The last 60 days has been a real disaster for me. The load offers have been so low I actually dread the qualcom beep. My point with the uhaul comparison
is really me thinking out load wondering why any company would be bidding frieght so low.
I did get a a offer that was 1.85 a loaded mile. it was a 150 loaded miles run with 70 miles dh to p/u
which landed me in the middle of nowhere where I estimated it be at least 100 miles DH after word. Well needless to say I turned it down.
Dispatch was ****ed, sent it again
saying It pays 1.85 a mile. I didn't even respond to the second dispatch offer.
I don't know what's going on at
FECC. Its almost like they have no clue. I have been thinking that for a while now. But after the conference call I am convinced.
Somebody asked if they knew the average operating cost for trucks in their fleet. FECC answered no!
How could they not know that. Anyone with general bussiness experience could figure that out.
Sure u might be +/-5 cents. per owner, but how could u not have an idea of your fleets average. Its ireresponsible. I knew what my average cpm would be with out any experience in expedite. I gussed a little high but I was in the ball park. Now my dead nuts cost is
.75 per mile, all miles, whether there is frieght in the truck or not. that assumes by the way 120k miles a year. Which I know I won't get this year. It also assumes I don't pay mself or eat.
I haven't refigured for lower miles but I expect to be around 70k miles as a solo with the cracked economy. Which means my CPM will most liky go up.
At this point, Im looking at being able to run loads at .85
for all miles loaded and DH.
With a $300 min move.
When you consider last years number that is a forty percent drop per mile adjusted for fuel.
The idea that FECC raised rates is bullcrap. They may have published higher rates a few months ago, but that was just a marketting gimmick so they can show deeper discounts to their off rate card customers.
Anyway, this was my thinking which led me to sending the wife home to try and find outside work. At my current load offer average it doesn't look like i'll be able to do much more than make my truck payment if that.
Granted Im a surface fleet D unit. So FECC has basically forgot about us. The only positive news that was on the call was for WG trucks.
Does FECC really expect me to live without STARBUCKS lattes.
