So, here I sit in trucking purgatory, AKA Denver, CO, and this light breaks down from heaven. This agent sees my truck in the area and calls me up. He's got a load picking up tomorrow afternoon (great, because I'm unloading tomorrow morning) going to Tobyhanna, PA. Pays on 1692 miles and that's accurate with in 11 miles. Load is light, pays $1.28/mi all in to the truck. But wait, you say, that's not so much!? Brother, out of Denver, nothing short of a gift from God!
The reason the agent called me is because he just wanted to book the load without having his phone lines slammed with a million calls. No lie, that's just how it happens on a good load. In
this place, Landstar vans, this is a good load. Sure, there is also that one in a million like I had out of Denver last year paying about a buck-60. But this load, this load is still righteous.
If there were such a thing as a backhaul Denver would be the backhaul. Made $1.47 ttt OH to KC; $1.42 Topeka to French Camp, CA; about $1.60 Turlock, CA to Salem, OR 41K and mountaiiinnnnssss ( :x my jakes are really weak); $1.21 Porland, OR to Denver (kind of steals my thunder, the NW can be an even lower level of hell) :lol: and so now I'm off to PA at $1.28. PA isn't necessarily a good freight area but it doesn't require divine intervention to book a load out of there either.
These aren't bragging rates, many of you will consider them pathetic. This is just what it is, I'm just reporting. This means I'm still profitable although I may be working harder to make less than some. It gets the bills paid. It gets me into the heart of the season. I've got my eyes wide open for whatever opportunities present themselves to do better.
Oh, and here is the kicker. Denver to PA, I'm immediately thinking through KC and Indy etc. The load picks up Tuesday night and doesn't deliver until Monday... :? No, wait, the shortest route actually runs through Chicago, I'm basically running past the house with a couple of days to spare under load!!! :shock: Wonder what the house looks like or if anyone will still recognize me :lol: