Talk About Your Cheap Freight.

zorry · Mar 20, 2014

Couldn't afford all the vowels....

OntarioVanMan · Mar 20, 2014

brokcanadian said:
I've been working for 0.69 a mile since 2008 with 800 miles a week deadhead at 0.00...remember the Nray run OntarioVanMan?

I sure do.......

Whitehall or Eastlake?

brokcanadian · Mar 20, 2014

Eastlake, I'm the guy that took over from Terry, still doing it even after they chopped the pay by 120 a day in 2008...at least its steady money

T270_Dreamin · Mar 28, 2014

Ran a load yesterday MI to SC for .80 a mile... made me sad but I did it! Panther Cargo Van drivers that work for fleet owners only make .20 less

skyraider · Mar 28, 2014

80cpm,,,takes all the fun out making a sprinter payment.................

OntarioVanMan · Mar 28, 2014

T270_Dreamin said:
Ran a load yesterday MI to SC for .80 a mile... made me sad but I did it! Panther Cargo Van drivers that work for fleet owners only make .20 less

what year sprinter you have?.......

scottm4211 · Mar 28, 2014

T270_Dreamin said:
Ran a load yesterday MI to SC for .80 a mile... made me sad but I did it! Panther Cargo Van drivers that work for fleet owners only make .20 less

And there lies the problem.

OntarioVanMan · Mar 28, 2014

and here we go again.....depends IF the driver has a reason to go there........I'd take .80 all day to get to where I need to go.....we have a member of our own family once took a .76 a mile load with a truck that got 10 mpg.....but he had to be home....

BUT then again the poster is now asking about Greenville SC appears he took it just to say he ran a load.....

scottm4211 · Mar 28, 2014

Run for whatever you want, and then come on here and cry about low rates when you don't need to be somewhere or home (not addressing anyone specific). Makes sense to me.

OntarioVanMan · Mar 28, 2014

scottm4211 said:
Run for whatever you want, and then come on here and cry about low rates when you don't need to be somewhere or home (not addressing anyone specific). Makes sense to me.

Agree 100%......it is what it is.....you take them lowball loads you live with them....you are what you eat, they say......whining is not allowed....

letsdrive · Mar 28, 2014

I prefer the decline option myself if your not making some money dont make alot of sense if wanted to give money away could of stayed home and played the tables in vegas

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Polish_Drive · Mar 28, 2014

T270_Dreamin said:
Ran a load yesterday MI to SC for .80 a mile... made me sad but I did it! Panther Cargo Van drivers that work for fleet owners only make .20 less

You just made me throw up in my mouth.

.80 is just sick. The only one who is making money here is the broker.

T270_Dreamin · Mar 30, 2014

Polish_Drive said:
You just made me throw up in my mouth.

.80 is just sick. The only one who is making money here is the broker.

The only reason I had to run this load for so cheap is because this is scrap freight that 20 scrap carriers are bidding on. I don't work for a real expedite company that has their own accounts. I work for one that bids against 20-30 other vans/sprinters in the area. I bid a load from GA to Detroit friday that was 3000 lbs for $800 1.10 a mile and the customer replied back we got it cover for $300, clearly there was someone sitting in GA that wanted to get home for the weekend in Michigan, prior to that bid I had placed 3 bids going to Laredo for .75 only because I wanted to get to Tx and have a nice relaxed weekend load. I did not get any of those, one customer said that they chose another bidder because they were closer then me, I was sitting 120 out in Greenville SC, even though I could have made the pickup time they close closest van.

OVM my sprinter is a 2006 140 highroof. I get around 650-700 a tank depending on speed.

xiggi · Mar 30, 2014

You would be surprised what some bid loads pay. We actually run a good amount of them.

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OntarioVanMan · Mar 30, 2014

T270_Dreamin said:
The only reason I had to run this load for so cheap is because this is scrap freight that 20 scrap carriers are bidding on. I don't work for a real expedite company that has their own accounts. I work for one that bids against 20-30 other vans/sprinters in the area. I bid a load from GA to Detroit friday that was 3000 lbs for $800 1.10 a mile and the customer replied back we got it cover for $300, clearly there was someone sitting in GA that wanted to get home for the weekend in Michigan, prior to that bid I had placed 3 bids going to Laredo for .75 only because I wanted to get to Tx and have a nice relaxed weekend load. I did not get any of those, one customer said that they chose another bidder because they were closer then me, I was sitting 120 out in Greenville SC, even though I could have made the pickup time they close closest van.

OVM my sprinter is a 2006 140 highroof. I get around 650-700 a tank depending on speed.

Everyone has their own reasons what they chose to run and for how much ... That is a fact we all have to live.,. Some of these cubers have a very high CPM and require more per mile

T270_Dreamin · Mar 31, 2014

Guess if you're not on with one of the top companies listed here, you will have a hard time making money. I have found that true last couple of weeks.

Trucking Company Directory - ExpeditersOnline.com

Treadmill · Mar 31, 2014

T270_Dreamin said:
The only reason I had to run this load for so cheap is because this is scrap freight that 20 scrap carriers are bidding on. I don't work for a real expedite company that has their own accounts. I work for one that bids against 20-30 other vans/sprinters in the area. I bid a load from GA to Detroit friday that was 3000 lbs for $800 1.10 a mile and the customer replied back we got it cover for $300, clearly there was someone sitting in GA that wanted to get home for the weekend in Michigan, prior to that bid I had placed 3 bids going to Laredo for .75 only because I wanted to get to Tx and have a nice relaxed weekend load. I did not get any of those, one customer said that they chose another bidder because they were closer then me, I was sitting 120 out in Greenville SC, even though I could have made the pickup time they close closest van.

OVM my sprinter is a 2006 140 highroof. I get around 650-700 a tank depending on speed.

Sounds like this freight went on a straight truck or tractor trailer at LTL rate.

Murraycroexp · Mar 31, 2014

Treadmill said:
Sounds like this freight went on a straight truck or tractor trailer at LTL rate.

Definitely. It wouldn't take a bid of $300 to lock down that load if it was actually staying on the ground as an expedite. Air cargo maybe, too.

Slo-Ride · Mar 31, 2014

Polish_Drive said:
You just made me throw up in my mouth.

Well I hope you had time to rinse,
I just had a offer that was 2cents above my contracted rate. I didnt ask but it appears the 2cents was for FSC. According to my math/Goggle maps and the numbers given to me for the load offer...(All in)
Needless to say someone else is going to have to pick it up. Based on what she said when I said no Im propley going to get spanked now but oh well Ive driven home before.

Tennesseahawk · Mar 31, 2014

Slo-Ride said:
Well I hope you had time to rinse,
I just had a offer that was 2cents above my contracted rate. I didnt ask but it appears the 2cents was for FSC. According to my math/Goggle maps and the numbers given to me for the load offer...(All in)
Needless to say someone else is going to have to pick it up. Based on what she said when I said no Im propley going to get spanked now but oh well Ive driven home before.

Oh crap. I'm thinking I want to hear this.