Rates per lane
#1
10-06-2006, 01:12 AM
Rates per lane
How can I find out the average rate per lane without paying alot of money? Truckloadrate.com wants 30.00 a month. That's a little too much for me right now seeing as how I need it more for learning than making a living.
Also, where can I find info on inbound and outbound trucks per city or state? I've seen some people post this info before but I'm not sure where they get it other than loadboards, which right now I can't subscribe to. I don't have an MC#
#3
10-07-2006, 08:21 AM
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The load boards really don't display what the rates are. Most want you to call to get the numbers. I don't think your going to get a real answer to your question. I've seen rates that are published go from $1.10 to $3.00 per mile all over the country. There are no set rates for lanes as far as I can tell.
#4
10-07-2006, 11:11 AM
Perhaps I'm not communicating very well.
 ops: Here's an example of what I'm talking about. Where can find this information posted? (This is from another site)
Dry Van Major Market Lanes for August 2006
Prices are in $ per mile and Fuel in $ per gallon. Lane Avg Rate Avg Fuel Cost Chicago - Atlanta 1.47 2.39 Chicago - Los Angeles 1.25 2.60 Chicago - Dallas 1.64 2.46 Atlanta - Chicago 1.27 2.39 Atlanta - Los Angeles 1.18 2.50 Atlanta - Dallas 1.45 2.44 Los Angeles - Chicago 1.27 2.61 Los Angeles - Atlanta 1.32 2.50 Los Angeles - Dallas 1.34 2.57 Dallas - Chicago 1.18 2.46 Dallas - Atlanta 1.08 2.44 Dallas - Los Angeles 1.30 2.57 August 2006 Rates Market Analysis (charts below) Dry Van Average Linehaul Rate for August 2006: $1.4782 1 month change: INCREASED 0.53 % from July's rate: $ 1.4704 3 month change: INCREASED 1.11 % from May's rate: $ 1.462 6 month change: INCREASED 2.37 % from February's rate: $ 1.444 12 month change: INCREASED 3.93 % from August 2005: $ 1.4223 Average Fuel Surcharge per mile for August 2006 of $0.31 INCREASED 6.90% from July's rate of $ 0.29. The U.S. Department of Energy's average cost per gallon of diesel fuel INCREASED 3.80 % from July's $2.93 per gallon to August's $3.05 per gallon. Refrigerated Average Linehaul Rate for August 2006: $1.5373 1 month change: INCREASED 0.22 % from July's rate: $ 1.534 3 month change: INCREASED 0.59 % from May's rate: $ 1.5283 6 month change: INCREASED 2.48 % from February's rate: $ 1.5001 12 month change: INCREASED 3.08 % from August 2005: $ 1.4914 Average Fuel Surcharge per mile for August 2006 of $0.26 DECREASED 3.70% from July's rate of $ 0.27. Flat Bed Average Linehaul Rate for August 2006: $1.5959 1 month change: DECREASED 0.57 % from July's rate: $ 1.605 3 month change: INCREASED 0.19 % from May's rate: $ 1.5928 6 month change: DECREASED 0.69 % from February's rate: $ 1.607 12 month change: INCREASED 0.08 % from August 2005: $ 1.5947 Average Fuel Surcharge per mile for August 2006 of $0.17 Remained Unchanged from July's rate of $ 0.17.
#5
10-07-2006, 01:44 PM
there is such a gap in rates you have shown how can you use them to make a decision?
Not all freight goes from major city to major city either. Rates are weird. And hard to figure out. I've had a guy pay $4.00 per mile with 4 skids of french fries Yet a truckload bearly breaks $1.75 going to the same place I am looking on Internet truckstop 575 Philly to Uxbridge Mass I do work for a carrier who gets 1450 from Philly area to Leominster, Mass ( 2 loads a day with a 5 year contract!) How are you supposed to figure out rates?
#6
10-07-2006, 02:08 PM
In the first example the first number is the average rate per mile, and the second number is the average cost of fuel in that lane. It's not two different rates. So 1.47 is the average per mile rate and 2.39 is the average cost of fuel in that lane.
I see what your saying as well though about the rates and how they can vary. Perhaps using that table is not very effective as far as everyday business practice, but I was going to keep an eye on it more for research, if I can find it.
#7
10-07-2006, 02:50 PM
Don't know where you got that chart but it doesn't show the lanes from the Midwest to the East Coast-I think you'd find a better Freight rate. Outgoing from the Midwest to the East. Coming back out is usually a different story.
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#9
10-07-2006, 03:11 PM
Originally Posted by Sonny Pruitt
oh
ops:I was just curious what his chart showed for Midwest to East. I don't know how far those loads from Philly to Mass. are but it can't be very far so the Rate sounds pretty good. Money for the East coast has usually been pretty good.
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#10
10-07-2006, 08:52 PM
No, oh I didn't read his post right.
That Philly rate is so far off the charts from what the boards offer. I had no idea that that kind of $$$ was out there. If I went in and asked for that kind of $ they would throw me out on my behind. And yet thats what they are getting. And when I talk to the owner of the trucking co he acts like "what, isn't everyone getting that rate?" So, rates will drive you nuts. |
