$7.00 A mile

james dilley · #1 03/24/08, 09:11 PM

Well I load this afternoon , And the load paid $7.00 A mile One way. Not bad $350.00for 50 miles. Wish All freight paid that good.

mommagoose_99 · #2 03/24/08, 09:18 PM

How much did the gas for your truck cost you?

HilltopDaisy · #3 03/24/08, 11:40 PM

I have a buddy that hauls, and he says the best pay comes from hauling beer.

How Do I · #4 03/25/08, 12:21 AM

Actually, when I got loads out of Dallas back to KY, cell phone loads paid really well. And some of the lightest loads as well. Gotta love those light loads. Keeps a big truck moving along swiftly. LOL

anniew · #5 03/25/08, 08:58 AM

Was that 50 miles one way? Did you get a backhaul? If not you made $3.50 a mile.
Was the cargo legal?

james dilley · #6 03/25/08, 07:42 PM

40 Thousand pounds of Frozen Vegtables. The deadhead was 50 miles back. cost $120.00 for fuel,

COSunflower · #7 03/25/08, 09:41 PM

What's a dead head? Do you have to foot the gas bill or does the truck owner? Hopefully the truck owner!!! :P

#8 03/25/08, 09:50 PM

You haulin' marijuana again?

Ramblin Wreck · #9 03/26/08, 07:03 AM

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Originally Posted by COSunflower

What's a dead head? :P

Going home empty...not earning any revenue on the return trip.

watcher · #10 03/26/08, 09:18 AM

The wife once took a load of Christmas bows from a port in NY all the way to somewhere in CA one time. Talk about a light load! She also hauled some empty soda cans from the east coast to the midwest once. A lot different than the heavy paper loads she was usually carrying at the time.

Over all I think hauling cars pays about the best.

nathan104 · #11 03/26/08, 09:24 AM

Well I just paid $11 a mile for a delivery. Im getting 5 yard of caleechee(sp?) rock and they charged a $22 delivery fee. I live less than 2 miles from the place they bring it from. Thats crazy.

fantasymaker · #12 03/27/08, 12:04 AM

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Originally Posted by nathan104

Well I just paid $11 a mile for a delivery. Im getting 5 yard of caleechee(sp?) rock and they charged a $22 delivery fee. I live less than 2 miles from the place they bring it from. Thats crazy.

You are kidding right? Drive to work.Get out truck, inspect truck,prepare paperwork,load truck, drive to you, find out exactly how you want it, listen to you gripe about cost ,drive back, Fill tank ,cleanup equipment, inspect equipment put away equipment,do paper work, drive home?
And thats a good day when checks dont bounce and the cops dont fill their quota on you.