TRUCKING RATES

200 PER MILE

FOR THIS AREA THEY SHOULD BE $2.50 - $2.75 PER LOADED MILE FOR 52,000# PAYLOAD.

How about some real names! If you can not sighn the letter do not wright it.

What area is this? Must have free fuel.

Come on now fellas, i got cow wagons up and down the road that are running alot harder than my hoppers, and we are lucky to see $3.00 loaded mile for that! lets be realistic a hopper truck is getting 6+mpg a cow truck is lucky to get 5 mpg! id say yeah no lower than $2.40 loaded mile and fuel is dropping so adjust your rate with the fuel

I bull hauled for 11 years hard and furious I tell ya what if ya want to long haul. It bull hauling Is nothing I run longer and harder with hopper I get sick of the dam quote "bull hauling" run your ass off for 20 hours sleep all dam day waiting for a sale or dam cow buyer you work a Hopper right I guarantee you. You don't have a "bull hauler that can run with me!" dont get me wrong my family has and has a small feedyard I still hook on and do it. Its more work loading ect. but the driven all the same if you want it to be.

dang listen to u all cry about rates u no dam well u got companys out here who will do it for free so what the hell is the diff what u haul it for???? if u dont haul it for what they want click call someone else

what a site ---the discussion went from needing north hoppers and a rate to hauling live animals cross country-----no one ever takes into the project the waiting time and the posibility of lost product damages and the like-----it is very hard to rate a movement when all that i given is an origin and a destination---what about terms if u haul it this fall and get paid nxt fall it mite all have to go ot the trustee of the court.we all better think more like businessmen and less like the people that are portraided on the silver screen.have a profitable fall harvest season.think profit and not miles.

whos hopper is gettin 6 not mine and im no longer in a pete if your in the midwest runnin 85 or 86 your lucky to get 5 dont know what kinda trucks your runnin

shut em down ,time has come to strike, what we need is a base rate as per fuel prices,something like fuel 3.09 per gallon rate 3.09 per mile just make it the same everywhere. now comes all the negative bs. we cant do that ,no one will stick together blah blah blah .what is wrong with you all?

I agree it is time to shutem down and get the respect we all deserve I'm going broke everyday working suppling product for everyone what do we get further in the hole. Hell i have decided i can go broke setting at home and it's not has stressful. LOL

We are still saying the same shit and it is 7 years later. Look at what these guys were talking about way back then.

As you can see everybody keeps talking a magic Rate per mile instead of talking profit margins. While a Rate per mile is a gauge that we use, it is not the magic that makes a business run. Profit is what makes a business run and stay in business. I wonder how many of these guys are even still in the business?

Here is the deal quit bickering and start working together and we can all be successful in our own right. Nobody cares about your magic rate per mile when you are negotiating a deal. They only care about their bottom line (profit margin). If you don't know your cost then you will not even comprehend how to arrive at a proper profit margin. As long as you keep listening to the BS that has been handed down through the years about the magic and elusive rate per mile, you will continue to show the other side your weakness and they will continue to offer you far less than you are worth.

By having a greater understanding as to a proper and acceptable profit margin, we at the Independent Carrier Group are starting to see a trend with our shippers and brokers. They would rather pay a little more to know that the carrier they are working with will be there for them in the long haul. Don't get me wrong they will continue to make the money they can off of those that don't know and maybe will never know. That is the cycle of this business, those that figure it out succeed and those that don't just keep beating their head until they are gone.

If you want to survive in this business you better learn how to listen, implement and learn. Otherwise you will be back driving for a Mega Carrier or working at your local feed mill driving for them.

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That's right, blame the very ones that supply the freight to put in the hoppers. There are lots that don't play by the rules, farmers, and truckers included but I wouldn't throw all farmers into one basket. I farm, I also own and operate three trucks that have the proper authority, liscense, insurance, and permits ect... But who really cares this forum has evolved into a platform for finger pointing and name calling. Go to work charge what you need to charge to make a good wage, just remember it's no ones else's fault if your not successful.

Why is a 7year post even on here??

That was good. I had to go back and look at the date.

It doesn't matter what anyone is charging!
Figure out you business expenses, fixed and variable then tack on what you want to earn for profit, then break that down into miles.
It's that simple!

Hello Alfred....could you give me the link for the profit %app please? My head hurts reading all these wanna be strikers....and Rambo truck drivers. I see only a few transportation specialist and find it humorous that most don't have a clue of making a decent O/R in their "trucking ways"

Ewg.org. Hasn't been updated in a couple of years,but sure opened my eyes when I discovered this site.some of these guys got a lot of money over the years.