Drop in Freight the past couple of weeks??
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Jack_Berry
Moderator Emeritus
yes we have.
ebsprintin
Veteran Expediter
My first full week in a couple months, so it's hard to tell.
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eb
Not me. Panther has been running my butt off the last couple of weeks. Got a 600+ mile load that brought me within 90 miles of home last night. Slept in this morning and then restocked my van, changed the oil and greased the front end. I figured being #2, on a Friday and a 4 a day board, that I would be long gone. Not so. Nothing went out today. Oh well, I need a break. Maybe tomorrow or Sunday.
I can honestly Say since I went from a 53ft trailer and started pulling a 48ft Trailer I seen a big drop in the Freight.
Hurting my bottom line means its time.
Hurting my bottom line means its time.
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underdog777
Seasoned Expediter
not to bad,but this last week was my slowest week with this company but still 1400 plus miles i cant complain
nightcreacher
Veteran Expediter
I was in Laredo this week,Tri State bidded on 20 loads and got under bid 20 times,I loaded out of Houston.I notice while I was there FDCC was moving loads,guess they can do the cheap freight
I know what you mean dude. I was the E-1 boy for 9 months and watched the teams take all of my freight. I did however happen to make 6k in 3 weeks because I went out west and got lucky. This one team sitting in Riverside turned down a small load from Irvine, California to Phoenix, AZ because they wanted a load that would get them all the way back east. I ended up dropping in Phoenix and got a load two hours later going from Nogales all the way back up to Wayne, Michigan.
It appears as if you have gone frome one extreme to another. I know Express 1 is a great company to work for as far as the way that they treat their drivers, but you need to experience what it is like to driver 1k miles straight again. If you don't use it, you'll lose it man. lol.
NOPE cann't tell. It's all about being in the right place at the right time. 2nd week in Oct was my best week ever. However, that didn't last long, the next week I topped that week, 3,700 dollars for 3200 paid miles. It was all drop and stop, Sleep or eat....I slept and got run after run, ate on the run. That pattern has moved over to Nov.
Thank You Express-1 and if all the folks that left E-1 had anything to do with it, THANK YOUS TOO!
Thank You Express-1 and if all the folks that left E-1 had anything to do with it, THANK YOUS TOO!
NOPE cann't tell. It's all about being in the right place at the right time. 2nd week in Oct was my best week ever. However, that didn't last long, the next week I topped that week, 3,700 dollars for 3200 paid miles. It was all drop and stop, Sleep or eat....I slept and got run after run, ate on the run. That pattern has moved over to Nov.
Thank You Express-1 and if all the folks that left E-1 had anything to do with it, THANK YOUS TOO!
It does beg the question after reading this thread....Are you the only truck they have?
LOL, it would seem so, but, I know for a fact there is 1 cargo van and 1 other sprinter that is holding on.
JarHeadJon
Seasoned Expediter
While I am in the T/T division for my company. Mostly predispatched in advance. Time sensitive loads yet not considered Expedited.
Our Straight O/O's have been hauling A$$. Was at the yard early this morning washing my tractor and speaking to a few owners, 2 of them are heading out now to cover customers as I write, and I got an offer to run an "expedited load" from Troy, MI down to N.C that will be ready at 3pm edt. Mind you, this is a Saturday as I write.
So that is 3 loads in the Northern Detroit Suburbs just this morning for us, customer loads, not bid loads...2 straights and 1 T/T for our company. Actually, one of the Loads could go in a van/sprinter as it is only 2 skids at 1800#...but any vans are all on the road.
Our Straight O/O's have been hauling A$$. Was at the yard early this morning washing my tractor and speaking to a few owners, 2 of them are heading out now to cover customers as I write, and I got an offer to run an "expedited load" from Troy, MI down to N.C that will be ready at 3pm edt. Mind you, this is a Saturday as I write.
So that is 3 loads in the Northern Detroit Suburbs just this morning for us, customer loads, not bid loads...2 straights and 1 T/T for our company. Actually, one of the Loads could go in a van/sprinter as it is only 2 skids at 1800#...but any vans are all on the road.
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letzrockexpress
Veteran Expediter
Four loads since 11/1. (Total of 2216 miles) I would say yes...
Yes maybe freight has dropped a tad. But Shippers want more space for their money. There are Customers that absolutly will not load a 48ft and will say if its not 53 get outa here. They just wont load ya especialy a Reefer.
if your going to have a 48ft Reefer then ya best have all the bells and whistels lift gate ect. hard to say. Their are so 50fts out here that are getting loaded.
if your going to have a 48ft Reefer then ya best have all the bells and whistels lift gate ect. hard to say. Their are so 50fts out here that are getting loaded.