[gcal]

ok here is the main info maybe someone can give me some advice so i don't go broke AGAIN.
850 mile trip one way 1 drop at 50$ and using their trailer. California to Oregon. three trips a week and no back haul guaranteed. but i can use there trailer on the way back if i find something on my own. if i use it for more then one day they charge me a 30 dollar fee for the day.
what do you think is a fair bid?

any and all advice is encouraged.

[gcal]

keep in mind i want to make a bid they will possibly take not just bid an outrageous amount that will not get me the lane.
i first put a bid of 1.35 pm and was hoping i can get a load back through the boards. what do you think.

[jroqueman]

1.35 pm sounds cheap to me, but I am in a different part of the industry. I guess you have to find what it cost you to run your truck per mile and build in a comfortable cushion. You should not bid until you know exactly what it cost you to run your truck.

[gcal]

thats were my problem comes in.
i sold my old truck and am in the process of buying a new one. i found a Volvo 660 01 with 701k miles and they want 32.5 for it and will not budge. now if i buy this truck i have no idea what it will cost me to run it. a estimate (from friends that run the same motor and truck that it should get me an 6mpg loaded.
i figure 750-1000 per month in up keep for the truck.
road tax? in function of how many miles i drive
truck payment at 850 mo
insurance at another 850 mo
pay for me
and other expenses

[allan5oh]

Are you talking about 3 complete round trips, or 3 one way trips?

[gcal]

3 one way trips are for sure. the way back i have to find my own loads but i can use their trailers

[aubie2]

gcal Posted:

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3 one way trips are for sure. the way back i have to find my own loads but i can use their trailers


That would be 5100 miles a week (roundtrip). I don't think you would have time for a return load. :?:

[rank]

Gcal,

My estimate: $2.30/loaded mile if you pay yourself $.40/for all miles.

[tootie04]

Have you included the cost of running in OR?? that will get expencive!!

tootie

[tootie04]

Is it 850 one way or round trip?? cause if it is one way how can you log 4950 miles at 55 MPH and do it all in 70 hs??

tootie