and not in hauling cows. :P

 

Didn't i say;-"With the few exceptions..." :P

 

Ahh man,I lost. :| Yeah,you did say that. :P :lol:

 

Windwalker:Sounds like this is a function of the company you are leased on to. I don't find this to be the case at all. Yes, there is heavy freight. But odds are at least even for me that it'll be in the 30's or less. Do you think your company just has accounts with a lot of paper companies and the like?

 

We all equate heavy with cheap, like that old brokerage joke, What does the C H in C H Robin.... stand for? Cheap and Heavy. When you have a lightweight rig, and loads paying a good hundred wt rate, load em up. Who wants the wear and tear on the truck? I say target light loads, like styrofoam, plastic products, plastic tanks, plastic pipe, etc. Look for those types of manufacturers/shippers.

 

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?

 

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.

 

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