Anyone in a Sprinter running for less then .90 a mile?

littlejoe · Sep 23, 2014

OntarioVanMan said:
by the number of NEW carriers out there and small mom and pop vans with own authority...there must be money in the system. More and more seem to be getting their own authority.. The BIGger carriers are not our friends either....they talk a good line BUT turn around and sell their loads at cut rate prices to make up what they pay their own fleet....in theory supporting lower rates...if ya talk the talk at least walk the walk...

My boss has his own authority and the big 5 expediting companies are paying us an average of 1.35/ mile to move their freight

Just got done going over the cost per load with the boss and we are doing good so far

Gotta love america

Boom badda and my pockets stay fatta!!!!!!

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fifaref2 · Sep 23, 2014

littlejoe said:
My boss has his own authority and the big 5 expediting companies are paying us an average of 1.35/ mile to move their freight

Just got done going over the cost per load with the boss and we are doing good so far

Gotta love america

Boom badda and my pockets stay fatta!!!!!!

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Joe
PM me your # again. Didn't save it. I'll be in GR this weekend. Your boss can call me. Mike

CharlesD · Sep 24, 2014

Brokering has been a bit of an eye opener. Sometimes some of the lowest bids I get when I post loads are from larger carriers. The small operations aren't lowballing too bad, with a couple exceptions. I usually throw out the lowest bids anyway and offer the loads to the people who are bidding enough that I'm not afraid of the kind of service I'm going to be getting.

OntarioVanMan · Sep 24, 2014

CharlesD said:
Brokering has been a bit of an eye opener. Sometimes some of the lowest bids I get when I post loads are from larger carriers. The small operations aren't lowballing too bad, with a couple exceptions. I usually throw out the lowest bids anyway and offer the loads to the people who are bidding enough that I'm not afraid of the kind of service I'm going to be getting.

nice to see you thinking with the natural gift God gave you...instead of your wallet...

geo · Sep 24, 2014

i would not drive for anything less than 1.25

rjthetightway · Sep 25, 2014

The Russians are everywhere and taking these loads at a rate that you couldn't even feed your dogs on let alone survive, sooner or later you'd think they would be out of business...

westmicher · Sep 25, 2014

rjthetightway said:
The Russians are everywhere and taking these loads at a rate that you couldn't even feed your dogs on let alone survive, sooner or later you'd think they would be out of business...

An ABlair driver told me that he was getting 58 cents a mile AND HE PAID THE FUEL OUT OF THAT!!! He said it was ok so long as he drove 3,000 to 4,000 MILES A WEEK!

He did ask me to tell him how to get on with my most excellent carrier...

xiggi · Sep 25, 2014

Did you mean ABlair or was it someone driving for a barret fleet owner?

westmicher · Sep 25, 2014

xiggi said:
Did you mean ABlair or was it someone driving for a barret fleet owner?

Which company owns the trucks? It was one of the two... whichever owns the trucks and the driver was working for the company, not an owner.

xiggi · Sep 25, 2014

That's ABlair much different than Barrett.

westmicher · Sep 25, 2014

xiggi said:
That's ABlair much different than Barrett.

I'll fix it. Thanks for the heads up. I could not believe ANY fool would drive for that!

Mailer · Sep 25, 2014

westmicher said:
An ABlair driver told me that he was getting 58 cents a mile AND HE PAID THE FUEL OUT OF THAT!!! He said it was ok so long as he drove 3,000 to 4,000 MILES A WEEK!

He did ask me to tell him how to get on with my most excellent carrier...

If my calculation is correct, 4000 miles/week in a [email protected]/mile minus fuel, it's still going to comes out over a grand/week?? Hey but I could be wrong.

westmicher · Sep 25, 2014

Mailer said:
If my calculation is correct, 4000 miles/week in a [email protected]/mile minus fuel, it's still going to comes out over a grand/week?? Hey but I could be wrong.

That is right but wouldn't 2,000 miles a week @ $1.00 a mile be more easy on the body and soul?

Mailer · Sep 25, 2014

westmicher said:
That is right but wouldn't 2,000 miles a week @ $1.00 a mile be more easy on the body and soul?

Certainly is, that would be an ideal. And if you are lucky to be partner ed with that carrier, hold on to it like a glue, lol. But for many of us, the struggling vanners, it's could be the only option until better opportunity comes along.

fifaref2 · Sep 25, 2014

xiggi said:
That's ABlair much different than Barrett.

Barrett was great. Lots of miles. Don't think I ever sat a full day. Worked until sprinter owner ****ed me off enough that I DH from Pittsburgh to chicago and dropped his van off and bought my own Promaster cpl days later.

OntarioVanMan · Sep 25, 2014

and there it is..."lots of miles".....

....and the rate was?.....and the % of DH?

ntimevan · Sep 25, 2014

fifaref2 said:
Barrett was great. Lots of miles. Don't think I ever sat a full day. Worked until sprinter owner ****ed me off enough that I DH from Pittsburgh to chicago and dropped his van off and bought my own Promaster cpl days later.

Why didn't you put PM on with Barrett....?

fifaref2 · Sep 25, 2014

ntimevan said:
Why didn't you put PM on with Barrett....?

They weren't taking on anymore fleet owners and I have a little bit diff setup than most guys do so the fleet owner tag applies to my wife. I'm just the driver. If I wanted change from driver to O/O I could have. So called bolt and here we are.

fifaref2 · Sep 25, 2014

OntarioVanMan said:
and there it is..."lots of miles".........and the rate was?.....and the % of DH?

.95 loaded. DH was covered 75% of the time at loaded rate. Hardly any loads under 600 miles. % of DH miles was 10-20%. As a newbie I thought it was great. Now I try run less n paid more.

CharlesD · Sep 25, 2014

westmicher said:
An ABlair driver told me that he was getting 58 cents a mile AND HE PAID THE FUEL OUT OF THAT!!! He said it was ok so long as he drove 3,000 to 4,000 MILES A WEEK!

He did ask me to tell him how to get on with my most excellent carrier...

A. Blair owns the vehicles though. I always figured they paid a bit more than that. They don't lowball their bids.