Finally Dit It!

Where else can you get job that pays $25 to per hour sleep?

Politician or Fireman

Or best one is Night Watchman at Fort Knox.

Or best one is Night Watchman at Fort Knox.

That's where I was born.

[pepe4158]

Hauling my first load of Christmas trees from NC to Dalton and Atlanta GA. Great rate but pretty nervous about unloading 700 trees. Sure hope there is help when I get there.

Have a good paying load back to NC and was offered another load of trees. Told them I better hold off and see if I'm still alive and able to pull another load before I book it.

Anybody else out there hauling trees? I have to deliver tomorrow.

hope so...got a vented dry van so probably a good shot at them....was the rate good?....heard you can get around $2?

[BigDiesel]

Hauling my first load of Christmas trees from NC to Dalton and Atlanta GA. Great rate but pretty nervous about unloading 700 trees. Sure hope there is help when I get there.

Have a good paying load back to NC and was offered another load of trees. Told them I better hold off and see if I'm still alive and able to pull another load before I book it.

Anybody else out there hauling trees? I have to deliver tomorrow.

hope so...got a vented dry van so probably a good shot at them....was the rate good?....heard you can get around $2?

[pepe4158]

YEAH I know your laughing at my pittifull rates Big...I need a sign to put on my truck when I pull into the scales---
WILL DRIVE FOR FOOD!

On the other hand....care to help me out with some of your shipper names?....hmmm never mind tho probably...Ill get too disinterested when they tell me nope dont have nothin for ya

[kblickster]

Pepe - You should be able to get way more than 2.00 a mile. You will need that much if you have to unload them yourself. It's a tough gig but it does pay well.

I talked to several people who were pulling directly for the shipper and they weren't making much more than I did going through a broker.

Look up NC Christmas trees in your search engine (or what ever state you want to haul them out of) and it will bring up a long list of growers. They all gotta get their trees shipped and in a short period of time. That's how I hooked up with a decent broker. Got in the game a little late to pull direct.

[CHRBROKER32]

Do you run freight at low rates just to establish yourself with a Broker

No, The rates aren't lower, the broker is just taking a bigger cut at your expense.

It may surprise you but CH Robinson give the biggest percentage of their freight to major carriers, the left overs go on their call board.

I work for CHR and we do give most of our frieght to large carriers. And yes our rates are lower why do you think we get the freight? Our rates are low because we are at our customers mercy. They know we can easily move freight for cheap rates so they do not approve high rates. The customers are trying to save money too so they come to us. We do not make large margins off of our freight. We push volume, not high margins.

[rank]

I don't want to ever haul a load of Christmas trees again. The money was good on paper - but the labor involved just wasn't worth it.

This pretty much explains why some "truckers" regularly get $2/mile while others whine and moan about the $1/mile freight. One has to WORK to get money in this world.

Tree sap on your jeans........LOL