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Thick skin, Coastie, gotta have thick skin. That said, everyone is fair game! :mrgreen:

 

Satellite radio cost billions of dollars to launch. Only two companies applied for licenses. Last I heard, they expect to start making a profit in about 10 years. :wink:

 

Just because you said that, I'll never will......

 

Since I was asked to SHUT UP, here what I have to say,

Ok, Let’s see Do not plan it will not work, but you all say Avoid Deadheading, Do not take low paying loads, But the same ones saying do not plan ahead and it’s BS but deadheading 100+ and accepting Low paying Freight. Or Got LUCKY in his own words after deadheading and got a good load.

Could it be my Idea, Theory as some puts it, just makes to much good sense?

From My Idea of Planning.

OK I wanting to run from Georgia, to Midwest, TX, NM, AZ and maybe on into OK, KS, and in that general area.

So while I am waiting to go back to the States, and not able to work at the currently. I look at the load boards. I see what the freight does in those areas. I see Freight in WY is the Pitts, so it removed from the area to go to.

What will I be hauling?

Flatbed. Average offered within 100 miles my Home area 1000 Loads

Good rates in General. But requires Tarps and Strapping or Chains. Strapping and Chains No problem, easily done even with my Arthritis. Chains again can be done. Tarps? Problem…. Solution, Roll Tite System But costly.. Regular Flatbeds can be found at a mid to low price used.

Dry Van; Average offered within 100 miles my Home area 700 Loads

Lower rates of the 3 types of freight. Plentiful in Most areas. Trailers can be bought at a low price Used.

Reefers Average offered within 100 miles my Home area 300 Loads

Good average rates, Flexible in cargos can haul Dry Goods as well as Reefer loads. Down side will have to deal with more Grocery Warehouses. And Limited areas of Pick ups. Trailer cost average 15,000 to 23,000 used

Ok Let’s say I listen to all those who said Planning is BS, and would not work.

I spend $20,000.00 for a Reefer Trailer.

(Miles Used are Guess-a-mated miles, but close to the real thing)

I Look for a Load. Deadhead 80 miles to Greenville SC and get a load to Manssase VA 500 some miles. I empty out in VA, looking for another load. Only load is 150 miles away. Ok already only 500 miles and I’m deadheading 230 miles. Only loads offered is going to Orlando Florida 1000 mile run Empty out in Florida. After sitting 2 days no loads with the rate you set to run on you either have to accept a low paying load, or deadhead out. Orlando to Atlanta. 400 miles. 500 miles to the house. Smart I’ll say. So now you have 1500 paid miles, and 630 to 730 deadhead miles Very Smart Trucking I’ll say…

OR I do it my way;

OK I see I’ll have to deadhead more than I want with a reefer. So I do not buy the Reefer trailer, instead I by the Dry Van and save for a Flatbed with a Roll Tite Trailer.

Looking for A Load. Dry Van Load in Athens Georgia Going to Dallas Tx 35 miles deadhead. 800 Miles run. Empty out in Dallas TX, reload in Fort Worth 40 miles deadhead, Back to Anderson, SC. 925 mile run then I go home after empting in Anderson, SC. 40 miles. 1725 Paid miles 115 Deadhead miles.

Now which way smarter? How would I know to go to TX over VA and get a better load with less Deadhead?

I not saying and never said wait till you looking for a load to an area to plan out your next move, nor was that what I was meaning. Plan before you start. Maybe I should have said for the Newbies O/O plan out your routes you want to haul before going further in buying your trailer and such. But I guess I figured many were to smart to have to hold hands…

If Pepe had done this, what he says is BS, he may not have had to deadhead 331 miles just to get a load paying 15 cents more than what was in the area he did empty at.

 

Thats bad planning.

 

Why Rank?[/b]

 

TX & AZ are bad for reloads. But if you get alot going in.....awww heck I don't know.

 

Yes, exactly.

 

Before I started I did the arm chair dispatching but in practice it just doesn't work. You plan it out but when you call you find out the load is gone already. You find one load then setup for your next one but the first one delivers on Monday and your appointment is 1pm. Your second load picks up on Monday but loads no later than 3pm. You have 40 miles to go to that next load. That won't work. You show up to unload and yea, your appointment is at 1pm and they let you come into the scale. That takes 1/2 an hour while you wait for the person before you to get off. You get on and walk in with the paper work. The guy comes out and scans all the tags. He comes back in the the guy on the computer is typing this and that then gives you a printout and tells you to go left, right, left then park at crane pole number 13.

You sit there for 1/2 an hour until it's your turn. You just went from one line to another and 2 other trucks are before you. After you unload you roll up your tarp and straps and head out.

Now you have 3 minutes to get to your next load 40 miles away. So much for that load. You won't make that mistake again.

You can try and plan a route but when you call the broker you will find out more information that isn't posted. You may be there on Friday at 4pm but
they want you to deliver on Monday.

You can dream about doing 500 mile loads every day but that won't work at all. You can do maybe 2 in a row before you have a nervous breakdown. You need to take into account unexpected traffic, floods, accidents and many other things. My load from Wyoming to Oklahoma was to be picked up at 7am. I didn't get loaded until 8pm that night. They had to dismantle the roof of the building and hire a crane to lift the load out. I had to cancel my next load in Oklahoma and sat for the weekend until yesterday.

That's why I like taking a day off in between a long load and the rest of the day when it's a 2 or 3 day haul. If I get there and unload right away and I feel good, I'll post my truck as available. The brokers have instant notification if a truck is available in an area they are looking at and my phone will ring withing minutes. If it doesn't it usually does around noon or 1pm with a panic load and good rate.

I've found you can't plan a trip before leaving home and you can't plan it on the road and get a good rate. You may leave home on Friday delivering on Wed so you call about a load for Wed. Sure, you can have it for $1.10 per mile. Come Wed, if that load hasn't moved it will be worth MUCH more. Planning ahead comes with a price. Cheap miles.

What I can pass on is be prepared to move after you deliver and post your truck. I'm talking, shower, fuel, food, stocked up, oil checked and everything else. Leave home and be prepared to go wherever for 3 weeks or so.

Trying to plan a trip and make it work will eat you up in stress.

 

LOL...

Yes, your right but it depends on where you are. If your in El Paso it's bad, if your in Laredo it's good. If you do a search on available loads and put a radius of like 1,000 miles then sort on pickup point you can see how much it varies. Me, I don't do that. Hey Steve, got a load for $2.50 going to Bum%uck Nowhere. Oh man, thanks, I'll take it. I get there and I'm in Gman land....Rotary dial phones and nobody has even heard of the internet.

At that point I haul chicken wings out for $1.10 per mile to a better area. Wait for a better load you say? Like what, a 1923 John Deer tractor going to Maco for a new paint job at $1.12.

I'm not complaining and I love the places I go. I'll keep doing what I'm doing and I'm sure I'll get better.