Help Rating cross country loads?

personally i dont think your close. what about layover pay sitting for a week in vegas? $11500 is only about $2.27 per mile for the round. or is that one way? and out of ny. ( is that ny city?) i'd say $3 per mile and some kind of layover pay for the week.

 

$15,000 for the round trip isn't bad i think as long as you cover hotel and meals while on the layover. And I'm not talking some motel, but maybe not a place on the strip. I just spent a week in Vegas and the Golden Nugget was very nice and cheap with lots to do on Fremont St. And only $20 for a 3 day pass on the Express to the strip.

loads from vega to ny are available, but the rates are around $2.75 mile, same as the loads out to Vegas. The problem you will run into is the layover.

 

If I was bidding a job like this, I would say $2.10/mile on the trucking = $11,000.

It's a little unclear what the drivers duties are once you get to Vegas, does he just drop the trailer and come back in a week ? Or helping unload, reload, etc. ??

I would normally bid $500/day waiting x 7 = $3500. And $45/hr for any additional duties such as loading and unloading.

But, you know, it is Vegas, and we all like to go to Vegas. So you may be able to find somebody to go cheaper. You might want to pay half when you get there and half when you get ready to leave to insure the driver has $$$ left for fuel to get you back to NY !! good luck.

 

It may be a good idea to find some kind of short run out of Vegas and back instead of sitting. My opinion is not to promote this position as a fun kind of trucking holiday; otherwise you will not recruit truely professional drivers. Maybe a broker can find something to keep you busy and the truck making at least a money for the week (unless the shipper unerstands that they will need to pay for that truck sitting). One would have to consider what the truck could make by running 5 days in between loads.

 

For the layover is the driver required to be present for the week. Is the trailer unloaded so he could work a few short trips in the mean time or pick up some power only loads.
If you will not allow him to pick up another load he needs to be compensated for that but you should also put restrictions on what he can do. You are not paying for his vacation.

 

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