Are rates picking up??
 

In the last two weeks I've had calls from 3 new brokers looking for steps and they were paying $3.28, $4.50 & $3.31/mile on ~400 loaded miles. Is it getting better everywhere?

Rates are picking up IMO. I think the fuel issues, the steering wheel holders going down the tubes and O/O's starting to use the word NO to the borkers are helping.....

Haven't seen an increase in car haul rates- over the past few years our rates were up. But not in the past year. We have the unfortunate privilege of dealing directly with consumers... who don't want to pay more for better service. So we have to weigh raising rates against losing customer.

Texas and Colorado rates still suck, suggest you get paid well going in. Because rates going out are a joke.

Rates have been picking up out of TX. Mostly because of the nursery season here. Nothing really wrong with rates out of TX right now.

Hasn't nursery season slowed down up there in OR? Outbound stuff out of OR. seems low right now. CA. ,FL,GA,and TX look like they are getting a rate boost though.

All reports say they are inching up not including the fsc. Demand for trucks is starting to rise and perhaps people are finaly saying no to some of the insulting rates.

We are pretty much done for the time being for nursery, it will hit again on a smaller scale early fall.

Everyone I know running open equipment says that things are looking much better. Reefer rates are up compared to a month ago, but it's due to the season. I'm not convinced they're significantly better than this time any other year...maybe a little. I have talked to a few brokers and shippers over the past few weeks that have said it's getting harder to find trucks. One broker's exact words, "You guys are going to make a lot of money this summer."

I didn't think so... I believe it's more FSC related, weather you call it that, or not... :roll: