Insurance cost rising! Driving us to the ground

689880

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162871 发表于 2019-11-14 14:57:24 your obviously doing it wrong or working for a cheap cheap broker freight company, the loads I run average around 5 bucks a loaded mile and it's not heavy haul, I drive about 2k loaded miles a week and get 78 percent.

","text":"We probably are doing it wrong, but at the moment we don’t know what else to do. We are auto shippers, we own our own business and our own equipment. We get about $3 per mile- make our own schedule and hear from no one. If you have any ideas, I am open for suggestions. ","replyToPid":251012}

689880

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162871 发表于 2019-11-14 14:57:24 your obviously doing it wrong or working for a cheap cheap broker freight company, the loads I run average around 5 bucks a loaded mile and it's not heavy haul, I drive about 2k loaded miles a week and get 78 percent.

","text":"You’re probably right- I just don’t know how to do it- I guess this is why I was reaching out. How do I do it? Been just running with Ready Auto and Carsarrive assigning our own loads on Central, maybe we need to find a dispatch company, but where, who? ","replyToPid":251012}

180741

{"replyTo":"","text":"Yeah, there's always the guy who's making \"$5 a mile\" when national rates are in the tank. What he doesn't mention is that he's doing 20 stop routes or hauling explosives for the government with 3 day detentions. There is no easy money in trucking.","replyToPid":0}

180741

{"replyTo":"","text":"Pretty much all economists will tell you that next year begins the next Recession. That means that we haven't seen the bottom yet. The important question to ask, with that in mind, is \"Can we ride it out?\" and of the answer is No, then the sooner you plan your exit strategy, the better. Sadly, all businesses go bankrupt eventually. Don't think of it as a failure because Im sure you made some money along the way; the business served it's purpose. It's just and end of that business and maybe the beginning of something else that may be even better. If you rationally conclude that you can't sustain then make that decision and start thinking about what's next. Trucking will come back in a few years and we can all climb back in the cab and make money... for awhile.","replyToPid":0}

162871

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689880 发表于 2019-11-15 17:45:31 We probably are doing it wrong, but at the moment we don’t know what else to do. We are auto shippers, we own our own business and our own equipment. We get about $3 per mile- make our own schedule and hear from no one. If you have any ideas, I am open for suggestions.

","text":"that's the problem with auto hail they insurance is outrageous that's why I'm sold all my carriers and started doing cab and chassis it pays more work less and the company pays the insurance","replyToPid":252233}

689880

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180741 发表于 2019-11-15 20:13:05 Yeah, there's always the guy who's making \"$5 a mile\" when national rates are in the tank. What he doesn't mention is that he's doing 20 stop routes or hauling explosives for the government with 3 day detentions. There is no easy money in trucking.

","text":"Right! Completely agree!! As I understood, we were doing average, if not more. ","replyToPid":252337}

689880

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180741 发表于 2019-11-15 20:22:24 Pretty much all economists will tell you that next year begins the next Recession. That means that we haven't seen the bottom yet. The important question to ask, with that in mind, is \"Can we ride it out?\" and of the answer is No, then the sooner you plan your exit strategy, the better. Sadly, all businesses go bankrupt eventually. Don't think of it as a failure because Im sure you made some money along the way; the business served it's purpose. It's just and end of that business and maybe the beginning of something else that may be even better. If you rationally conclude that you can't sustain then make that decision and start thinking about what's next. Trucking will come back in a few years and we can all climb back in the cab and make money... for awhile.

","text":"This was the best words ever, it made my husband and I both feel better and couldn’t agree more! You’re awesome, and we will be back! Can’t ride anymore and we did make great money and had amazing experiences! My husband has drove for 30 years and a break is what he needs. We refuse to let our profits shrink and shrink while the “man” takes our hard earned money! Thank you so much, to you and everyone who couldn’t agree more. I applaud all who could keep it going, we are taking a step “back” until we are ready again 🥰🚘","replyToPid":252348}

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689880 发表于 2019-11-14 07:04:58 Wow!!! That’s so sad- we had another driver and set up but just couldn’t do it- he didn’t like to work anyway lol. It’s looking up though- I need a retirement plan so I can enjoy my years- can’t save anything right now

","text":"I just leased your trucks on the somewhere else and lower your overhead by cutting out the carrier insurance from your pocket. there's some big companies lease on they have a humongous fuel discount like you my only pay a little bit over a dollar a gallon and they paid for your plates and permits with their money.","replyToPid":250887}

762776

{"replyTo":"","text":"After five years in business I got out in March.Rates were super cheap,Insurance was high,and competitors were popping up everywhere eager to drop already cheap rates.","replyToPid":0}

689880

{"replyTo":"","text":"100 percent true all the way around. It’s been like this for a while, we were able to stick it through, but then we had to start using credit cards and there was just not enough cash flow anymore. ","replyToPid":0}