Wtf?

[freebrd]

RATES ARE BRUTAL !

[RostyC]

you ain't kiddin.

[tracer]

You're kidding, right? Rates are great. I'm thinking of trading my step for a 48 ft flat.

[solo379]

I'm thinking of trading my step for a 48 ft flat.

I'll try to translate an old russian proverb;-"Whatever kid does, as long as he is not crying....."

[Tobytob]

Freebrd, I was just thinking the same thing. How can one afford to make any money @ these rates with diesel over $3.50 a gallon.. I'm confused here. This thing needs a serious overhaul...

[Steel Horse Cowboy]

Just for the hell of it, what are the rates right now? I run leased to a company for a set rate so I am out of the loop. But what i do know is we are getting .47cpm on our fsc

[freebrd]

hey tracer! your a idiot! just kidding! NOT!
"You're kidding, right? Rates are great. I'm thinking of trading my step for a 48 ft flat." Dont think tracer! i got a couple flats here! bring that step on over!
REALLY! Tho, go with the muvall!!
DID SOMEONE SAY 4-DOLLAR A MILE FREIGHT ??
I smell something burning !
OH! And dont listen to GMAN he's CRAZY...

[freebrd]

what are the rates right now?
easy! get on a load board an punch in a city! or ask tracer he nos were the good freight is!
TRACER, ARENT U FRON CANADA? That means you can haul into us but can only haul out going to canada!

[tracer]

I know. Maybe that's why the rates I see (from US to Canada) are pretty good.

[Steel Horse Cowboy]

I know. Maybe that's why the rates I see (from US to Canada) are pretty good.

Very true. I know when i was at LS I did some stuff from FL and OH that paid well over $4 a mile going to ON and Montreal in a VAN!!!! Mainly because US drivers won't go into Canada, but this was before the speed limiting and passport issue

[Steel Horse Cowboy]

what are the rates right now?
easy! get on a load board an punch in a city!

How do I get onto a load board if I am not a memeber of any??? seriously, I'd like to know so i can see how things are moving.

[rank]

Very true. I know when i was at LS I did some stuff from FL and OH that paid well over $4 a mile going to ON and Montreal in a VAN!!!! Mainly because US drivers won't go into Canada, but this was before the speed limiting and passport issue

I'm in the same boat as Tracer so I can't help you out with the US to US rates SHCboy. BTW, I don't disagree with Tracer. I have seen worse rates headed north. They must be pathetic going south in order to justify the northbound.

I know this is beating a dead horse, and I know that I am preaching to the choir, but this over regulation is starting to show up in higher rates for some lanes. Add up the affects of ACE, TWIC, waiting at the ports, gaining access to the ports (eModal), speed limiters in parts of Canada, high insurance for CDN carriers that run the US, mandatory QC business license required for deliveries into QC......CDN rates aren't bad. The problem is the DH southbound. I really think there is an opportunity for the right guy to run some higher priced freight into Canada and just DH back unto the US.

[Steel Horse Cowboy]

The problem is the DH southbound. I really think there is an opportunity for the right guy to run some higher priced freight into Canada and just DH back unto the US.

I feel the same way. I know when I was at LS, I could p/u a load in Chicago at 5am, deliver in Tecumseh, ON or Sarnia and deadhead home all in 1 day. Load paid $5.50 a mile and it was a drop-n-hook on both ends.

[freebrd]

Free 30-day trial its or get loaded .

[Steel Horse Cowboy]

Free 30-day trial its or get loaded .

Thanks, I'll check it out, tho i may not want to since it seems to have you all depressed.

Also, wouldn't you get better rates if you DIDN'T use a load board? Cut out the middleman and get your own customers

[tracer]

Freebrd, I was just thinking the same thing. How can one afford to make any money @ these rates with diesel over $3.50 a gallon.. I'm confused here. This thing needs a serious overhaul...

What are you guys smoking? $3.50 per gallon? I just fueled up at TA X.5 I-81 in PA and the CASH price is 3.92. Landstar price: 3.72.

[Bigmon]

What are you guys smoking? $3.50 per gallon? I just fueled up at TA X.5 I-81 in PA and the CASH price is 3.92. Landstar price: 3.72.

It's $3.50 northern MA. Plus a rebate from IFTA if you drive in NH or ME.

[tracer]

It's $3.50 northern MA. Plus a rebate from IFTA if you drive in NH or ME.

Well, at least I don't pay tolls here. I was running close to empty, no choice but fuel. Checked the price at the Carlisle Petro - it was pretty much the same as here

[rank]

What are you guys smoking? $3.50 per gallon? I just fueled up at TA X.5 I-81 in PA and the CASH price is 3.92. Landstar price: 3.72.

Holy smokes. I just came through there yesterday and I swear it was ~$3.75. Maybe that was at the Loves on I-80, just west of 81.

[Steel Horse Cowboy]

I've been off all week, but unleaded here went from $3.05 on Monday to $3.65 today!!!!