Tankers Load Board Rates
I cannot believe some of the rates I have seen posted for tanker loads. I want to thank all who are not afraid of posting their rates. But you need to always post the product also. I just took delivery of 6 chemical tanks Tremcars, 5500 hundred gallon, got everything. $118,000 a piece, had a fifteen thousand dollar ajustment form the time I ordered till delivery because stainless went up, along with everything else. Then add hydraulics, pump, 4 chemcial hoses, Stainless Steel Cabinets, Signs and they were on order for 2 years. And someone wants to move their product for a nickel a gallon. Rates are coming down while everything is going up. I have called on Orange truck loads, how do they? Food grade loads seem to be even worse, that is even more hard for me to understand, stainless steel pumps are 10 to 15 thousand dollars just for the pump. I have been blessed getting into liquid when I did, but I want to stay in it. I rarely use a Broker, I have not been a paying member here for several years till last spring sometime and I was interested in watching broker loads and rates. Even signed up for C.H.Robinson, seems to have been a waste of time. No gottem square trailer. When I started trucking in 1977 pulled a wind wagon, we took fly ash west to the oil fields, then went to Carlsbad for potash paid good, after deregulation the potash was hauled by hoppers and rates totaly went down because Billy would haul it cheaper than Fred and John would haul it cheaper than Billy and on and on until no one would haul it. Took 2 or 3 years to work out. May still be bad, don't know. But it all starts with someone hauling a cut rate load. Don't even get me going on the word BACKHAUL. Everyone wants the government to do something, are they nuts, look what this government is doing. Its up to you. The Captain of the motor boat to let it sink, or fix it so it doesn't sink. Don't move it cheap. I can't, period. I would get my stuff dirty. Then how would I wash it? Takes money to do that if at home or Blue Beacon.
Justa rant
Paul
Bessie Liquids