Cargo Van Bad market?
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Mike99
Veteran Expediter
Kim and Cody
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I consider anything below 85 a bad rate, last three runs where under 300 miles and under 75
Mike99
Veteran Expediter
You right , no miles and cheep rates. It is kind of slow but that is not a reason to go so low...Probably you are running for a new and small carrier.No serious carrier run 300 miles under 75 cents per mile...
On the other hand-- the outfit I drive for varies quite a bit in any given month. Some weeks are dreadful-- others busy.
This week I had to have my van in the shop almost on an emergency basis. Rain on Friday caused the ignition to get "shakey" so replacement parts was a necessity. Add a new PS pump, and come computer work-- it comes to a price.
Yesterday, dispatch called me to see if I could get the van back on the road so they could take a run for this morning. A quick out-and-back of about 250 miles. I got the van back last night, loaded this morning, got the job done and--- on the way back they scheduled me for a run tomorrow about twice as long.
Sooo--- it's busy now. For me, at any rate.
This week I had to have my van in the shop almost on an emergency basis. Rain on Friday caused the ignition to get "shakey" so replacement parts was a necessity. Add a new PS pump, and come computer work-- it comes to a price.
Yesterday, dispatch called me to see if I could get the van back on the road so they could take a run for this morning. A quick out-and-back of about 250 miles. I got the van back last night, loaded this morning, got the job done and--- on the way back they scheduled me for a run tomorrow about twice as long.
Sooo--- it's busy now. For me, at any rate.
hmm bad market? some days I am glad I live in chicagoland. I decided this morning to go out on the road, Positioned myself in good area in chicagoland, called the dispatch in at 10, I was booked by 2:30
too bad it is only 150 miles but I got a nice solid $1.00 per mile.
I'm sure that won't be the case tomorrow in IA.
I spoke with another company that advertises on expeditersonline, they pay their cargo van owners .60-.80 cpm fuel surcharge already included. damn do people really drive cargo vans for .60 cents per mile?
too bad it is only 150 miles but I got a nice solid $1.00 per mile.
I'm sure that won't be the case tomorrow in IA.
I spoke with another company that advertises on expeditersonline, they pay their cargo van owners .60-.80 cpm fuel surcharge already included. damn do people really drive cargo vans for .60 cents per mile?
JohnWC
Veteran Expediter
With the price of fuel so low .75 is not out of line ... .75 -.85 I would guess is what most are running at....You are a cv after all... No one gaurantees high wages in this field .... This is a supply and demand profession ... Nothing stays the same... Supply far exceeds demands .... Logistics has gotten just that much better the last 5 years or so weaking the market for CV's
I'd take a buck in and 75 out for a rolling average of about .87....
Ouch.
I dispatch. Today I bid a van load out of Phoenix to El Paso for a small straight that was happy to get fuel money. Bid it at .59 and a van bid lower. Bid another out of Tucson to Roswell NM at .72, broker said he got it covered cheaper. How anyone with a van can stay in business is beyond me. Deadheaded the small straight to El Paso.
Thing is you don't know under what conditions those loads were eaccepted under!
Did the operator need to go home ? Was this a home load?
Was it used as a paid move?
Was it used as part of a double load?
Why not? What's your problem? If a cv has a cpm of .30 he is making a .29 profit .... Not a lot mind you but it is a profit.... And it's his business to run as he pleases
Btw.... I wouldn't make a steady diet of them priced loads tho but I reserve the right to run them when I need to
Here's an example; you are in Laredo, it's Tuesday ,you must be home by the weekend a load opportunity comes up going to Kansas City ...right close to home problem is shipper only wants to pay $.60 a mile what do you do ?
Drive home empty because I refuse to run cheap. All miles put wear and tear on my van, but driving home empty does not put any wear and tear on my van. When you run a load for 60 cents per mile, and you then tack on the 50 cent per mile write off at the end of the year, you're actually making 1.10 per mile. Not bad, not bad at all!