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Originally Posted by mike3fan

You get to cross the border for free? Or is there tolls to consider also?

All tolls are paid by the carrier - not me. We have special cards to cross bridges, such as the Blue Water Bridge in Sarnia, ON and Ambassador Bridge in Windsor, ON.

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Originally Posted by rank

A carrier that I know quite well says OH to ON is paying well enough that he's heading down there empty.... I bet $3/mile or better could be had out of OH and.....probably get 2-3 of those a week.

3 bucks per mile out of Ohio? Wow ... my carrier always gives me cheap freight. Let me look up at some recent trips (I have 2 last pay slips in the backpack as I'm typing this).

Here's a typical one

Lorain OH to Delhi ON
Freight: $675
Fuel surcharge: $100

To the truck: $653.50 (82% of $675 + $100)
Total Mileage: 385
Deadhead: 85 mi (from N.Jackson, OH)
Loaded: 300 mi

My pay per mile: $1.70

$3 per mile would be fantastic!

Sometimes I get a feeling they just don't want to look too hard. There's only 1 (one) planner in our Flatbed division and when he sends you the LOAD OFFER, that's it. You piss him off in a big way if you decline the offer, even though technically we don't have forced dispatch for owner-operators.

And that's why I've been thinking of going on my own. Something tells me I"d be really motivated to find specialty freight that fits my sliding tarp super-low stepdeck with 10 feet usable height inside. These guys just don't care ...

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I don't know brutha. I haven't moved anything out of OH lately, but that's what he told me. DH from Belleville, ON to OH, loaded to London, ON then it was OH-LON-OH-LON etc for the week.