Load of steel from Pittsburgh to Texas

[Jimbpard]

Anyone know what the going rate would be to take a load of steel or an average flatbed load from Around Pittsburgh to a random place in Texas?
Dont know how much weight or any of those details. Just a rough guestimate

[tootie04]

Depends on how long you want to sit in Texas or how far you are willing to DH out.

tootie

[GMAN]

I would expect a rate of somewhere between $1.50-2.00/mile depending on the weight, type of steel you are hauling and where it is going.

[DD60]

Depends on how long you want to sit in Texas or how far you are willing to DH out.

tootie

Whether you take a cheap load or deadhead out of TX it will still come out to the same thing. The freight-to-truck ratio here is horrible. 400-500 loads picking up and 1500-1700 dropping off. The best way to get a reasonable rate out of TX is to find a multi-stop load,do an LTL,or wait till a broker calls at the last minute needing a truck. I got a call from TQL on Fri. offering a MA. load for 2.00 per mile. If I hadn;t booked an In load for tues. and didn't feel like staying home this weekend I may have considered it. MA. is just not my cup of tea though,especially with the way the weather is up there now.

Depends on how long you want to sit in Texas or how far you are willing to DH out.

tootie

Whether you take a cheap load or deadhead out of TX it will still come out to the same thing. The freight-to-truck ratio here is horrible. 400-500 loads picking up and 1500-1700 dropping off. The best way to get a reasonable rate out of TX is to find a multi-stop load,do an LTL,or wait till a broker calls at the last minute needing a truck. I got a call from TQL on Fri. offering a MA. load for 2.00 per mile. If I hadn;t booked an In load for tues. and didn't feel like staying home this weekend I may have considered it. MA. is just not my cup of tea though,especially with the way the weather is up there now.

I think that's the same load they offered me but I couldn't take it. Did it load in Woburn? They also said I could load on Saturday. If it was, it takes all day to load and is a tarping job from Hell.

[DD60]

Depends on how long you want to sit in Texas or how far you are willing to DH out.

tootie

Whether you take a cheap load or deadhead out of TX it will still come out to the same thing. The freight-to-truck ratio here is horrible. 400-500 loads picking up and 1500-1700 dropping off. The best way to get a reasonable rate out of TX is to find a multi-stop load,do an LTL,or wait till a broker calls at the last minute needing a truck. I got a call from TQL on Fri. offering a MA. load for 2.00 per mile. If I hadn;t booked an In load for tues. and didn't feel like staying home this weekend I may have considered it. MA. is just not my cup of tea though,especially with the way the weather is up there now.

I think that's the same load they offered me but I couldn't take it. Did it load in Woburn? They also said I could load on Saturday. If it was, it takes all day to load and is a tarping job from Hell.

Yep,it loaded in Woburn. I guess they were willing to load it on a reefer instead of a flat. I didn't get too many details on it. It went right by your house and you couldn't do it? :?

Yep,it loaded in Woburn. I guess they were willing to load it on a reefer instead of a flat. I didn't get too many details on it. It went right by your house and you couldn't do it? :?

I would have done it but I had my physical on Monday morning.