HOW WE ARRIVE AT OUR PRICES

DIESEL IS CURRENTLY AVERAGING $2.45 PER GALLON, NATIONWIDE. A CARRIER GETS APPROXIMATELY 5 MILES TO THE GALLON OF FUEL. THE CARRIER'S COSTS OF INSURANCE, MAN HOURS, FUEL AND TOLLS MUST BE CALCULATED IN ORDER FOR THEM TO MAKE A PROFIT. THEY CAN ONLY TRAVEL SO MANY MILES PER DRIVING SHIFT. THEY MUST TAKE A BREAK AFTER EACH DRIVING SHIFT BY LAW, REGULATED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. THEY KEEP A LOG OF THEIR ON/OFF HOURS AND DISTANCES TRAVELED. THEY ALSO MUST ABIDE BY WEIGHT LIMITS. THESE RESTRICTIONS ADD TO THE COSTS A CARRIER MUST ABSORB. THAT'S AN AWFUL LOT OF MATH CALCULATIONS!

DISTANCES AND ROUTES

CERTAIN ROUTES EXIST WITH A PRE-DETERMINED PRICE SCHEDULE. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TO FLORIDA IS GENERALLY $950 FOR A COUPE OR SEDAN. GO THE OTHER WAY AND THE COST IS $1050. MARYLAND, VIRGINIA, PENNSYLVANIA TO CALIFORNIA, $1100 FOR A SEDAN. IF YOUR SHIPMENT IS THE NORTHEAST CORRIDOR TO THE WEST COAST, IT COULD BE AS MUCH AS $1300 PER VEHICLE. IT HAS TO BE LOGICAL FOR A TRUCK TO TRAVEL THE DISTANCE, PAY EXPENSES, AND NOT LOSE MONEY! SNOWBIRD MIGRATIONS ARE BASICALLY THE SAME EVERY YEAR. IN MARCH, APRIL, MAY, JUNE. FROM FLORIDA TO THE NORTHEAST CORRIDOR, IT IS MORE EXPENSIVE THAN THE SAME ROUTE THE OTHER 8 MONTHS OF THE YEAR. LIKEWISE, SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, DECEMBER, SHIPPING FROM THE NORTHEAST TO FLORIDA AND OTHER SOUTHERN STATES, A PREMIUM RATE EXISTS FOR A CARRIER TO ACCEPT THE SHIPMENT.