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Originally Posted by tracer
Here's what I'm talking about. I'm in Hershey PA and I need a load to go back to Ontario or Quebec. So, I log on to the Landstar site and choose RGN, LOWBOY, FLAT, and STEP trailer groups for my search within 200 mi of Hershey....<snip>...Not a single DD load shows up.
That's why I suggested renting a RGN from LS if they will let you. That way you can try it for a while and see how it goes. I suspect the agents will call you and pay you to DH their RGN many miles and if they don't just give the trailer back. With those rates you posted, I wouldn't bother with an RGN unless they want you to. I would do them a favour but I wouldn't ask any favours of them.
In the last 12 months, I booked 6 RGN loads...none of these were out of Dundalk. They paid a little better than SD loads but not much. SD's over the same period were paying me well over $3 on average, but if I threw out my regular customer that pays very well, SD loads from brokers were probably paying me $2.50 to $2.75....maybe a little more. Is an RGN worth it for you? Don't know.
Campbellford, ON - Ottawa, ON: legal - $1400/193 miles (Landstar BTW) ($7.25/loaded mile)
Baltimore, MD - Lucknow, ON: wide - $2,000/575 miles (3.47/loaded mile less permits)
Baltimore, MD - Valleyfield, QC: 10' wide - $1913/580 miles ($3.29/loaded mile less permits)
Baltimore, MD - Belleville, ON: 10' wide - $2950/598 miles ($4.93/loaded mile less permits)
Easton, PA - Belleville, ON: legal - $1500/373 miles (4.02/loaded mile)
Kissimme, FL - Bobcaygen, ON: wide - $4900/1488 miles ($3.29/loaded mile less pemits)