Posts: 477
Originally Posted by Mountain Flyer
And thanks Rank for the kind comments, too. I just will not haul freight for a buck a mile. I follow the Gman's lead and I will deadhead out instead of haul their cheap crap. Once or twice over the last 1.5 years I have wound up with a cheap haul; one was a military load and I didn't relaize when I booked it the per mile rate was so cheap or I would not have done it. A smooth talking female broker chick seduced me over the phone and I ended up with the load. Oh well, doing my bit for the war effort, I guess. :P
And just HOW did she seduce you over the phone? :lol: She could have been a 400-lb 3-tooth hag for all we know. :lol: The rate is in the rate confirmation,isn't it? How can you not realize the rate?
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#23
Yep, exactly... I was in Salt Lake City, and said "OK" to the load not realizing it wat in Tooele. By the time I put in the DH over to Tooele and back to SLC, I was down to like $1.05 per mile. I had "get-home-itis" also and wanted to get back to Boise for the weekend. I never saw the rate confirmation; it went to my dispatcher. We both had a good chuckle about it later.... ops:
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