Wood do people not like hauling lumber?

Mar 06, 2019 at 03:20 PM CST - 1
Posted by a private BulkLoads.com member.	Posted by a private BulkLoads.com member. We get a lot of hang ups when sourcing trucks for lumber loads. What's up?

Replied on Thu, Mar 07, 2019 at 08:01 AM CST
Posted by a private BulkLoads.com member.	Posted by a private BulkLoads.com member. What are you paying on a per mile rate?

Replied on Thu, Mar 07, 2019 at 10:34 AM CST
Posted by a private BulkLoads.com member.	Posted by a private BulkLoads.com member. I'm passing them $2/mile and up. I got a MN to WI load for 2.39 right now.

Replied on Thu, Mar 07, 2019 at 10:34 AM CST
Posted by a private BulkLoads.com member.	Posted by a private BulkLoads.com member. MN to SD, sorry.

Replied on Thu, Mar 07, 2019 at 02:49 PM CST + 1
Posted by a private BulkLoads.com member.	Posted by a private BulkLoads.com member. no tarp?

Replied on Fri, Mar 08, 2019 at 07:47 AM CST + 2 - 1
Posted by a private BulkLoads.com member.	Posted by a private BulkLoads.com member. that one probably isn't moving because it's to short of a haul. $2.39 isn't worth the time. on shorter runs you have to pay more per mile. I don't move the truck for less than $500 and thats 0-50miles that load will sit there until someone is looking to go specifically that destination in Wisconsin. Also are you requiring tarping? if so tack on another $200 this time of the year. who wants to stand out in the snow and cold dragging heavy tarps? I sure wouldn't.

Replied on Fri, Mar 08, 2019 at 07:47 AM CST

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that one probably isn't moving because it's to short of a haul. $2.39 isn't worth the time. on shorter runs you have to pay more per mile. I don't move the truck for less than $500 and thats 0-50miles that load will sit there until someone is looking to go specifically that destination in Wisconsin. Also are you requiring tarping? if so tack on another $200 this time of the year. who wants to stand out in the snow and cold dragging heavy tarps? I sure wouldn't.

Replied on Fri, Mar 08, 2019 at 07:47 AM CST
Posted by a private BulkLoads.com member.	Posted by a private BulkLoads.com member. around where I live,lumber is dirt cheap.People haul it when they have too,but don`t like it one bit

Replied on Fri, Mar 08, 2019 at 07:47 AM CST + 3
Posted by a private BulkLoads.com member.	Posted by a private BulkLoads.com member. $2.39 is not to bad depending on dead head... we dont haul anything under $3.80 lumber...hoppers $4.10 on 25 tons or 1000 bushels anything over we do mileage on tonnage get our tonnage rate and add to if we over that...everybody happy with rates and we stay busy 7 days a week..15 trucks...so $2.39 a mile needs to have supper high paying load for back haul bc deadhead fuel labor all that kills profit not caught in breakdowns and toll roads of needed.

Replied on Fri, Mar 08, 2019 at 07:47 AM CST

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Posted by a private BulkLoads.com member.

$2.39 is not to bad depending on dead head... we dont haul anything under $3.80 lumber...hoppers $4.10 on 25 tons or 1000 bushels anything over we do mileage on tonnage get our tonnage rate and add to if we over that...everybody happy with rates and we stay busy 7 days a week..15 trucks...so $2.39 a mile needs to have supper high paying load for back haul bc deadhead fuel labor all that kills profit not caught in breakdowns and toll roads of needed.

Replied on Fri, Mar 08, 2019 at 07:47 AM CST + 1 - 3
Posted by a private BulkLoads.com member.	Posted by a private BulkLoads.com member. We have moved lumber and building products as a brokerage for 19 years. It is not sexy and rates do not pay "Unicorns & Rainbows" as one rep says. I tell most carriers that it is a "utility load" to get you somewhere you want to be, out of somewhere with no freight or to get you home. The carriers that hang up on you are the same ones that will "deadhead before taking that rate", cannot spell customer service and won't be in business in 5 years because they don't even know what it takes to run a truck. A guy don't like my rates, I am not mad. He can take it, leave it or find his own customers. Too many people with no manners and no professionalism. A little commonm courtesy goes a long way in what is a "tough business on a good day'! Be Safe Out There! Bill P.

Replied on Fri, Mar 08, 2019 at 07:47 AM CST

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Posted by a private BulkLoads.com member.

We have moved lumber and building products as a brokerage for 19 years. It is not sexy and rates do not pay "Unicorns & Rainbows" as one rep says. I tell most carriers that it is a "utility load" to get you somewhere you want to be, out of somewhere with no freight or to get you home.

The carriers that hang up on you are the same ones that will "deadhead before taking that rate", cannot spell customer service and won't be in business in 5 years because they don't even know what it takes to run a truck. A guy don't like my rates, I am not mad. He can take it, leave it or find his own customers.

Too many people with no manners and no professionalism. A little commonm courtesy goes a long way in what is a "tough business on a good day'!

Be Safe Out There! Bill P.

Replied on Fri, Mar 08, 2019 at 07:59 AM CST
Posted by a private BulkLoads.com member.	Posted by a private BulkLoads.com member. Hello good morning its friday anyway if you have good money to pay ill haul anything 10-4

Replied on Fri, Mar 08, 2019 at 08:00 AM CST
Posted by a private BulkLoads.com member.	Posted by a private BulkLoads.com member. i see iam from chicago iam not ill have to change something Hmm

Replied on Fri, Mar 08, 2019 at 08:37 AM CST - 1
Posted by a private BulkLoads.com member.	Posted by a private BulkLoads.com member. That load is no tarp and 530 miles. The price doesn't seem to bad. And it has flexible pickup and drop off. If anyone wants it, let me know.

Replied on Fri, Mar 08, 2019 at 10:10 AM CST
Posted by a private BulkLoads.com member.	Posted by a private BulkLoads.com member. Muscle Shoals, AL TO Dudley, NC** W/tarp $1475 MC# 263175 READY 3-11-19 Waterloo IL to Marsing ID 47500LBS NO TARP $4300.00 MC#263175 817-226=6249

Replied on Fri, Mar 08, 2019 at 10:11 AM CST + 4
Posted by a private BulkLoads.com member.	Posted by a private BulkLoads.com member. I work for a whole lumber co. They hired me to find trucks for various loads. We also have taken on a warehouse of our own and store materials for other customers. I have some great trucks that know taking a 20 mile load (local to them) at $250, I will also give them the longer hauls to get their trucks back home for a decent rate. They don't kill me on my short stuff or light loads and I don't take advantage of them. It is a give and take. I know not everyone in the business has my mind set. But I am old school and believe you get what you give. I would not ask something of anyone that I would not do myself. Just yesterday, spent over 2 hours assisting in unloading a truck after hours so he could make his next appointment. Many have lost the old ways of helping each other when possible. Everyone is take take take with no room or mind to give.

Replied on Fri, Mar 08, 2019 at 10:11 AM CST

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Posted by a private BulkLoads.com member.

I work for a whole lumber co. They hired me to find trucks for various loads. We also have taken on a warehouse of our own and store materials for other customers. I have some great trucks that know taking a 20 mile load (local to them) at $250, I will also give them the longer hauls to get their trucks back home for a decent rate. They don't kill me on my short stuff or light loads and I don't take advantage of them. It is a give and take. I know not everyone in the business has my mind set. But I am old school and believe you get what you give. I would not ask something of anyone that I would not do myself. Just yesterday, spent over 2 hours assisting in unloading a truck after hours so he could make his next appointment. Many have lost the old ways of helping each other when possible. Everyone is take take take with no room or mind to give.

Replied on Mon, May 13, 2019 at 08:09 AM CST
Posted by a private BulkLoads.com member.	Posted by a private BulkLoads.com member. Check the driver in Colorado that hit 28 vehicles an killed 4 people