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Bigmon
Joined: 13 Jan 2006
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Location: S. Cal.
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| Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 8:59 pm Post subject: |
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| My thinking was if you have 2 loads to pick from paying the same rate and going to the same place, but one is 40k lbs and the other is 20k lbs wouldn't the lighter one save fuel and be more profitable? |
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GMAN
Joined: 13 Feb 2005
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Location: Tennessee
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| Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2006 8:08 am Post subject: |
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The lighter load will not only burn less fuel and wear a little less on your equipment, but will likely pay a higher rate than the heavy load.
I had a broker call this week with a load. I told him that it was under my minimum haul rate. He told me that he didn't have that much in the load and that he got the load on bid. I told him that I was sorry, but he just needed to charge more. I wish some of these brokers would stop wasting my time with these cheap loads. |
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uncleal13
Joined: 30 Nov 2005
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Location: Humboldt, SK
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| Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2006 7:54 pm Post subject: |
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Re: heavy frieght pays less than light weight freight.
I agree, I resently got 1/3 of a van with 5,000 lbs of tissue paper from Ottawa to Edmonton, paid $4,600 cdn
44,000 lbs peat moss or wood chips out of Edmonton only grosses out to about $1.03 - $1.07 per mile depending on the destination. eg. to OKlahoma City $2,100 cdn |
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