Look at most professions. Some make good money and some starve. A good example is Real Estate Agents.

 

I just did a flatbed run from Boston to CA for $4800

 

$8000 solo? Thats a bit high for reg van or even flatbed freight at roughly $2.50 a mile for 3200 miles.

Usually the longer the haul, the less the rate (in most cases).

Questions unanswered-
1-type of freight
2-time of year
3- where the o/o books/gets the load from

 

I know, but wouldn't it be nice?
Actually, i meant round trip minimum, isn't that what he was asking? :P

 

I thought he was talking about round-trip too and $8000 is way too low. Pulling reefer it would take at least $11000 for me to do the turn. That's figuring on $2/mile from CA to MA and $1.50/mile coming back. And that's a minimum. I didn't run the miles so I'm using the 3200 cited earlier.

 

Well, good luck on that! :shock:

 

:lol: There's a reason I don't go to Boston very often. Even when I get more than $2/mile to go out there that usually means I can do better running a better lane.

 

It has never made any sense to me to take a load for cost or less just to keep from having to take money out of my pocket for fuel. I understand the argument to take it, but I think it is a bad business decision. I work for profit. It is just one of my quirks. :P

 

I couldn't agree more, GMAN. The one argument that makes some sense is the guys that have a dedicated account for which they have to get back by a certain time to service the customer. In that case, when you're going that way regardless, I can see the argument for padding the revenue with whatever you find. However, if you're servicing a customer with dedicated trucks I hope they're paying enough to start with where you don't have a loss when you have to run back empty. And you'd better be darned secure in that dedicated account because the minute you lose that freight you're having to compete back in the lanes where you've been pulling the cheap backhauls and now you have no cushion.