Your right, the guys who are serious about towing should have the proper trucks. I had a guy on Uship bid on my load with a pickup and trailer that would only haul 150-200 bales and his original bid was almost $1500. He then cut it to under $700 which is more reasonable but still I am looking for someone who can haul 400-600 at a time. It would allow me to have the hay there in much fewer loads and less hassle with having to meet the trucker to load and unload as each time you need to line up helpers and small loads are a pain. The smallest load I would like to take would be 300 bales as that would allow me to take all the hay my friend needs in one trip. She has another friend that needs 300 as well so again, if the costs worked out it would be nice as each trip would only go to one destination and fill the order. Less hassle. 600 would be better though but thats out of my ability to do myself.
I was doing some net reading today and came across a statement about how saw mills despite the loss of demand for their products are finding shipping difficult due to the number of rigs that have been parked.
That means there is a market for day cab trucking even if you are simply breaking even on the truck........the problem is finding a good driver. A rolled truck is a bad day. Trust me.