2012 was great year
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Great year for me in a tractor trailer 53' dry van leased on to a company. First full year hauling spot market freight almost exclusively, hauled 1 contract load, 183 from loadboards. $2.19 a mile to the truck on 76,006 odometer miles 23% of which were deadhead. Did a mix of general freight and expedite 4th quarter and was getting good rates. Jan & Feb was still in a learning curve hauled exclusively general freight and didn't do so well. Got into expediting thruogh a chance contact I discovered at the end of Feb and had a wild ride with, to me, crazy rates until the end of June. Did $2.90 a mile to the truck with 25% deadhead on 7,627 miles in May, man it was like wild, wild west hoping this year to see some more of that.. Looking to improve on this by at least 31 cents in 2013 only time will tell.. Took off over a full quarter, solid home time, can't beat that..
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Doggie Daddy
Veteran Expediter
This was also our best year out of the 10+ years of expediting, unfortunatly the extra profits went into the fuel tank and out the exhaust pipe. 
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paullud
Veteran Expediter
I did almost the same, $227,950.97 for 103,747 miles or $2.19/mile. The numbers could be better but like you I had a bit of a learning curve because we find our own loads and negotiate. I found out the hard way there are some dead spots that I should've asked more money for and I had to run power only for a month which has lower rates.
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BigCat
Expert Expediter
My boss man said they tried power only before and he won't do it again. However I like having the same trailer 24/7/365 because I know when something is wrong with it.
paullud
Veteran Expediter
It was mostly a waste, trailers that were supposedly road ready wouldn't have plates or they would fail a PTI for serious reasons.
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It's good to know I'm somewhat on par with others doing the same thing. I must be doing something right. While those numbers are above average 53' dry van I still think they are too low and need to be pushed up more. I see no reason why it can't be better next year. My contacts with regular freight are still paying the same great rates here in Jan as they were in Nov and Dec. The stuff I pick off loadboards, which are very specific types of general freight loads, those rates are holding steady too. To the truck this month is looking like it's going to beat Dec by about 20 cents a mile so far but not sure if I'll hit $2.50 a mile.. I really see no reason why I can't do that well or even better in '13. I'm still learning but I have several good connections now whereas this time last year I had none. I've also learned a few things about rates and areas that I didn;t know but my focus still tends to be a small area in a 150 miles radius, although I will glady jump on the load someone fell off of and is a round trip all in rate or close to it and go whereever... Picking and choosing the freight that goes on my truck is the only reason it pulled the numbers it did, I'm sure you will agree with that in your situation as it sounds like you operate the way I do... I wish every owner would work that way and more of them would come to the realisation that they never need ANY given load at ANY time. If all of them realized that then they'd realize what power they really have and none would complain about rates...
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Doggie Daddy
Veteran Expediter
2013 is starting off pretty good.
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