A major key to trucking prosperity
 

Haul expensive shit.

If the crap in back costs a lot of money, it's much more likely they don't mind paying you pretty good to pull it. That is all.

Re: A major key to trucking prosperity
 

LOL... 8) 8) Are you saying that your California turn, worked out really well for you there Cam ???
You did the turn...and came out ahead, without expending a lot of effort ??? :lol: :lol: :lol:

Re: A major key to trucking prosperity
 

Hey man, I'm not all that deep, not too hard to read, huh? :lol: :lol: :lol:

The kicker was the load going back to the house. She said, 'sorry, but the load doesn't pick up until Saturday',...blah, blah, blah...one day of layover...blah, blah, blah...$165...! It's great, four hours of paid deadhead to the tank wash! Freightliner's going to do a three axle alignment tomorrow. My Saturday load in Freeport takes me right down to Mulberry Florida, practically right in my back yard! I told the woman, 'I've never been with a company that paid so much layover so easily!'

Now I know, percentage guys are making high rates and don't get layover. I'm not competing with that, it's just that this is looking like the best driving gig I've come across.

But then I started thinking about it, 5,000 gallons of losurf or whatever it's called probably costs a lot of money. Like I said to the dispatcher, there just seems to be 'more money in this game'. Then I thought about a job like Bandit's Cousin has, and he must be making money hand over fist even without the bull shitting. :lol:

You know in dry vans, we pull all kinds of cheap products, empty racks, things like that. I once had a load, the entire contents could have fit into a large cargo van, at least a step van.

As you may have read, I was bitter about my start in tanking. Well, my mourning has turned into dancing, I think I really have found a better gig. When Mike and Maniac described it as 'the best kept secret in trucking', I was listening and paying attention. I think I'd prefer to haul electronic$ for Allied or maybe Mercede$ Benz's, I mean there still remains those absolute best jobs in trucking, but this gig looks like a whole nother level above what I was doing.

Keep it under your hat :wink:

Now that I'm in the door, we should change the policy. Nobody else say anything nice about pulling tankers from now on! :lol:

Seriously though, Bandit's Cousin has a primo job. Light freight, heavy money, just the way I like it. There are jobs in this industry, and then there are jobs....

This is true. I got lucky with my job, and pestered the safety guy for month. I'd like to call him a recruiter, but he's more of an anti-recruiter with all the calls he gets for an o/o slot.

We do have compay OTR drivers that get $18/hr to sit in their trucks waiting at tradeshows, per diem, paid motels, and decent mileage rate.

While most of my freight is light, I have hauled complete cancer treating machines that push my gross to 80K. This pays well also. Including deadhead, I think I'm around $3/mi for all miles with my new agent, even though I'm still with United Van Lines.

Specialty pays. Plain and simple.

Serious. 8)

Is that is some kind of a "free lunch"? :P :wink:

What do you mean, Solo? I was under the impression you do very well, do you haul expensive stuff? Whatcha got in that wagon, Solo?

Not really, though it's not a dirt cheap... :D
And what i meant, is that everything comes for the price, still could be profitable tho... :wink:

Car haulers..


Thats where the real money is these days..

I thought about that route. Then I thought, what's the first thing to go in a major downturn? Cars....

I can't tell where we are now or how things are going to develop. I'm hearing freight rates are beginning to rise, but also freight volume and the numbers of companies going out of business in the 2nd quarter may be worse than the 1st. Who's buying these big SUVs nowadays?

It's interesting, I don't know. We're ready to bounce back or there are going to be more repercussions from the high oil prices, bloated federal debt, lending crisis....

Over time though, yeah, car hauling sounds like a pretty good gig.

I saw a car hauler that had 18 cars on it. They were those really small cars that look like they were cut in half. You can fit 2 of them in each position.

How many miles are you averaging a week?

I've done 36,0000 mile in the 3 and 1/2 months I been here. PM sent!

Think again, they are starving and cutting each others throats., dealers are refusing to pay fuel surcharges.

This is true Maniac, except for the exotic car business. Months ago when my dad was at passport, the customers didn't care what the prices were and still gave $100 tips regularly.

Of course, moving a 67 Vette or new Lotus, those clientel are affected less by prices than those moving a 98 Honda Accord or 2001 Dodge neon :wink:

So, to the OP, yes, haul that expensive manure!

:lol: :lol: :lol:

I hafta agree. I say goodbye after I hear any of the following words:

steel coils
lumber
brick

Well...Off to Greenville SC with a dedicated load in a "Genset". 2 week vacation is over and done.

Did u Give up on your tanker Job Orange?

No...That "Genset" I pulled is a tanker that is heated elecrically. The generator keeps the resin at 380 degrees.