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Hey, how's it going?
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Good man.
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Hey, I was calling about your load out of St. Augustine, Florida to Chesapeake, Virginia.
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Yeah, picking up tomorrow morning between 7 and 9.
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Delivery's gonna be next day before 1 o'clock.
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It's, uh, let me see.
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So 15 foot long, 10 foot wide, 8 foot tall.
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Just need a standard RGM.
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What's the commodity?
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I think it's some type of Howard house.
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Trying to look in here.
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Question, in terms of the rate, could you guys come up to three grand on this?
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Yeah, man.
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I'm trying to be around 24s.
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I think where we've been coming these for.
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I gotcha.
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Okay, I'm going to hold off on it for now.
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If anything changes, I'll reach back out.
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Thanks, man.
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What's up, Jack?
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What's up, Jack?
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I was calling on your uh claysburg pa to madison wisconsin
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the 58 000 pound one okay yeah this is 10 six
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wide uh 10-1 tall uh 58 000 pounds the zx 245 patchy excavator
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and uh we'll need out riggers on this one pick up
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would be monday by appointment have 3 300 on the rate okay yeah i'm looking at 4 000 is
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that something you can do 4 000 you said yes we
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can pick it up first yeah i'm sorry i wouldn't be able to get up to 4,000.
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I could probably do 34, but that would be our best here.
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Yeah, 34 is just a bit too low for us.
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If anything changes, it's 11.
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I mean, our truck is about 30 miles away.
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Sounds good.
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Thanks.
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Yep.
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Let's call him from Jacksonville, Florida to Jeffersonville, Ohio.
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All right, what sort of equipment do you have?
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Uh, 6X on the RGN.
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Do you see the dims there in the posting?
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Yes, I do.
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Actually, a little smaller, from what I told you.
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The weight's accurate, 35,000 pounds, but it's only 9.5 wide, 25 long, Lows tomorrow and try me to click it's coming out of the port.
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Okay, he's got a twick hard.
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What's the commodity?
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It's created Pretty machinery battery packing equipment go on to one of those battery plant.
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Okay, gotcha You guys do 45 on this or what's what are you guys looking at?
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I got it.
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I got you four and I got two people on hold waiting for it too.
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I gotcha.
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Let's book it as a height is that accurate the 12.76?
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Let's call it 12 9 so 12 and three-quarters.
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Okay, yeah, that's fine.
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Let's lock it in.
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He can load it first thing in the morning.
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He's empty now.
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Um, gotta get connected with you on highway now.
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Alright, I just sent an invite over to you.
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Okay, alright, let me...
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...and I'll get you right now.
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Sounds good.
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...coding back about the Wigland the Humble.
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Uh, yeah, is that available for Monday?
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It is.
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Um, what was your MC real quick?
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It's one...
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Okay.
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This is a John Deere excavator.
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It's a 250, uh, GLC, Gulf Lima, Charlie.
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29 in the well, but it's 34-2 in total length.
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11-3 wide, 10-1 high, 55-7 on the way.
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It's picking up from a machinery company in Midland and going to the Richie Brothers in Humble.
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The driver does need to be able to operate the machine for self-loading and unloading, and will need PPE gear on site to pick up and receiving.
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Okay, that's not a problem.
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Looks like we're looking for photos of the VIN once it's loaded.
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as well just to make sure we've got the right one moving.
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And it looks like this is currently up at $1,600.
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I got you.
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Could you do two grand?
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Let's see.
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I can ask about it.
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That may be a little higher than they want to go for.
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Would you be able to do it at like $18,000 or $19,000?
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I mean, two grand seems reasonable.
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Do you want to ask and see what they say, what they counter with?
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Yep, I'll do that right now.
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One second.
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Sure.
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When would he be looking to pick up?
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Is it Monday, I think?
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Yes, Monday.
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What time?
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First thing or midday?
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Oh, it'd be like in the morning before noon.
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I would say around 11 a.m.
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Okay.
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Yeah, they're countering at 18.
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They can do 19.
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I know we're set up, so it should be pretty straightforward.
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Yeah, it should be pretty simple.
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I just need final confirmation real quick.
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Apparently, this is a new location for us.
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This is a heads up for you.
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It's a new location at the pickup?
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Yeah, like we haven't worked at this company before, basically.
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And we're just wanting to make sure things go as smooth as we can.
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Well, you got the right carrier for that, man.
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Yeah, I have a few.
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I know we've done things with you guys before.
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So, just for your knowledge, that's all.
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I got you.
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Yeah, no worries.
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I mean, our driver is pretty good.
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He's a professional.
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Okay, awesome.
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Yeah, looks like we're good at 19.
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Give me one second here.
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All right.
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Make sure I've got all your info down.
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and I'll get you paperwork.
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How strong is Tim?
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Hey Tim, I was calling about your Apple to Wisconsin and Olive Branch, Mississippi.
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Yeah, was that the RGN?
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I got two of them there.
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What I got is I got a forage harvester there.
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24 feet long.
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It's 11.6 wide.
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I do need outriggers on that.
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That seems to be the hang up right now.
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I'm trying to find somebody who's got outriggers for that.
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Do you have outriggers on your trailer?
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You mean the flat out outriggers or the flip outs?
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Either one's fine.
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I just need them for stability purposes.
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Yeah.
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It's good.
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So if you have that shape, you're 13 too tall.
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You could take a little air out of the tires, get it down to that 13, no problem.
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So you don't have any issues with height as far as escorts and stuff there.
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37,000 pounds.
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Got to be in there by 4 today to pick it up
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or we can pick it up at 8 o'clock in the morning.
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Just need to have it delivered Wednesday afternoon.
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We do have slide outs, out workers.
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That's not an issue.
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But the only problem is he's about four hours away.
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So I don't think he'll make that 4 p.m pickup today.
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It might just be first thing in the morning, if that's okay with you.
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Yep, that's fine.
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Like I said, I just need to have it delivered by Wednesday afternoon.
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That's the key.
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I'm to be flexible on the pickup as long as we get it in there.
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Yeah, that deliverer shouldn't be a problem.
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He'll just run it and get it there first thing Wednesday morning.
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uh in terms of the rate did you have any wiggle room on this one um what do i have
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that i had a 35 i'll tell you what i was working with another truck
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and i was able to get another 250
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so i'm just gonna be up front with you
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and tell you i can raise that up another 250 help cover permits
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and stuff i just didn't that truck didn't it fell off on me
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so i do have that i just don't have it reflected in the post
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but i do have another 250 what is your mc number
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so that's going to be what 37.50 could you do 38
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even it puts it right at five bucks a mile yeah you think you just do 30 38 even
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yeah let me look at something here yeah
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and you got 500 000 perfect no i'll do that
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because this is 670 000 machine okay i'm gonna get i'll
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get the rider for the other 100 170 i can get a lot less than you can
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so i'll pick up that charge on
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that one you guys have a good carrier good standing so I don't have a problem doing that for you guys.
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All right.
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Yeah, let's do it then.
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Let's lock it in.
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I'll have him head that way as soon as I have an address, and he'll be there first thing in the morning to pick up.
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Okay, I got it right, Tim.
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Okay, I'm going to send this right to you, Ramil.
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All right.
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And you can get him dispatched.
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Okay, sir?
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Sounds good.
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Thanks, Tim.
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Appreciate you.
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Thanks, buddy.
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All right, bye.
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This is Natalie.
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Hey, Natalie.
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I was calling on your Union, Georgia, Twin Valley, Minnesota.
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Yes, sir.
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for the excavator yeah yeah i do have
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that it's picking up at richard brothers okay that's a big
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one it could pick up um i don't i don't know
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that they stick 100 to needing appointments um but
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if they do they don't have an appointment available until tomorrow
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so that's why i posted it for tomorrow's date okay yeah tomorrow's fine uh that's
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when the truck is going to be available okay um are
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the permits paid on this i would need an all-in rate
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from you yeah i'm doing the math give me one sec yeah i i don't know
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if we're going to be far off or not
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but i'm looking at like 68 all in you said 68 yeah pick up tomorrow yeah you pick up tomorrow
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and we got 500k in cargo it looks like this is a brand new unit or relatively new 2023 Yeah,
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I think somebody scratched it up or something.
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Don't have too many hours on it.
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It's pretty new, but you'd be good.
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Yeah.
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I don't...
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What is your MC?
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1-0.
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Yep.
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You guys have moved stuff for me before.
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Yeah, we moved a bunch of stuff.
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I could do 68 for you.
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Let's do it.
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Where did I ever be?
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It's going to be Rob.
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Rob?
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Rob?
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R-O-B?
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Yep, you got it.
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Appointment time.
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Uh, let's just do noon because the traffic can be rough sometimes in Atlanta.
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But yeah, noon should be fine.
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Like I said, if he gets there before that, they might let him in.
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I don't know how, you know, if they're sticklers with the whole appointment thing at that Ritchie Brothers tomorrow.
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Yeah.
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That's fine.
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Some really don't care.
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Yeah.
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So I made the appointment for noon tomorrow.
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Okay.
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Like I said, if he gets there before, they may let him in and load him early.
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Does the receiver need an appointment? or is
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that going to be a Monday delivery or do they take it on the weekends?
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Nobody is there on the weekends, but if your driver can cell phone note, he's welcome to do so as long as you send in pictures showing that it's where it's supposed to be.
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We'll see.
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Maybe he'll deliver it on Sunday, maybe just or Saturday.
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I don't know.
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Yep.
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Sounds good.
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Thanks.
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I'm signing the Raycon, so I'll send it right back to you.
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Okay, perfect.
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Sounds great.
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All right.
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Appreciate it.
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Have a good one.
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All right.
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Thank you.
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All right.
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Bye.
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You're welcome.
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How's it going, man?
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I was calling on your Newberry, South Carolina to Euclair, Wisconsin for RGN.
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Yeah, man.
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We're sure to see.
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Yeah, cool.
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Pick up for this is my appointment today
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or monday delivery is 8 am 4 pv day next week
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picking up a wa 500 28 feet long 10 6 wide
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12 5 tall 72 000 pounds got six grand on the
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hood 12 5 tall w w a 500 you said correct
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that's a wheel loader okay what time what's the earliest you
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have for monday um i don't know to to be completely honest with you.
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Okay.
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That's fine.
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He'll be empty on Saturday, so he could just be there first thing.
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So if you get the earliest appointment.
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And another question, so at 72,000 pounds, do you have any room on the rate?
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I mean, what are you looking for?
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I don't know, like 65.
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I can get you like 68.
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I think that's fair.
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Let's lock it in.
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All right.
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Who's the driver on this one?
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It's going to be Tom.
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Cool.
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Awesome, man.
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Let me get an appointment set for you on the farthest rate.
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I don't know if you need like five minutes to be here in your box.
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Perfect.
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I appreciate it again earliest you can get man all right
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perfect thanks yeah hey Carter I was calling what you're on
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Nashville Tennessee to Baltimore Maryland for Tuesday yeah 83,000 pounds just
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a little overhead lift the MJM 90 RT 83,000 pounds 10 5 wide 11 6 Hall loads up 10 a.m
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and then delivers Thursday morning between 8 and 10.
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Is this going to the port?
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Nope.
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Not the port at all.
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Something else.
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What if he delivers the next day?
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I would just have to ask on that.
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It's just when they have a crane and the crew on site to unload them.
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I gotcha.
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I would have to see if they can reschedule it.
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I don't.
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That's obviously no guarantee or anything.
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Okay, so that pickup, that 10 a.m pickup, could that be moved back a little bit because he's got off-loaded Chattanooga.
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I could probably be moved back.
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What time could you be there?
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I can't say for sure.
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He's delivering on Chattanooga an excavator. So once...
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He should be empty around 10 a.m.
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And then it's 140 miles deadhead.
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It'd be like an afternoon.
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Let's see.
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It's not just a safe time.
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It gets empty by 10.
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It's like a 3 hour drive depending on...
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It'll take 2 to be safe.
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I mean you could maybe be there earlier.
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Yeah, if you can do it for 5k all in, I mean, I can ask if you want to.
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Yeah, let's do it.
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Okay, let me, I'm going to ask the sales lady to call over that customer.
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What's your MC?
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Let me check it.
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Sure.
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Let me see what I can do.
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Is this your best phone number to call you back at?
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Yeah.
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I know I'm not going to have an answer, like, right away, so it'll probably be 10, 15 minutes or so, at least.
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That's fine.
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You can call me here.
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I will, I'll call you back either way, if it works or not, and then we'll just go from there.
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Yeah, sounds good.
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Thank you.
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Hey, I know you're emailing me, but I called you back or I tried to answer and it wouldn't answer, but hold on a second.
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Hold on one second.
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Sure.
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Okay.
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Do you guys, could you, you want to take the load or?
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Well, I have no info on it, so I thought I'd just call you and see what you guys have out there. Which?
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I know you have a few.
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Which one is it?
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Oh, yeah, because I told you to call me.
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Dallas, Texas.
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Yeah, the Dallas to Hazelhurst, Georgia.
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All we got left is Kawasaki 95 Z as in zebra.
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Kawasaki 95?
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Yep Z as in zebra.
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Okay is that that heading?
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They need 26 in your well, 10 and a half wide and about 72,000 pounds.
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Is that operable?
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Yes.
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But your driver has to load it up.
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Okay.
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Is it coming out of that Richie Brothers?
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No. It's coming out of equipment dealer.
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I gotcha.
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You got any room on this one?
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It's pretty heavy.
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No, I don't.
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Yeah.
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It's like 72,000 pounds.
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I know Louisiana's going to be at least 400 bucks.
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Nooo, let me see.
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And then you got Texas, that's like 210 bucks.
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I mean, it would be close to 800 to 900 bucks in permits.
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That's a two day run, 900 miles.
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Let me get you another 200.
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So what, like 32?
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32. Might be able to make that work.
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Uh, let me check with the driver.
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So pick today, deliver Friday.
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Yeah, or Saturday at their holding yard since he's RGM.
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Okay.
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Yeah, he said, yeah, we're good for it.
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So if I want something over for 32.
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Okay, will do.
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Thank you.
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All right, thanks, Jeremy.
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Bye.
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Bye.
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What's up, Mark?
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Hey, what's up, Mark?
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I was calling on your Chicago to Arlington, Texas load.
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Okay, uh, yeah, nothing too crazy on the CAT 325F.
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29 feet, the answer is long, I'm sorry.
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And 5,100, about 50,000 pounds.
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Okay.
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Uh, so this one loads today, right?
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Do you know, do you know their hours of operation?
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They usually shut up at like 2.30, 3 o'clock on Friday, but...
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He's about an hour away.
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Uh, he's empty now.
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I guess in terms of the rate, you got it at 4,000.
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Could you meet me at like, 40,000 on this one?
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I mean, my phone won't stop ringing.
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Unfortunately, I just could get into people who have consistent like lives in the system.
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I mean we're a pretty good carrier man.
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We got like 500k in cargo, we got reliable trucks, brandy trucks.
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Yeah, 50 miles out.
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He's in Juliet.
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Sounds good man.
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I appreciate it.
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Thank you.
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I was calling on your load here for Monday out of like Simpson, Tennessee going to Baltimore.
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Uh, yeah, we got two radiators there.
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22,000 pounds, just 22 feet long, 8'6 wide, 11'7 tall, and 22.50 on it.
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Gotcha.
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It's going to the port?
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Yep.
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Do we need a tarpet or anything?
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Nope, just two hands.
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Gotcha.
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Could you do 2,800 on this?
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I'd have to take down your info.
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I got one of the three already covered at 22, so I'll probably want to stick close to that.
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Maybe you could do it for 25, I think that's reasonable.
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Okay.
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If I can get to 25, I will give you a call.
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Sounds good.
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Thanks Jared.
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Appreciate it.
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Yep.
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Bye.
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Calling about your load out of Tulia, Texas to Avon, Minnesota.
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For Monday, how are you unload?
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Yes.
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Okay.
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So it's a T300 Kenworth Lube truck weighing 35,000 pounds.
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Gems are 33,6 by 86 and 10 and a fuel rate of 2,800.
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Yeah, it's just good to be a little bit too low for us.
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Okay.
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All right, appreciate it.
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All right.
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Bye.
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I heard you guys were sitting at Claysburg to Chattanooga.
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I got a few of them here for RGN.
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Yeah, I'm looking at the heaviest one you got.
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I think it's 83,000 pounds unless you got something.
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Yeah, I got four of them.
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I got 83,000 on them all.
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Looks like they're just ZX 350 excavators, 11.6 wide, 11.6 tall.
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Pick up Monday or Tuesday, delivery Tuesday, Wednesday.
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Uh, looks like he's running them at $5,000.
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Yeah, I was trying to get a bit more on it.
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I think I over-quoted him earlier.
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If you do maybe $55,000.
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Okay.
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For just one of them?
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Yeah, I've just got one truck there now.
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That's ready to roll.
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No worries.
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Give me just a second here.
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Okay.
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I just spoke to him.
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He's going to be pretty firm here.
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He said he could come to like $51,000, but that's going to be his best.
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$51,000.
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Could you do $52,000?
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Yeah.
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No, he's not willing to move anymore.
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Yeah, it's just these permits are expensive, man.
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I know Tennessee.
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No, I completely understand.
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I tried to get them to budge anymore.
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I just couldn't.
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So 51 is going to be our best for right now.
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Okay.
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What's the earliest appointment you have for Monday? For Monday.
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We haven't set anything yet.
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I can see what's available.
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I'm sure you just got to shoot an email over to them and see what they have.
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Are you looking for, like, first available?
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Yeah, first thing in the morning so we can get it loaded, get our permits, and start rolling.
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But, yeah, 51.
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Yeah, let's lock it in.
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Let's do it.
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Perfect um i will request first available um i'll see what
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i get here just a few i'll give you a call
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or shoot you a text when i hear from them
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but i just throw the load on hold so it's yours
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but uh just give me a few minutes to get
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that appointment sounds good thank you all right thanks for me
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talk to you soon yep bye it's gonna be a cat
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966 g we have a loader 24 in the well about 11 6 wide we know 56 000 pounds
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and they're paying 2800
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so what time does it look tomorrow Hazelhurst You guys have
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room on the rate on this one You said what Is
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Jeremy Oh I was just about to email you back On state college I just got your email Yeah
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so it's a cat 966 It is yeah With the letter G as in girl after it
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Okay 11 and a half wide and 56 56,000.
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Gotcha.
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I was going to say, could you do 33 on this one?
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Not with this customer.
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He's not he isn't going to move.
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He's pretty strict at what he's got, so.
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Yeah, so not even 3,000?
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No, of course he could, but he won't do anything.
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Okay, let me, I'll run it by the driver and see what he thinks, so, and if he's okay with it I'm going to call you back.
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Okay.
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Cool.
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Alright, thanks, Jared.
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I was calling by your Valera, Texas to Plattsmouth, Nebraska.
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Uh, yeah.
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You see the dimensions on this bed, boys?
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Uh, yeah, 14.8 wide.
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So we'll probably need some escorts here.
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Yeah, yeah you will.
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Is that something that the customer is willing to pay for?
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Nah, that's all in.
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I guess, what's your top dollar for this?
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I mean, what are you looking for?
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I gotta get a rough estimate of what the pilot will cost, so I can't really give you a number,
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so I'm just curious as to what you guys were looking to move it So what is that rate 55?
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Yeah Okay
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John Derrick 9370R 45,000 pounds so it's gonna have the the duels on it basically right is that why it's that wide?
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It's not something they would be willing to just take off put it on our back deck
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Let me find out I'll reach back out.
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I appreciate it.
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I was calling on your Baltimore,
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Maryland to Acorn, Ohio Yep
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26 feet 48 524 it's gonna be a telehammer um it's
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labeled them um okay it's just a little heavy 48 000 pounds
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yeah just a little heavier um and then it's going to an equipment spot
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and they're first you know first serve seven to 430
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and then um yeah as long as you're in the port
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by 130 um they'll get you loaded just gotta get this
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picked up by friday okay i'll have a driver available tomorrow uh he's he's got twic
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and e-modal okay all right in terms of the rate is
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he willing to come up on this one uh where are
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you looking at man uh like 1800 is our target target number i got you um they They don't have
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that in it.
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What do you think about that?
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They said 15 is better.
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15. Yeah.
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Yeah, because for the wait permits, it's just as expensive.
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Pennsylvania and Baltimore.
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Right, right.
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But, all right, I guess if, yeah, if he's not able to come up anymore, then we'll probably have to hold off on this one.
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But if anything changes, I'll reach back out.
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Okay, 10-4, 10-4.
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He might give you a ring back when he gets up on that time.
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Okay.
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All right, sounds good.
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Thanks Call about your Baltimore Maryland or Laverne, Tennessee Yeah, give me one second on that Yeah,
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so that one looks like a material handler Loads an RGN,
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weighs about 62,000 pounds Dimensions are 422 long, 118 wide, 133 high This will require TWIC
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or escorts we'll load looks like tomorrow 8 a.m to 3 p.m
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and then we'll deliver I guess Friday you think you make
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a Friday delivery on this one seven hundred seven miles yeah
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that's the plan what are their hours yeah I'm gonna deliver 730 a.m to 430 on Friday in
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that case okay so permits are covered on this one
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the permits will be covered through Westchester permits on this one
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so you you go ahead
545
and put in the info in the email I'll give you here get permits
546
and we'll reimburse you with the new rate com
547
when you send me the invoice gotcha looking at the numbers
548
here could you do 35 on this one I can not
549
get you 35 on this one where you what do you
550
think I get you to 3100 could you meet me at
551
32 I gotta run it real quick by the driver meet
552
you at 31 50 on this other time let Let me ask him, let me see what he says.
553
Give me one second.
554
Yep.
555
If you were someone, give me a call back when you find out.
556
Oh, it should be quick.
557
Okay, yeah, yeah, yeah, just give me a call back though.
558
Okay, I got you, I will.
559
Give me a few minutes.
560
Appreciate it.
561
Calling you back on that Baltimore to Laverne, Tennessee.
562
Yes, what do you have for him?
563
He's asking for 32 even.
564
Okay, I can't get there on that one.
565
Yeah.
566
Well, check our AMC, man.
567
We've done a lot of work with you guys.
568
Okay.
569
Do you have 250k for the RGM insurance?
570
We have 500.
571
Okay, sounds good.
572
Okay, you can deliver it Friday?
573
Yeah.
574
Okay, I can get you at 32. Do it.
575
We have this put together and I want to make sure I got a good contact for you.
576
So make sure I got that email on file here too.
577
Yeah, you can send all the port paperwork so we don't have to worry about that.
578
And then I can email you back with the driver information.
579
Yeah, yeah, so I'll send this RICON out.
580
Just give me like 10 minutes on it.
581
I'll send this rig on out to you.
582
You can put the driver information on there
583
and once I have the signed copy back I'll send you all the port paperwork and the BOL as well.
584
Okay, perfect.
585
Thanks.
586
Appreciate it.
587
All right.
588
Thank you Hey, morning, I was calling on your Decatur, Alabama to Concord, North Carolina.
589
All right.
590
Are you familiar at all with No,
591
but let me google this real quick So it was kind of like a forklift Yes, it's a forklift, but you need,
592
so if you look, if you scroll down after you've Googled, it's not those ones that are like warehouse jacks.
593
It's actually wheeled, but there's a, it drives, it essentially drives in all directions, right?
594
So you need some, you need some donnage to load it not
595
that crazy and it can it can load sideways
596
if you want to the problem
597
if you load it sideways as you will be about nine foot wide okay
598
so it's loading at it's loading at though at the dealer going to a service center
599
so I mean there'll be people there to help we just need the right equipment
600
and dunnage okay yeah we've got an RGN
601
so the DEMS are illegal you just need done is basically correct
602
when does it
603
when do they need this loaded by I see it's posted
604
for today okay I have a driver there first thing in the morning tomorrow
605
and then I'll deliver it on Friday okay in terms of yeah I was gonna What was he gonna say?
606
Could you do it for two grand?
607
Hold on one second.
608
I can do 19.
609
I gotta be out too man, I'm sorry but he's gotta do some deadheading today.
610
That's just kinda the reason I'm asking for two.
611
You know, I never understood why I always gotta pay for deadhead.
612
You know, that's the one thing that sticks out to me me that somebody's deadhead becomes my problem.
613
Well that's why I don't want to I don't like to say it like
614
that but it's the truth I'm being honest with you.
615
I'll tell you what I'm not going to split hairs let's go ahead and do it.
616
Okay cool yeah let's lock it in.
617
Yeah he's got dunnage so we should be fine and if it's a deal it should I'm sure they'll help him out.
618
Yeah they'll help as long as we have them
619
but I don't want him to show up
620
and not have anything on his truck they're not going to have it all there you know what I mean.
621
Yeah.
622
That's all they request so let's see I got you.
623
Alright, who's the driver on this one?
624
This one's going to be Matt.
625
Alright, let me know if you received that.
626
Alright, let me see.
627
Alright, hold on.
628
That one should have won it.
629
Yep, I got it.
630
Alright, 10-4.
631
Hey man, I was calling by your Seabrook, Texas to Omaha, Nebraska.
632
This is for an RGN.
633
Alright, it picks up in Seabrook, Texas between 8am and 1 o'clock.
634
It's on Thursday.
635
A TwitCard is going to be required at the port pieces
636
of machine parts 34 feet long 8.3 wide 12.1 tall it's 54,560 pounds and jobs off in Omaha Nebraska on Monday
637
uh you said these are machine parts or is it like one unit? it says one pieces of machine parts
638
okay that's pretty vague
639
I'm trying to see
640
if they can make it tomorrow yeah another question could it potentially pick up tomorrow and then deliver Friday?
641
Um, no, it's the shipper won't be ready till Thursday.
642
What if he picks up Thursday and delivers Friday?
643
I'm not too sure.
644
I can double check, but I don't know.
645
Yeah, so...
646
It's like 750 miles, so...
647
If it's not that wide, he should be able to do it.
648
Yeah, I have to call the broker really quick and see if I can find a Macon Mono.
649
One second here.
650
Yeah, so it's going to be like a concrete pump machinery.
651
And then we'll have to pick up that Thursday and drop off Monday.
652
Okay, so it does need to be dropped Monday.
653
Are they loading this with a crane?
654
Gotcha, okay.
655
Could he come up to 45 on this one since it's a Monday delivery?
656
42. Do you have a direct extension I can call you back?
657
I gotta check with my driver and see what he says.
658
All right, appreciate it.
659
Hey Dalton, I was calling about your Monroe, North Carolina to Buchanan, West Virginia.
660
I have a log skater down there.
661
It would be just under 11 feet wide, 45,000 pounds.
662
It would be picking up from an auction.
663
What time do they close?
664
I think around 3.
665
What time would you be looking at?
666
I think it would be a little past 3, more like 4.
667
Is it an operable unit?
668
Yeah, yeah, they just have to jump it.
669
I think they push it on a battery, so somebody would just need to jump it for you.
670
Or else you could just go in there and load yourself.
671
Could grab it first thing in the morning maybe if you wanted.
672
If you want to be there around 4, you might go and make a work, but if you're looking at 5, it might be too late.
673
I gotcha.
674
What was the model number of this?
675
General Deer 748L.
676
Okay.
677
And you got to close it to 14.
678
Yes, sir.
679
In terms of delivery, like, is it going to a rental place or an auction?
680
It's going to another auction yard, yes, sir.
681
Gotcha.
682
You got any room on this one?
683
How much you looking for?
684
18. I can't do it.
685
I can't do it yet.
686
Yeah, give me a few dollars and I'll reach back out.
687
Dispatch.
688
Hey, good morning.
689
I was calling on your show at Fort Worth, Texas to Shelby, North Carolina.
690
Hey, what kind of trailer do you have?
691
We got an RGN.
692
It's a six axle setup.
693
How much do you have in the will?
694
$29.
695
I'm going gonna need at least 30 in
696
that one unfortunately 30 what is it gonna be a roller
697
a roller do you have like a model number no I
698
don't have a model number okay we've got 29 feet we have an upper deck and a rear deck as well.
699
Yeah.
700
I got to send at least a 30 foot in there.
701
I gotcha.
702
Okay then.
703
Thanks for calling now.
704
Yeah, no worries.
705
Bye.
706
Just calling you about your Clinton, Illinois to Princeton, North Carolina for tomorrow.
707
Yeah.
708
He's asking if you come up to 28 on this one.
709
Uh...
710
At 12 wide, I mean, that's pretty wide.
711
Yeah, I understand that.
712
You got West Virginia, you got the snowstorms.
713
Yeah, I I can get another 50 bucks in if you get 26.50.
714
I don't like these odd numbers.
715
Different times.
716
You know, they only do 27.50.
717
No, I wish I could, but I can't.
718
I'm stuck there.
719
27 even.
720
I wish I could.
721
I'll get rid of that for this much, believe me.
722
I mean, I think West Virginia, if you're 12 wide, you need escorts, right?
723
And North Carolina as well.
724
I'm not showing any escorts on it.
725
West Virginia is the 12 wide limit.
726
All right, I guess I'll have to hold off on it for a little bit and see.
727
Okay, that's no problem.
728
44P Gen A loader.
729
It's 22.5 long, 10 wide, 11.5 high, and weighs 43,000.
730
It can load tomorrow or Wednesday between 8 and 3 by appointment.
731
We take care of those permits, and we have 2,300 on it.
732
Do you guys have any wiggle room on this one?
733
I don't have much left.
734
I can do 24 on it.
735
Alright, um, yeah, it's just a little bit too low for us going to Rochester.
736
Is that the best you could do?
737
That's the best I can do.
738
Okay.
739
Alright then, I appreciate the info.
740
Thank you.
741
Spatch, this is Kay.
742
Yeah, Kay, good morning.
743
I was calling on your Shelby, North Carolina to Shellfield, Wisconsin.
744
For what type of equipment?
745
Uh, it's for an RGN double drop.
746
It's $51,000, an industrial machine.
747
It's traded.
748
It does have a value of $1.6 million, so you'd need that in cargo or get a rider.
749
Loads tomorrow, 6.30 to 8, and delivers either Wednesday or Thursday.
750
We need to set a rigger appointment.
751
You'll need air ride and tarp.
752
It's 17 by 8 by 9, 1018 miles, pays $5,200.
753
I've got half a million in insurance.
754
I don't have a I don't have a million
755
and we're not gonna be able to get writer Is that something you guys can get?
756
No, Carrier has to get the writers.
757
Alright, well, thanks for the information.
758
Thank you.
759
Hello, this is Mitch.
760
Hey Mitch, how's it going?
761
Good, how are you?
762
Well, I was calling on your posted load here out of Neosho, Missouri going out to Multin, Alabama.
763
Yeah, I've got a green machine in RGM with 26 feet in the well.
764
They're looking to have it picked up anytime this week, but trying to get it there by Friday morning 29,000 pounds eight
765
and a half feet wide 11 and a half feet tall Could you do 2000 on this?
766
I can check and see if I can do that a little bit out of my Range there,
767
but I can I can give them a shout see what they say.
768
Yeah, I mean It's ones to see if we're set up Oh, we should be.
769
We've got pretty high cargo insurance as well if that helps.
770
Okay, cool.
771
That's always good.
772
Cool.
773
He can pick it up Thursday before noon and he'll get it there Friday for sure.
774
Okay.
775
I'll see what they say and I'll give you a holler back and let you know either way.
776
Okay, thanks.
777
All right, thanks.
778
Bye.
779
Let's call him by your Baltimore, Maryland, Kent, Ohio.
780
Yeah, I just responded to your email.
781
Which one are you looking at?
782
I've got an oversized one and I've got a Leap of One.
783
The one that's 53,000 pounds.
784
This is the oversized one.
785
Let me grab that one here.
786
So it'd be loading at this point tomorrow.
787
The port's already closed for the day.
788
Right.
789
Standard port hour 7 to 3.
790
It's a Furukawa rock drill.
791
I could give you the model number if you wanted to look it up.
792
Yeah, what is it?
793
That's DCRL.
794
That's Delta.
795
Charlie.
796
Romeo.
797
Lima.
798
3-0.
799
Okay, I got it.
800
It's a tracked unit.
801
Okay.
802
So, and then delivery is going to be what, Friday?
803
Yeah, they're 8 a.m to 4 p.m receiving hours in Kent.
804
Anytime Friday, it'd be fine.
805
Up till 4.
806
Okay.
807
What you got on here for the rate? Is it?
808
2,035 of 340 miles.
809
You want to do 2,200?
810
I can meet you at 2,150.
811
I don't even have 22 in it.
812
That's fine.
813
Let's lock it in.
814
He'll pick it up tomorrow deliver
815
it Friday yeah yeah
816
truck 25 trailer RG3 and then
817
if you could just pass a note to him have him inspect this unit they ask us to send pictures
818
if there's any kind of damage like if there's any scratch any panel
819
that looks it might be loose anything that he spots on the unit
820
that looks like it's out of place send me a picture
821
so we can document it
822
and send it to the customer okay that's not a problem i appreciate
823
that and i'll have the port documents i'll send it right after the the rate confirmation
824
and i'm sending
825
that right now okay sounds good is there anything else you
826
need for me uh nope i mean as long as he's
827
already set up with e-modal to get into the port oh yeah if not i could help with getting them registered.
828
No, yeah, we're good.
829
All right then, have a good rest of your day.
830
I'll sign the rate call once you send it over.
831
Yeah, sounds good.
832
I just hit send, so you'll see it come through.
833
I appreciate it.
834
Perfect.
835
All right, bye.
836
Hey, how's it going?
837
Good, how are you?
838
Pretty good.
839
I was calling on your load out of Kernersville, North Carolina, going to Lyle Illinois for tomorrow.
840
Yeah, it's just a 350 excavator, 7-2-wide, 12-3-call.
841
It is 76,000 pounds, pays 4,400.
842
Gotcha.
843
Does this have an appointment for loading?
844
No, it's first come first serve, 6 to 2.30.
845
I got you.
846
It's another day or tomorrow.
847
Any chance you could do 5,000 on this?
848
No, I don't even have it, but I got 4,500 total.
849
7U44 is the last one I got.
850
Alright, let me check on my driver and then I'll reach back out if he is interested.
851
Okay.
852
This one is from Curnersville, North Carolina, Peru, Illinois.
853
It's 72,000 pounds.
854
It's a 470P excavator from John Deere uh it looks to be it's 131 wide
855
and 142 tall okay and all burgers are going to be needed just one pick one drop
856
so that one's going to be four thousand all in what's the weight on this one is
857
that yep okay does it have like a bucket it does
858
not specify why is it showing 112 000 pounds on on
859
john deere's website i mean yeah i'm assuming something is missing then from it But it's never, I mean, these weights have always been on.
860
So I just always gloss on what the John Deere rates are.
861
Okay, so 72,900.
862
Pretty accurate, you would say.
863
Correct.
864
All right, understood.
865
Could you do 45 on this?
866
Unfortunately, that's going to be more than what I got in the load here.
867
I could throw another box on a 41, but that's it, yeah.
868
41. You want to do 42?
869
We got 500k.
870
41,50.
871
Why don't you want to do 42 even?
872
Come on.
873
I can't.
874
You can't do it.
875
I wasn't going to go from 41, but...
876
Alright, let's lock it in.
877
We'll pick it up tomorrow morning.
878
What's the MC?
879
Okay.
880
And load it to 7 to 2.30 tomorrow.
881
What time do you think the driver will be there?
882
Oh, 7 a.m.
883
Okay, sounds good.
884
Time to go to now.
885
Alright, thanks, Eric.
886
Thank you.
887
Bye.
888
I was calling about your Grand City in Lois and Cleveland, Ohio.
889
Yeah.
890
I got a 6x, uh, 20-90 at 30 feet in the wild.
891
Uh, well, it's 35 feet, 4 inches long.
892
Okay.
893
So, I don't know, maybe depending on your setup, you might be able to squeeze it in.
894
I mean, it's there's not a lot of clearance, but just depending on how your setup is You might have
895
to block it up a little bit to get over your wheel up.
896
Yeah, but yeah, but it's long Do you have a picture of it by any chance?
897
Yeah, yeah, I'll hang up with Tech Tim You could drive up there, but I was gonna say could you do I mean how much are you paying on this?
898
Uh, Tech 25, but I mean there's really no sense.
899
I mean if you can't do it right, we can talk about that once you see it No, I think he could do it cuz I'm the way our setup is he could drive up on the rear axle Oh, okay, okay, yeah.
900
I mean it's at 2500, I think it's a pretty good deal, but now I need a six axle.
901
Yeah.
902
So, it's not something to pay for a six axle.
903
You don't think you can do 28?
904
Uh, oh, I could probably get there.
905
That's not unreasonable.
906
Okay.
907
Well, let's lock it in then.
908
He's empty now.
909
He's like 10 miles away.
910
You got it, buddy.
911
Here, can you text me all your info?
912
Okay, I'll do that.
913
It's one of the mornings, I'm just taking shit tons of calls.
914
Understood, I got you.
915
I'll do that.
916
Yeah, you can text me, like name, MC number, that, and then I'll send you a picture of it.
917
Okay, perfect.
918
Thanks.
919
Hey, Caden.
920
I was calling on your Baltimore, Maryland to Euclair, Wisconsin.
921
MC number please.
922
Looks like you've already got 500k in cargo.
923
Perfect.
924
That one is one pickup on delivery.
925
It is a K621G.
926
We do order the permits on this one.
927
Looking for an RGM at least 29 feet in the wheel.
928
Over dimensions, loads 10 feet wide, 30 feet long, and 11 feet tall.
929
Weight is 26,800 pounds.
930
Picks up in Baltimore at the port.
931
Is your drive-rap twig?
932
Yeah.
933
Picks up between 7 and 3, either on the 5th, 6th, or 7th.
934
And delivers in between the 5th and the 9th, between 8 a.m and 4 p.m.
935
First come, first serve at both locations.
936
Get ready to $24.50 on that one.
937
That's like $2 a mile, man.
938
That's pretty low.
939
Yeah.
940
I'll just have to hold off on this one, but thanks for the info.
941
Yep.
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Key Words & Phrases to Add to Your Toolkit
The conversation is packed with industry-specific and universal terms. Here are standouts:
- RGN: A type of trailer (useful for logistics, but shows how acronyms work in fast talks).
- "Hold off on it": To delay a decision ("I’ll hold off on booking until I confirm the rate").
- "By appointment": Scheduled in advance ("Pickup is Monday by appointment").
- "Dims": Short for dimensions (common in quick, professional chats).
These phrases work beyond freight—they’re building blocks for clear, concise speech.
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The speakers use a relaxed, conversational tone with natural pauses and contractions ("gonna," "gotcha"). To mimic this, try the shadowing technique: play a short clip, pause, and repeat it immediately, matching the speed and intonation. Focus on reducing "ums" and "uhs"—the brokers keep it tight! For extra practice, use a shadowing site to slow down the audio. Pay attention to words like "Chesapeake" (cheh-suh-PEEK) and "excavator" (ek-SKAH-vay-tur) to improve English pronunciation. Remember, the goal is to sound natural, not perfect—just like the speakers in the video.
With consistent shadow speech practice, you’ll soon handle professional calls with the same ease. Dive in, and let the dialogue guide your progress!
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
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|---|---|
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| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | haven't worked · we've done · have moved |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | be moved · are covered · will be covered |
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