Truck Driving Jobs

tootie04 · #11 10-25-2007, 03:18 PM

Your fuel is low.... figure 5mpg divided by the national average....it should be around .60 a mile right now.

tootie

rank · #12 10-25-2007, 03:20 PM

yeah Tootie that's spot on.

MADLUX · #13 10-25-2007, 07:09 PM

Ok I redid everything now that I have some real figures to play with. Any thing that you see wrong, or that could be changed let me know.

MADLUX · #14 10-25-2007, 07:11 PM

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Originally Posted by SteveBooth

Madlux asked me in a PM what my insurance costs are so I figured I would post it instead of replying back. I pay $7,000 total for $1,000,000 liability, $100,000 cargo and that also includes my truck and trailer coverage.

Thanks for the info steve !

MADLUX · #15 10-25-2007, 07:20 PM

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Originally Posted by rank

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Question about the $15,000 truck/trailer relpacement.....does that mean if you get a new truck and trailer in 5 years you will be able to do it for $75,000 (15,000 x 5). That seems a little light also.....

Thats for another used truck, either 3, 4, or 5 years, or more down the road. Since trucks deprecates so much in there first 2 years I could get a decent 2 to 3 year old truck at a decent price, and another decent used trailer if the one I get falls apart.

If both at the time need to be replaced then I will still have a good down payment and a low amount to finance.

rank · #16 10-25-2007, 08:49 PM

Your latest number is pretty much exactly what I estimate my costs at. I expect you to have lower costs than me because we have drivers that pay ZERO attention to fuel mileage. If you bulid a business model around $1.44 + you should be safe.

It ain't pretty.

sidman82 · #17 10-25-2007, 10:37 PM

Now that you have all these figures. Imagine working for .90c to $1.10.
You can clearly see that even a $1.40 will catch up to you and bite you in the a$$. :?

MADLUX · #18 10-25-2007, 11:21 PM

Now the question is, how easy is it to get freight for $2.00 a load?

mike3fan · #19 10-25-2007, 11:34 PM

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Originally Posted by MADLUX

Now the question is, how easy is it to get freight for $2.00 a load?

get it or avg. it?

get it,yes sometimes

avg. it,not likley

Rev.Vassago · #20 10-26-2007, 12:03 AM

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Originally Posted by sidman82

Now that you have all these figures. Imagine working for .90c to $1.10.
You can clearly see that even a $1.40 will catch up to you and bite you in the a$$. :?

Even the $1.70 that Steve says he averages, with this model, he'd be paying himself $0.19 per mile.