View Poll Results: What is your per mile cost to move your truck?
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Operating Cost
#1
01-02-2008, 05:24 AM
Operating Cost
Excluding what you pay yourself, how much does it cost you to operate your truck, per mile? (Fuel, maintenance reserve, tire reserve, insurance, permits, etc.)
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#2
01-02-2008, 06:43 AM
I'm not even an O/O, but anyone who drives a tractor trailer and voted for anything besides "more than $1.00" is fooling themselves and/or doesn't know their cost per mile.
I would say, even running an efficient operation, if you can get under $1.25 -even without paying yourself- you are doing very well. -p.
#4
01-02-2008, 11:36 AM
These are not my numbers or anyone else's for that matter, just something I put together to stimulate discussion. What part(s) are accurate/inaccurate?
Operating Costs *Edited to update link
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#5
01-02-2008, 12:04 PM
Originally Posted by PhuzzyGnu
I'm not even an O/O, but anyone who drives a tractor trailer and voted for anything besides "more than $1.00" is fooling themselves and/or doesn't know their cost per mile.
I would say, even running an efficient operation, if you can get under $1.25 -even without paying yourself- you are doing very well. -p. Agreed.
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#6
01-02-2008, 12:20 PM
Who is fooling who? I know my costs.
Truck is paid for I don't pay any type of insurance/base plate All I do is pay for fuel(average around 7.5 mpg) and repair the truck. Considering average freight pays around what, 1.50 per mile, maybe 1.60? If the average o/o's cost were a buck a mile, that means they make the same as a company driver. I certainly didn't buy a truck to make the same as a company driver.
#7
01-02-2008, 12:53 PM
Originally Posted by allan5oh
Who is fooling who? I know my costs.
Truck is paid for I don't pay any type of insurance/base plate All I do is pay for fuel(average around 7.5 mpg) and repair the truck. Considering average freight pays around what, 1.50 per mile, maybe 1.60? If the average o/o's cost were a buck a mile, that means they make the same as a company driver. I certainly didn't buy a truck to make the same as a company driver. The only real tradeoff for most O/Os is that they are not under forced dispatch and are not governed at a certain speed. To do better than a company driver you have to be above average. A 1.70pm average is barely above that.
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#8
01-02-2008, 12:58 PM
Originally Posted by PhuzzyGnu
I'm not even an O/O, but anyone who drives a tractor trailer and voted for anything besides "more than $1.00" is fooling themselves and/or doesn't know their cost per mile.
I would say, even running an efficient operation, if you can get under $1.25 -even without paying yourself- you are doing very well. -p. please break it down with numbers that backs up why it cost over $1a mile?
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#10
01-02-2008, 01:43 PM
Originally Posted by mike3fan
Originally Posted by PhuzzyGnu
I'm not even an O/O, but anyone who drives a tractor trailer and voted for anything besides "more than $1.00" is fooling themselves and/or doesn't know their cost per mile.
I would say, even running an efficient operation, if you can get under $1.25 -even without paying yourself- you are doing very well. -p. please break it down with numbers that backs up why it cost over $1a mile? I'd like to see somebody else's numbers, too. The ones I used in my assumptions include a truck payment (which not everyone has) and are probably a little on the high side anyway - and I still didn't get more than $1.00/mile. I only used 2,500 miles/week - running more would bring your cost/mile down, too. *Edited to update Link
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