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Posted on Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 11:20 AM CST in Ravenna, NE

WHATS A GOOD RATE?

So in a perfect world where one could set his own rate and still be competiable with fuel the way it is right now along with everything else what would you charge on a load going 250 miles? 100 miles? 50 miles? 25 miles?

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