Your combined experience has given me good advise in the past so I'm hoping for it again. I'm dispatching our truck for my husband/driver. We've only been at it a little over a year and up til now most of our loads have been found on line. I have a local company that ships on a seasonal basis. March to June. September to mid December. Destinations are to HomeDepo, Lowes and Walmart. All in the west. It's a round trip run with several stops......load in Utah. Final in Kalispel, MT with several stops along the route and on the return several more stops picking up empty containers to go back to the place of origin. That's an example of similar runs into all the surrounding states to Utah. We would be pulling the shippers trailer. How do I prepare a bid per mile for the shipper? We take care of our own fuel. We are running under our own authority. We take care of all permits. What kind of provisions should I be asking for in the bid if the price of fuel increases? Shipper will take care of all maintenance on the trailers. No brokers involved. This is all new for me.....I'd appreciate a bit of your knowledge and experience.
Thanks,
Cindy