[mike3fan]

O/O leased onto a company pulling their trailers

Based on 121,590 odometer miles

Fuel .4765 a mile
Tolls .0191
R&M .1236
Truck .1606
Trk Ins. .0249
WorkCom .0143
Health Ins. .0197
Idleaire/motel .0077
phone/internet .0184


total .8648 a mile

everything else including office expenses,UPS charges,trip permits and scales comes out to another .0050 a mile,I figure right at .87cpm

thats no maintaince fund or truck depreciation or the like,strickly operating cost this year.

[mike3fan]

I also forgot plates,I don't have the exact cost with me

Edit: exact cost was $1,916.30 for .01576 cpm

[no_worries]

I didn't say meals should be included. You misread what I wrote.

[GMAN]

Originally Posted by wildkat

At the risk of hijacking the thread GMAN, as you likely know I've spent all of my adult life in this industry, have trucked all over the US & Canada, & now after 29 years on the road, 4 years ago, I have made the full circle & gone back to my beginnings in the Canadian Arctic. I love what I do & hope to help others when I can, and the day I figure I know it all is when I have become what I never wanted to ever be known as *Super Trucker*, that's the day I hang up my skates cause IMHO that is the day I become a menace!

Always have subscribed to "If I didn't learn something today, I wasted the day" philosophy on life!

I look forward to your comments, calming voice when others get offended (you never seem to & I try not to, but some days.... :lol: :lol: ), & the wisdom you have no doubt come by the hard way! As I said earlier, please, keep the wisdom coming...we could all use some of it!

Thanks, wildkat. I think that there is always something new to learn.

[Redd202]

Of your total odometer miles per year, what percentage would you say are dead head?

[GMAN]

My deadhead usually runs at or just under 10%. Lately, it has been running much less.

[mike3fan]

Originally Posted by Redd202

Of your total odometer miles per year, what percentage would you say are dead head?

30%

[wildkat]

I probably run empty 50% of the time, where I run to there is almost no return freight, but then it makes zero difference to me as I'm paid the same loaded or empty!

[rank]

Originally Posted by solo379

And that comes exactly from there! If i spend 100+ grand on equipment, i sure suppose to count it, as a "cost of doing business"! :roll: :P

I have to agree that the equipment, paid for or not must be in the operating expense. We just paid cash for a 2008 T660...$115,000...and I'm here to tell ya that IS an expense.

Currently $1.40/mile + driver BTW. Canadian carrier - 4 trucks and 5 trailers. If anybody wants a breakdown do a search. I've typed it about 5 times.

[allan5oh]

That's what I'm saying rank.

If someone is paying 2k a month, who cares if you're beating your truck depreciation by 200 a month or so?