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$5.43 per mile pulling dry van :) :)
OK, I'll admit - I have been with this company since April 2007 and this is the best paying load they have given me. I own the truck but I pull their dry van trailers.... These past week we have been picking up pre-loaded trailers in Ontario, Canada and taken them across the border to a suburb of Detroit, MI, unload live and then return empty. Each load pays ... 250 Cnd bucks and is 23 miles one way We do 2 to 3 runs in a typical day, but 3 is hard. You have to clear these loads manually at the border and it takes forever. But still ... 250 bucks for 46 miles is $5.43/mi in Cnd funds and even higher in U.S. currency. So, there is still hope for a smart owner-operator
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Re: $5.43 per mile pulling dry van :) :)
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OK, I'll admit - I have been with this company since April 2007 and this is the best paying load they have given me. I own the truck but I pull their dry van trailers.... These past week we have been picking up pre-loaded trailers in Ontario, Canada and taken them across the border to a suburb of Detroit, MI, unload live and then return empty. Each load pays ... 250 Cnd bucks and is 23 miles one way We do 2 to 3 runs in a typical day, but 3 is hard. You have to clear these loads manually at the border and it takes forever. But still ... 250 bucks for 46 miles is $5.43/mi in Cnd funds and even higher in U.S. currency. So, there is still hope for a smart owner-operator
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$250 per run X 2 runs per day = $500 per day gross
46 miles per run X 2 runs = 92 miles / 6 mpg = 15.33 gallons X $4.70 per gallon = $72.05 in fuel
I'm assuming this is a 5 day per week run, so after fuel you're bringing in $2139.75 per week. That is okay, I guess, but it isn't all that fantastic. The big plus on it is that you aren't wearing your equipment out.
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07-12-2008, 01:06 AM
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How come they have to be manually cleared?
Sounds pretty good to me.
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Also nice that you can use the fast lane on the way back.
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Not bad for an O/O. I unloaded at a generator place in Detroit. Pulled one off and put another on. Went 7 miles down the street and unloaded came back and put another one on same way. So trip one was 7 miles loaded and 7 miles empty. Paid me $200.00 for a 14 mile round trip. That comes out to $14.28 a mile. Made two rounds like that and after the second one deadheaded 20 miles north to reload for Texas. Two round trips plus the deadhead is 48 miles for $400 or $8.33 per mile driving a company truck.
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How come they have to be manually cleared?
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The entry type is called 'FOREIGN TRADE ZONE'. Basically the goods go thru the border into US without being cleared and are unloaded at a "foreign trade zone" warehouse in Detroit. Big hassle...
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Not bad for an O/O. I unloaded at a generator place in Detroit. Pulled one off and put another on. Went 7 miles down the street and unloaded came back and put another one on same way. So trip one was 7 miles loaded and 7 miles empty. Paid me $200.00 for a 14 mile round trip. That comes out to $14.28 a mile. Made two rounds like that and after the second one deadheaded 20 miles north to reload for Texas. Two round trips plus the deadhead is 48 miles for $400 or $8.33 per mile driving a company truck.
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You beat me especially since you didn't have to pay for fuel. That's why short/local/regional trips are the way to go in this business. With the price of fuel skyrocketing, it pays to stay close to home. A side advantage is you get to sleep at home every night too.
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Re: $5.43 per mile pulling dry van :) :)
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$250 per run X 2 runs per day = $500 per day gross
46 miles per run X 2 runs = 92 miles / 6 mpg = 15.33 gallons X $4.70 per gallon = $72.05 in fuel
I'm assuming this is a 5 day per week run, so after fuel you're bringing in $2139.75 per week. That is okay, I guess, but it isn't all that fantastic. The big plus on it is that you aren't wearing your equipment out.
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I fuel up in the DUTY FREE ZONE (US side) at the Ambassador bridge. They take Flying J fuel cards (TCH) and the price on July 18th was ... $4.50 per gallon. I paid no taxes, fuel or state, so it cost me only 0.75 cents per mile (4.50 per gallon per 6 miles). Plus right now we're paid 36 cents Cnd per mile in FUEL SURCHARGE (which is basically the same amount in U.S. funds).
So, 75 - 36 is 39 cents per mile as the cost of fuel. 92 miles times 0.39 is $35.88, or $179.4 in 5 days. The gross profit is $500 times 5 minus $179 equals ... $2,321 per weeik, not $2,139.
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