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Are you kidding me $1.10 a mile

Im just gonna put this out here for my own satisfaction Im not gonna reply probably wont even read the comments. But are you freaking kidding me. As im sitting in Hereford, Tx with no load out of here and turning to the load boards for some help. I decide well gonna have to bounce a little bit farther than we usuually do so i start reaching out a little farther and find a load from Guymon, Ok to Wichita, Ks its grain of course. I send an e mail inquiring about avaialability and the rate. I get a prompt response of yes but can you load in Texhoma. Well yea less bounce miles. Notice they didnt send back the rate. I ask for the rate and i get 35'ish back in a bout 10 minutes i put the calculator to work and quickly decide im not going to haul for $1.10 a mile. Now to the point of this, and im sorry if youre offended by what follows but i believe it needs to be said. Who ever is hauling at these kind of rates. Please take you junk ass falling apart equipment off the road and in the scrap yard. If you are consistently hauling for that price there are a few things your not doing maintenance is one of them. There is no way to make money at $1.10 a mile if there is please enlighten me and show your work in a comment. Gentleman pull your heads out of you asses and quit hauling at these pitiful rates. I know this wont change anything but I feel better now. Please post ideas how to change this industry and put money back into drivers and owners pockets and not in the brokers pockets. Oh and I hope ya'all arent banking on high fertilizer rates this year, I dont think its gonna happen they got the rates so low right now and people lined up to haul at these low rates why raise the rates.

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