Price Per Ton, Bushel, Etc.

The original poster is just fishing. You can find current trucking (dry van, reefer, flatbed) rate summaries on load boards such as DAT. Bulk freight rates are a little tougher to grasp because Bulk Loads does not track rates. Shippers and brokers that are willing to pay up and timely will always get a truck.

EVEN if O/O stop its going to make a difference ,the best would be to get drivers that relize these companies are bending them over to

Another good reason to stop is fuel prices would drop also

The problem with trucking is to many say they cant stop and are afraid to lose their jobs ,O/O need relize the banks dont want your truck they will work with you if you shut down for a few days , company drivers need to grow a set and relize the company needs you worse than you need them

The trucking industry could be the most powerful organiation in the USA if they band together and VOTE we would have more influnence than the NRA

Being we are basically the hearbeat of this nation no matter what kind of business you are in trucks influnence it one way or the other as do fuel prices

When towards the end of the comes and you are fueling O/O OR drivers look at the amount of across the nation that is being pumped into to trucks

Imagine 2-3-4 days shut down how much fuel there would be not sold ,plus the supply chain at a stand still

Ive worked as driver for a company where a gal running it shorting every one hours , tried to get guys together and shut her down ,there were about 32 trucks I tried explain all we had to do was call the state ,but every said there wouldnt do anything , i said I awould do all the paper work neccasary

and could only get a few that would sign or talk with the state , excuses were I need this job or nothing will happen etc etc , i just confronted her told her she had until next pay day to pay me and then called the State they called eventally cuz my hrs were right plus the hrs she had shorted me

I had to this with another company a little difference scenio but called the State and had a check within 2 weeks , so imagine the power and the results

if you had a organization behind you, so if start to vote no matter party I believe it would make a difference ,that one crazy guy that went I 80 some how relized how big that trucking industry is I could go on and on here but I need to find load ,which just bought to mind factoring companies which

in my opinion should be outlawed and there should a law that companies have T pay with a 2 week period at very longest or be charged so much pay day ,I'm nobody's banker and i need to put fuel in every at astronicmal prices ( just a note spelling lol ,I didnt win no spelling bee contest ) lol

My truck hasn't moved since the 15th of December. My miles for 2023 are down 14% from my average. So I've done my part. I hope my actions have helped others achieve the higher rates and lower fuel prices they "need".

Perception. You are correct. I see and hear things that are a real head scratcher.

You want to understand how to do this pricing in trucking okay, but you should have learned all this in grade school folks. If you start off with 10 apples and you must have 2 apples to eat per day, 4 apples to feed the horse per day, 3 apples to give to the tax collector per day, and 3 more apples to pay to keep your apple cart moving. You're done after the first day.

You see this is the problem with most of the industry. They haven’t figured out how to add up all their expenses, and yes, I mean all their expenses. For those that are wondering, there is some great software out there to help you do this. I personally run the trucking office software from www.truckingoffice.com and then I also run QuickBooks online for my accountant to be able to access and do the taxes at the end of the year. The trucking office software imports into QuickBooks very easily. So that part is seamless. I also have a spreadsheet I made so that I can look and see what rate I must have for the miles to be profitable. And these rates are for bushel of whatever, per ton for light and heavy weight commodities, and end dump rates which you can’t haul as much as a hopper, power only, etc. And I can look at my numbers at anytime and know if I’m losing money or not. But too many get into this without knowing the first thing about running a business. They think because they can turn a wheel and push some pedals that they can be an owner operator or worse yet a lease operator. Yes, most lease operators fail because they have zero idea about business, they just see the larger rate per mile and the company strings them along like the horse and carrot until they are eating 1 meal a week of ramen and living in their truck.

Looking at last year’s numbers compared to ’22 we ran 10 percent less because of rates. Was a little more profitable but that was only due to repairs being down from ’22. Fuel is only down $0.20 per mile for this year from last. But the rates are down on average $0.56 per mile. And we have all seen the increase in consumer goods i.e. grocery, tires, etc. (Yet we see all these reports of record profits. Well Cargill, ADM, Andersons, Louis Dreyfus, Bunge, Country view, Ardent Mills, ConAgra, Nestle, Kraft, Hershey, Berkshire Hathaway, BP, Kroger, Wal-Mart, Amazon, PepsiCo, Tyson, Etc. I could keep going and going just look up the largest companies in the us by revenue. You’ll see all the companies we as truck drivers haul from them.) But we aren’t seeing the rate increases needed to keep everything afloat. So, what happens, folks go bankrupt every day. We are seeing a mass exodus of carriers as far as numbers being under revocation with the DOT. Yes, this could be from not being compliant, but it’s also those that are selling their equipment.

So, learn your numbers and then start running your business.