Fly By Night Brokerage, LLC

09/29/2026

Washington freight rates are on fire 🔥 🔥 🔥

🍎 Apple and pear season is only halfway done, and Pendleton re**er rates are already at four-year highs

📈 Yakima outbound re**er rates are at four-year highs, according to USDA truck-rate data
🌴 Yakima to Miami loads are reaching $12,500 to $13,500
🏙️ Lanes to Boston, New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore are generally running about $9,300 to $11,500
☀️ Even the shorter haul to Los Angeles is up 90% from last year
🔥 Yakima rates are up anywhere from 18% to 90% year over year, depending on destination

The Pendleton market covers the Yakima Valley, one of the nation's major tree-fruit growing regions, and there's still substantial apple and pear volume left to move before the harvest window closes. With rates already historically strong, refrigerated capacity could stay under pressure as the season progresses, especially on long-haul lanes into the East and Southeast.

Re**er carriers, are you hauling out of the Yakima Valley this fall?

**erFreight

09/16/2026

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09/15/2026

One of the best trucks hauling some of the best Arizona Alfalfa to Missouri. 🐝🚛🌱

09/03/2026

..............add this to $6/gal fuel. Spot market = 🚀🚀🚀

08/30/2026

Every hay supplier and trucker at the end of August! If you think they're not working hard, just ask this guy! 💀💀💀

08/18/2026

More breakdowns this month than all year! The trucks are tired of this heat too!

August heat is hard on everything but it seems like its hardest on fan clutches lol

Come on October 🥵🚛 🍂

08/18/2026

Produce volumes are down 18% in the Central Valley. So why are re**er rates up 32%?🍇

The answer is capacity, not freight. Fresno is losing trucks faster than it's losing loads, and the next two weeks could tighten things further.

📉 Central Valley produce volumes down roughly 18%
📈 Fresno outbound re**er spot rates up about 32% year over year
🚛 Brake Safety Week runs August 23 to 29, pulling more trucks off the road
🪪 California's enforcement of non-domiciled CDL and English-language requirements is thinning capacity further

You don't need volumes to rise for rates to rise. You just need capacity to fall faster, and that's exactly what's happening here.

Re**er operators, Fresno is the market to watch this week👀

**erMarket

08/12/2026

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08/05/2026

Do you know your cost to idle? Is a gallon an hour accurate? If so, it costs trucks $6 an hour to wait to load/unload. Run the .

An hour of idling burns about a gallon of fuel.

Ten hours a night. Every night. Do that math over a year.

Nobody is telling you to be uncomfortable. Comfort matters out here. But know what it costs so you can decide if it is worth it.

Most drivers have never run that number.

Run it.

07/08/2026

"Fixed my tarps sir. Good to go?" 🤣🤣🤣
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