If you were thinking of getting a truck or own authority....
At fuel prices right now you will lose your shirt so fast you won't know what hit you.
A 10 mile mistake costs six dollars |
That's if you drive a nice windcatcher 70+ mph with your big "kitty cat" engine.
That same 10 mile mistake would cost me $3.75. I've averaged 7.8-8 mpg for several months now. |
Re: If you were thinking of getting a truck or own authority
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Why would they?
Get on a good company that has a fuel surcharge based off the industry average of 6 mpg, and if they have a good truck they'll make more money when the price of fuel goes up. |
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Yep If you get 6.5 miles per gallon and your surcharge is based on 6 you should be doing a chant every night and praying for 10.00 per gallon. That is until you think of the impact that would have on freight.
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You ever hear of the landstar line "it takes 6 months to learn the system"
Well guess how long it takes on your own Surcharges are for loaded miles and dedheading or even bobtailing home is extremely expensive Good paying loads like 3 per mile are not budging to raise their rates to compensate Lower rates you can get up but you still lose a little more They never cover all of the new fuel But home run loads are not moving the bar (or if you are canadian "in the house" loads are reluctant to raise rates) other than that I guess everything is fine |
$3 a mile shouldn't budge to compensate, there's more then enough profit to be had on those loads.
$1.50 loads should compensate, and I'm glad they do. |
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