I got a line on a dedicated run going into Canada. AB/SK areas.
I'm considering getting my own mc again (someone smack me NOW LOL).
I'm going to call my old insurance and see what it takes to be lic and bonded to run thru ca.
I run there now so I am Canada legal for sure.

DO you run in Canada??
What are rates there?
Were are the most loads coming out of??

ANY info on running in CANADA is greatly appreciate.

 

Basically....there are no loads coming out of Canada. Pretty much plan on DH'ing back to Chicago.

 

o... my! LOL
I can get loads from chi all day. BUT really....nothing out of can in a dry van...? WOW....That changes a lot.

 

So... what would be a closer place than chi to pick something up easily and head back to seattle portland spokane area?????

 

I may have exaggerated a little bit (but not much). SK is out of my area...plus I don't do dry van so I'm not your best resource here. Others will chime in hopefully.

 

I'm a Celadon company driver and we do a lot of Canada loads. Just after the first of the year I took a load to Calgary. After I unloaded, they deadheaded me to Winnipeg for my next load, which was crushed tin cans. The deadhead was 850+ miles. I've hauled crushed cans before with a carrier that paid me percentage and I know those don't pay worth a damn. The only reason Celadon took that load was to just get me out of western CA and back to where there's freight.

 

I'm Canadian pulling a stepdeck for Landstar. We get good rates going into Canada, but it's tough to get back to US. I just delivered a good paying load in Calgary, Alberta and I'm deadheading 1,544 miles to Iowa to pick up a load that pays a decent rate. Loads from Alberta pay nothing. You're lucky to cover your fuel bill. All the action is around Mid-West, South, or Mid-Atlantic at least for me, since I can only move loads across the border.

 

The most loads out of Canada back to the NW come from the Vancouver area...and they are few and far between. If you're bidding a van runs to AB/SK out of the NW, plan on deadheading back.

 

I was afraid of that. It pays enough to were I COULD dh back but that will make me a boarder line company drover pay. In which case I could just stay were I'm at and less headache. If I could at least cover fuel back to nw I would come out great. But otherwise it just might not be worth it.

 

Getting regular freight out of Canada requires making actual contacts. Going in hoping to find something on the boards isn't going to pan out very often...there just isn't much freight posted. And that's just to get ANY load. Let alone, one that pays. If you can get enough to make it work by deadheading out, you might try and hope to make some contacts in the process. Down the road it could turn out fairly lucrative, but the odds are against you.