I built a team of agents to work with. That keep me in good freight i stay east of i 35. I also hual alot of the same freight i do pull alot of direct ship freight as i am leased to a company we have over 200 agents but only work with a dozen i have 4 main agents. I could care less about rpm i look at cost plus time then miles.
Last time I drove my truck was October 24th. Average rates in Houston were a staggering $1.56/mile. Thankfully I have a newer truck that only costs $1.75/mile to move. Company asked for their equipment and plates back since I kept refusing all that garbage requiring $500 fuel for full gross and $300 pay for 625 miles round trip.
Yeah I don’t blame you that’s crazy!! Next time set up your business model to run for under .80 cpm. I made a video a long time ago on that topic. May make a new updated one 😎
@@MakeCentsTrucking Sammy, 625 round trip takes me 14 hours if the customer handles their business. The loads are 78k and up hill from Houston in every direction. Usually they don't and I end up overnight in a rest area so I can't do the same trip every day. Lane pays $850 right now. That's $450-$500 just in fuel and DEF. A month of that and it's $300 for filters and $525 for oil. Diffs gets fluids every 6 months. The truck needs to earn $150/day to pay the note, insurance, taxes, tags and ELD equipment not including the fuel and oil. Before I parked the truck, I was getting 2 loads per week. I drive port dray. The shipyards are empty bro. Hard to make a living with very little freight coming in from outside USA.
@@MrRld1960 Arguing that minimum wage is fluid enough for fair pay is like saying the minimum wage has always been enough pay. It hasn’t and that’s why the minimum wage has always been increasing over the years. A minimum percentage gives everyone a fair piece of the pie
It's kinda sad that 15 years ago we could find a lot of loads for $3 a mile. Now the cost of living has tripled, the cost of groceries and goods is sky high, the cost of fuel is crazy, yet were still only getting loads for $2.50 to $3 a mile
@@MakeCentsTruckingnot always. Not on the load board. I have had good luck with saying I'm good with the line haul rate but will need extra for fuel surcharge. It works sometimes.
:01 bro havent you youtube truckers learned your lesson!? I started driving 26 years ago. What Im about to tell you aunt nothing new or brilliant ok. If you want to keep a good thing going keep your mouth shut about where you got the load, what your hauling and how much it pays. You are training your COMPETITION!
@@MakeCentsTrucking😂 keep justifying your own demise ... Do you see brokers on UA-cam talking about their juicy lanes? No... Why, coz they don't want to train their competitors... Same thing the guy above said. LOOSE. LIPS. SINKS. RATES... none of these trucking schmucks will "raise their rates" for the greater benefit of everyone. They too busy running to the poor house 😂😂
@@vroor32you are clueless. This helps everyone get on the same page. Screw the broker they don't set rates. We do as drivers!!! If everyone says... I'm not moving for anything less than ??? then the broker has no choice but to tell there customers to pay more. If carriers would work together and get on the same page then everyone could make $5 a mile. See this is how corporate ran companies stay in the green. They work together so that one doesn't undercut the other. Then they laugh at us the consumer because we are to desperate to push back on the price. Did you know that years ago you could go into a sears and negotiate prices on anything in the store. But after they figured out that most just paid the asking price they quit allowing it. Then other companies followed sute. Try calling up a corporate company doing a service and negotiate the price. It won't happen. But go to a small business "not corporate" and you can negotiate the price. So before you run that 26 years of experience mouth. Stop and accurately look at the bigger picture!!!
I’ve noticed driver complain too much these days. Real hustlers take what they got and make it work and even with today’s rates u still can make a shit load of money. U just have to be optimistic. Sometimes u have to put the logic aside and make magic.
You’re one of the best source of information out👍
I try my best bro
I built a team of agents to work with. That keep me in good freight i stay east of i 35. I also hual alot of the same freight i do pull alot of direct ship freight as i am leased to a company we have over 200 agents but only work with a dozen i have 4 main agents. I could care less about rpm i look at cost plus time then miles.
Last time I drove my truck was October 24th. Average rates in Houston were a staggering $1.56/mile. Thankfully I have a newer truck that only costs $1.75/mile to move. Company asked for their equipment and plates back since I kept refusing all that garbage requiring $500 fuel for full gross and $300 pay for 625 miles round trip.
Yeah I don’t blame you that’s crazy!! Next time set up your business model to run for under .80 cpm. I made a video a long time ago on that topic. May make a new updated one 😎
lol you bad at business
@@MakeCentsTrucking Sammy, 625 round trip takes me 14 hours if the customer handles their business. The loads are 78k and up hill from Houston in every direction. Usually they don't and I end up overnight in a rest area so I can't do the same trip every day. Lane pays $850 right now. That's $450-$500 just in fuel and DEF. A month of that and it's $300 for filters and $525 for oil. Diffs gets fluids every 6 months. The truck needs to earn $150/day to pay the note, insurance, taxes, tags and ELD equipment not including the fuel and oil. Before I parked the truck, I was getting 2 loads per week. I drive port dray. The shipyards are empty bro. Hard to make a living with very little freight coming in from outside USA.
Time for a " minimum rate per mile ", like the minimum wage.
I agree wish dat would ask for my opinion
Should be a minimum percentage. Minimum rate would lead to an overall lower paying freight
@@Michael_Blankenship It wouldn't come from Dat, it would have to come from the Gov.
@@travislebron Does a minimum wage lead to someone getting paid less? No! A minimum percentage of nothing is still nothing.
@@MrRld1960 Arguing that minimum wage is fluid enough for fair pay is like saying the minimum wage has always been enough pay. It hasn’t and that’s why the minimum wage has always been increasing over the years. A minimum percentage gives everyone a fair piece of the pie
Can you do some power only
It's kinda sad that 15 years ago we could find a lot of loads for $3 a mile. Now the cost of living has tripled, the cost of groceries and goods is sky high, the cost of fuel is crazy, yet were still only getting loads for $2.50 to $3 a mile
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Can you recommend a good cpa for trucking i live in Maryland but would use one out of another state if he's good thanks
Hey sir, actually i wanted to know that if i want to start a company worth 100 or 150+ trucks then what will be the best load board for canada ??
In the US, Dat. Not sure with Canada
What about flatbed loads
do you ever ask for a fuel surcharge? does anyone?
It’s already included in rate
@@MakeCentsTruckingnot always. Not on the load board. I have had good luck with saying I'm good with the line haul rate but will need extra for fuel surcharge. It works sometimes.
If you use DAT One for loads, do you have to be setup with each different broker on there?
Yes
Which version is this dat one pro or select?
I use Pro 👊
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:01 bro havent you youtube truckers learned your lesson!? I started driving 26 years ago. What Im about to tell you aunt nothing new or brilliant ok. If you want to keep a good thing going keep your mouth shut about where you got the load, what your hauling and how much it pays. You are training your COMPETITION!
Good. Because I want more folks to know what lane rate averages are. The more that know, the more the rates rise.
@@MakeCentsTrucking thank you sir
@@MakeCentsTrucking😂 keep justifying your own demise ... Do you see brokers on UA-cam talking about their juicy lanes? No... Why, coz they don't want to train their competitors... Same thing the guy above said. LOOSE. LIPS. SINKS. RATES... none of these trucking schmucks will "raise their rates" for the greater benefit of everyone. They too busy running to the poor house 😂😂
@@vroor32you are clueless. This helps everyone get on the same page. Screw the broker they don't set rates. We do as drivers!!! If everyone says... I'm not moving for anything less than ??? then the broker has no choice but to tell there customers to pay more. If carriers would work together and get on the same page then everyone could make $5 a mile. See this is how corporate ran companies stay in the green. They work together so that one doesn't undercut the other. Then they laugh at us the consumer because we are to desperate to push back on the price. Did you know that years ago you could go into a sears and negotiate prices on anything in the store. But after they figured out that most just paid the asking price they quit allowing it. Then other companies followed sute. Try calling up a corporate company doing a service and negotiate the price. It won't happen. But go to a small business "not corporate" and you can negotiate the price. So before you run that 26 years of experience mouth. Stop and accurately look at the bigger picture!!!
@@vroor32Sometimes its just good to be seen & not heard!🙄
The market is crazy low.
Explain.. I’m still doing better at rpm than when I started my MC in 2017
If ya believe that contract rate posted on dat 😂😂😂 BS . That’s a broker app not a truckers app
I’ve noticed driver complain too much these days. Real hustlers take what they got and make it work and even with today’s rates u still can make a shit load of money. U just have to be optimistic. Sometimes u have to put the logic aside and make magic.
Nah playa… by the time you call about that load, there’s 10 different stipulations to it that makes it where you can’t even do it.