Say NO to cheap Freight
SAY NO TO CHEAP RATES....
Posted by: firstcallenter (---.mycingular.net)
Date: March 11, 2008 01:24PM
BEEN ON THE PH ALL MORNING WITH SHIPPERS AND BROKERS TRYING TO MOVE FRIEGHT FOR 1.25-1.45 PML. THEY SAY THEY WILL FIND SOME ONE TO MOVE IT AT THE OLD RATES...they dont care about fuel prices....so WHO IS MOVING ANYTHING FOR LESS THAN 2.00 A MILE WITH FUEL AT 4.00+ A GAL.??????
just wondering?
Re: SAY NO TO CHEAP RATES....
Posted by: Phillip (---.gsp.bellsouth.net)
Date: March 11, 2008 01:29PM
LET THE SH!& SIT! PULL IN FRONT OF A FUEL ISLAND AND TURN THE TRUCKS OFF AND WAIT......oh sorry I was day dreaming
Re: SAY NO TO CHEAP RATES....
Posted by: Sniper (---.se.biz.rr.com)
Date: March 11, 2008 01:30PM
Apparently a lot of my shippers are. We left 18 loads last week sit from Ga/Tn to Jax.Fl and all got moved no problem and shipper direct,...got 'em all done for $1.40 or less from there to Florida. Makes people like me look very stupid, for me telling him no way in hell we could even come close to touching that and yet...he's getting it done like it's going out of style. Remember nothing changes and rates don't go up, as long as idiots are hauling it!
Re: SAY NO TO CHEAP RATES....
Posted by: wow (---.dsl.g01.scches.spirittelecom.com)
Date: March 11, 2008 01:30PM
me! I'm moving it for 39 cent a mile. Man, I'm stopping at every truck and getting my 5 finger discount and going around all the scales in my 1975 cabover thats getting 3 mpg taking 5 days to go a hunderd miles...
Re: SAY NO TO CHEAP RATES....
Posted by: going broke trying (---.hsd1.md.comcast.net)
Date: March 11, 2008 03:30PM
Speaking of cheap!!!!!
Tampa &/or Palmetto, FL going to Jessup, MD. Posted for $1800.00 from Manatee logistics. Now they pay gross so lets do the math
$1800.00
-180.00 10% brokerage
= $1620.00 to the truck with out a advance if you would need a comcheck
= $1584.00 with advance
Now the miles would be about (NO LESS) 1,000 miles, so @ most $1.62 a mile to the carrier! With the price of fuel @ about $3.95 avg and a truck that gets great fuel milage the carrier will clear just after fuel cost $962.00. Now what if there is unloading? Much less if they need a advance for fuel!
WOW is all I can say and the sadest thing is they are covering them
Collected from various sources
-Irishman-
Posted by: firstcallenter (---.mycingular.net)
Date: March 11, 2008 01:24PM
BEEN ON THE PH ALL MORNING WITH SHIPPERS AND BROKERS TRYING TO MOVE FRIEGHT FOR 1.25-1.45 PML. THEY SAY THEY WILL FIND SOME ONE TO MOVE IT AT THE OLD RATES...they dont care about fuel prices....so WHO IS MOVING ANYTHING FOR LESS THAN 2.00 A MILE WITH FUEL AT 4.00+ A GAL.??????
just wondering?
Re: SAY NO TO CHEAP RATES....
Posted by: Phillip (---.gsp.bellsouth.net)
Date: March 11, 2008 01:29PM
LET THE SH!& SIT! PULL IN FRONT OF A FUEL ISLAND AND TURN THE TRUCKS OFF AND WAIT......oh sorry I was day dreaming
Re: SAY NO TO CHEAP RATES....
Posted by: Sniper (---.se.biz.rr.com)
Date: March 11, 2008 01:30PM
Apparently a lot of my shippers are. We left 18 loads last week sit from Ga/Tn to Jax.Fl and all got moved no problem and shipper direct,...got 'em all done for $1.40 or less from there to Florida. Makes people like me look very stupid, for me telling him no way in hell we could even come close to touching that and yet...he's getting it done like it's going out of style. Remember nothing changes and rates don't go up, as long as idiots are hauling it!
Re: SAY NO TO CHEAP RATES....
Posted by: wow (---.dsl.g01.scches.spirittelecom.com)
Date: March 11, 2008 01:30PM
me! I'm moving it for 39 cent a mile. Man, I'm stopping at every truck and getting my 5 finger discount and going around all the scales in my 1975 cabover thats getting 3 mpg taking 5 days to go a hunderd miles...
Re: SAY NO TO CHEAP RATES....
Posted by: going broke trying (---.hsd1.md.comcast.net)
Date: March 11, 2008 03:30PM
Speaking of cheap!!!!!
Tampa &/or Palmetto, FL going to Jessup, MD. Posted for $1800.00 from Manatee logistics. Now they pay gross so lets do the math
$1800.00
-180.00 10% brokerage
= $1620.00 to the truck with out a advance if you would need a comcheck
= $1584.00 with advance
Now the miles would be about (NO LESS) 1,000 miles, so @ most $1.62 a mile to the carrier! With the price of fuel @ about $3.95 avg and a truck that gets great fuel milage the carrier will clear just after fuel cost $962.00. Now what if there is unloading? Much less if they need a advance for fuel!
WOW is all I can say and the sadest thing is they are covering them
Collected from various sources
-Irishman-
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