{"text":"Can I get some info on how to quote prices for loads for a flatbed? Thanks for any and all help.","videos":"[]","link":"{}","pics":"[]","canComment":true,"externalShare":false}
{"replyTo":"","text":"Of course get as much as you can. But you need to know your cost per mile. That’s every expense you have. I figure it on 3000 miles a week. Sometimes you do better sometimes worse. But that’s about average. My target rate right now is $1.80 a mile but with fuel trending up again I will raise that soon. I don’t take anything under $1.80 then I look at rates coming out of the area and adjust it for how much I’m going to dead head. I will dead head 300-400 hundred miles for good freight! I’m not doing charity work so if I can’t make a wage on it I just don’t haul it. A little experience and watching the market for different lanes you will figure it out pretty quick. Rates change in different markets at different times of the year so my best advice is follow the money. ","replyToPid":0}