Tell you what. Get ALL the information from JCT, in writing, and then sit down with a pencil, paper, and calculator and do the math.
You will need to know:
Truck payment
Truck Maintence fund
All insurance costs, and do not forget workers comp.
All expenses you are responsible for such as plates, registration, tolls, scale tickets, quallcomm rental/purchase, permits, trailer rental, insurance dedutables including freight OS&D, annual highway use tax, etc.
Figure in your fuel costs. Suggest 6 mpg as a base figure.
Who pays fuel taxes. How are they figured.
IS the FSC paid loaded and empty or just loaded.
Also find out what happens if you have a major repair expense, if you can not meet your truck payment, if you decide to turn the truck in.
Then when it is all said and done figure your total gross income based on 2500 miles per week, less expenses and see how much you will make. Oh and do not forget to take out about 25% of the pay after expenses to pay your income taxes.
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