Seeking understanding

May 07, 2025 at 09:26 AM CST + 4
Posted by a private BulkLoads.com member.	Posted by a private BulkLoads.com member. So I keep seeing these cottonseed loads on here for less than 2 dollars a mile. I'm curious about the thought process for hauling such below-market freight. At 1.93 a mile, you take 55 cents for fuel, 35 cents for maintenance, 35 cents for truck payment, and 18 cents for insurance. That only leaves 50 cents a mile for driver wages and you haven't even paid for your plates, taxes, medical insurance, or retirement yet. Is it you don't know how to do the math? Do your creditors stop requiring payments because you are hauling below-market-average freight? Does your truck all of a sudden burn through 60 percent less fuel and maintenance cost? I'm trying to understand this sincerely. Because I just don't see anyone how those that are hauling this are operating so much cheaper than the rest of us.

May 07, 2025 at 09:26 AM CST

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Posted by a private BulkLoads.com member.

So I keep seeing these cottonseed loads on here for less than 2 dollars a mile. I'm curious about the thought process for hauling such below-market freight. At 1.93 a mile, you take 55 cents for fuel, 35 cents for maintenance, 35 cents for truck payment, and 18 cents for insurance. That only leaves 50 cents a mile for driver wages and you haven't even paid for your plates, taxes, medical insurance, or retirement yet. Is it you don't know how to do the math? Do your creditors stop requiring payments because you are hauling below-market-average freight? Does your truck all of a sudden burn through 60 percent less fuel and maintenance cost? I'm trying to understand this sincerely. Because I just don't see anyone how those that are hauling this are operating so much cheaper than the rest of us.

Replied on Wed, May 07, 2025 at 12:58 PM CST + 1
Posted by a private BulkLoads.com member.	Posted by a private BulkLoads.com member. Must make the money they need on the headhaul. Either that or in the process of going under and they don't know it. They'd be one of thousands. Only explanations I can think of.

Replied on Wed, May 07, 2025 at 12:58 PM CST

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Posted by a private BulkLoads.com member.

Must make the money they need on the headhaul. Either that or in the process of going under and they don't know it. They'd be one of thousands. Only explanations I can think of.