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Originally Posted by mgfg
I'm not saying $5.00 a mile is needed but your rate is inadequate>dedicated freight or not. You're tieing up a trailer for the term of the contract or had you forgotten about that?
Please, DON'T tell me what my expences are or aren't! I don't tell you how to run your business, keep your nose out of mine.
ps:If you want to get into a name calling match.....
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I drove big truck for 5 years, managed a fleet of company trucks and now dispatch my own O/O trucks as well as broker freight - I know what expenses are.
If tieing up a trailer for 3 or 4 days a week does not work for you, then it does not work for you - there are plenty of others who want the time off the road to spend at home - or are occasionally willing to drop the trailer and run a weekend shorty - - - I know plenty of drivers who are always seeking time off regardless of the trailer being empty or not.
I have a *team* who enjoys a R/T 300 mile per day dedicated lane, I have others who enjoy being home every night so they only run local dedicated, and on and on - the list of lanes/preferences is endless. In the end, it is what it is - and it ain't for every one.
FWIW, I manage our expedite division and when truckload carriers stumble onto freight lanes that pay expedite rates, it's only a matter of a very short time before those lanes turn into expedite lanes that pay truck load rates - in most cases, less.
Such is not the case with the lane offered because it is long term, it is a scheduled and relatively easy lane far as that goes. No tolls, no low bridges, no touch, a solo can run legally etc. - as such, it's going to pay accordingly.
Look at it for what it is, if you can make it work - then fine and good, if not, oh well.