I recovered my deuce from Georgia all the way to Washington state on my own. I lined up two different flakes who do business off of this board and both disappeared. I was perfectly willing to spend a reasonable amount of money, I just required the truck be picked up on a specific week. Apparently, no one could find the time over 5-7 business days to load a truck in front of me. Hauling coast to coast may have been a problem, you never know. I even had another truck lined up, so the driver could have hauled two trucks( a full 53' trailer).
I drove home myself in five days, it was a long slow drive. BUT, it cost far less than having it hauled. Airfare, fuel, hotels, meals and paid days of work ended up about 1/2 of the cost of a haul and unlike most promises from brokers, drivers and/or flake companies my truck ended up at my house.
My observation from spending a year here is that most guys are doing this on a shoe-string budget. Most of them don't have cash for more than a 500 mile haul and anything less they are willing to drive themselves if it runs.
I know you can find some work off here and through the MVPA or another truck site. I think the best bet would be to pitch yourself here and list the areas you are willing to haul and maybe throw out some estimates for cost and time. Nobody expects you to go broke or not earn a wage on top of expenses, but the shoe-string budget is a fact of life these days.
Besides there is occasionally a truck at French Camp, Ca that would need a ride to eastern Washington. Having a hauler in northern Cali might just be handy someday.
Less than 1k. Unless of course I break down and end up towing it anyway!
