I think it was Mike3 who was mad at people parking at the Idle Aire when they aren't going to use it, but I couldn't take that noise anymore. Hell if they come try and throw me out I'll give em $10 stinking dollars and set the thing in my window.

I don't idle and it's warm enough that the apu will barely be on.

Anyway no_worries, it was $2.15 a mile to RI. My financial situation is ok, I mean I owe quite a bit but I have the money in the bank to pay it. I don't want to do that; but it's there if I need it.

This guy at the end of the day called me from Sunteck. He was talking to me for a while. They have many loads coming out from where I am. He wanted to give me $300 to go 30 miles tomorrow. Might do that, he has loads going to LA. but doesn't seem too promising to get out of there. They are newspaper inserts.

Thanks BigD, I never new Monday was a slow day. But like I said I'm not stressing. In time I will make it. This is obviously a bad time for freight so if I can make it now then when things smoothe over I will be better.

No_worries, I didn't know it was hard to find a load to CA? Or do you mean paying loads? I was under the assumption that there is a lot of stuff coming out of there. Lots of agriculture and all that stuff from China. I picked up clothes for Burdines in City of Industry for LCT.

Well again thanks for all the help.

 

I think, you've got it a little bit wrong way. Yes, the "all hub miles", is the only true measure, but you have to see a bigger picture. Deadhead, is not a broker's problem, and those $1.25 "all miles" would get you to OH, where the good freight is plentiful, you wouldn't loose a whole day, and you wouldn't be hauling cheap freight, cause per loaded, it was probably around 2 bucks...

 

I agree Solo. You know when I with the other guy, I was actually getting not bad rates but the deadhead was killing it. I am trying to limit the deadhead now and maintain a good rate.

Also this was the first time I had to go through that I40 on the NC/TN border. I was nervous cause I heard so much about it, but it wasn't so bad and after I said no I was thinking I could have done that empty and then got the load.

Oh well. I learned from it.

tomorrow is another day.

Thanks for your input, I appreciate it.

Oh by the way, one time this broker told me the miles, like 800 I forget but I saw I had to deadhead a certain amount so I added that in and was calculating the rate by the total miles. I guess I was thinking out loud and he was wondering where I was getting the total miles. He was surprised that I added in the deadhead. It made me think that maybe most don't do that as he was so surprised.

 

Between you steve and pepe,...I am learning ton's before even hitting the road :lol: :lol:
Maybe I'll go this week,.......or maybe next week,.......who am I kidding,....I shoud just sell the truck and buy another one to rebuild from the freakin' ground up,...

 

Damn hobby truckers.

 

do a search on GL archives(trucks wanted)
find out who was shipping turkeys last year
post a question on GL message board about Turkey loads
you are in the middle of turkey country with a few weeks to go for thanksgiving
Try Sargent in Mars Hill Me they are big with chicken and turkeys
from that area
you don't want to run into the same problem next year

 

ok Sonny thanks. Actually spent the night on the GL message boards as well as OOIDA message boards too. Also reading all the financial news on the industry and am convinced we will all be out of business in 6 months if the big strike doesn't work (kidding of course). Oh except for Steve Booth who will still be in on that trip to Alaska. Well maybe Doghouse can teach me the mechanics of these things and I'll be his assistant.

Anyway back to the drawing board today. Thanks again.

 

I'm sort of assuming that rates have to come up soon. I don't think the mega carriers can deal with much longer either. Then again, maybe that's their plan so the little guys go out of business. If that's the case and you can tough it through I would think things would be much brighter after it's over?

I'll probably be on a run to Alaska, cut off from the world, come back and we're in a recession.

Good luck Merrick, hope you get out today.

 

Steve, the mega carriers have economy of scale, and many of their own customers wrapped up with contracts.

The average o/o has to beat the carrier at their own game, run a lower overall CPM cost, and try to bypass the brokers directly to the shippers.

Many estimates now are that freight will stay flat until middle of 2008.

 

Sonny called those people in Main but I guess the Turkeys are more in Va.

Things aren't looking to promising so far today; I'm about to drive over to Charlotte where I can at least sit in a house while I wait.


As for the big companies, I don't know how true it is, but from what I hear they aren't even being squeezed on the fuel like we are as they buy at pre-set amounts.