1st month running my own authority
#1
09-29-2006, 11:22 AM
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Jacksonville, FL
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1st month running my own authority
Hello all. I have been off for a few weeks. So far I'm doing well. First couple of weeks were slow being new. But thing have picked up, last week was an $8400 week before expenses. Spent about 1000 in fuel. Only incidental was blown tire which cost 318.00. Anyways I know thing will get better with time. Oh by the way that is pulling a dry van. Most of it came from running 90 miles loads paying 500 dollars a pop. I am averaging about a buck eighty a mile.
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#2
09-29-2006, 11:41 AM
Re: 1st month running my own authority
Originally Posted by Collard Greens
last week was an $8400 week before expenses. .
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#6
09-30-2006, 02:20 AM
Re: 1st month running my own authority
Originally Posted by Collard Greens
Hello all. I have been off for a few weeks. So far I'm doing well. First couple of weeks were slow being new. But thing have picked up, last week was an $8400 week before expenses. Spent about 1000 in fuel. Only incidental was blown tire which cost 318.00. Anyways I know thing will get better with time. Oh by the way that is pulling a dry van. Most of it came from running 90 miles loads paying 500 dollars a pop. I am averaging about a buck eighty a mile.
I just did some quick calculations. I think your numbers are off a bit. If you are averaging $1.80/mile with $8,400 in revenue, that means that you have run 4,666 miles in one week? At 5 mpg, you would have used 933 gallons of fuel. Did I miss something? Are you saying that you spend $1,000 in fuel or bought 1,000 gallons? I don't see how you could have run that many miles pulling 90 mile freight. Perhaps you could clarify this for us?
#8
09-30-2006, 03:37 AM
Well this post started off good. Breakdown the $8400 for us so we can believe you. Gman ran the numbers and he says something is fishy. Please prove us all wrong. I want to believe the $8400 Greens because thats the kind of money O/O's should be making each week. Congrats on getting your authority.
#9
09-30-2006, 05:49 AM
Re: 1st month running my own authority
Originally Posted by GMAN
Originally Posted by Collard Greens
Hello all. I have been off for a few weeks. So far I'm doing well. First couple of weeks were slow being new. But thing have picked up, last week was an $8400 week before expenses. Spent about 1000 in fuel. Only incidental was blown tire which cost 318.00. Anyways I know thing will get better with time. Oh by the way that is pulling a dry van. Most of it came from running 90 miles loads paying 500 dollars a pop. I am averaging about a buck eighty a mile.
I just did some quick calculations. I think your numbers are off a bit. If you are averaging $1.80/mile with $8,400 in revenue, that means that you have run 4,666 miles in one week? At 5 mpg, you would have used 933 gallons of fuel. Did I miss something? Are you saying that you spend $1,000 in fuel or bought 1,000 gallons? I don't see how you could have run that many miles pulling 90 mile freight. Perhaps you could clarify this for us?
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#10
09-30-2006, 07:13 AM
I think I got his numbers figured out. It looks like he spent $1000 on fuel which is about 300 gallons. If he made 17 runs for $500 each he would have $8500. If each run is 90 miles he would have gone 1530 miles which at 5 mpg he would have burned around 300 gallons.
It's the 1.80 cpm that doesn't add up. Maybe he netted 1.80 after every expense known to man. |
