Tracer, it seems to me that you would be making a good trip if you could get that $1.85 per mile for the entire 3200 miles. Then if you were to get lucky and get a load with less than the 1000 mile deadhead, your just that much ahead of the game. To me, that's not really even a gamble since you know your going to make your minimum pay per mile for the entire 3200 miles. So, yeah, I would be looking for one of those loads for $6k. Negotiate as much as you can above that, then load, drive, smile
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Your not in the best situation anyway since you HAVE to have a load that delivers in Canada. So, yeah, I would jump on it and run.