[deep dixie blue]

Originally Posted by charged

Lets take an owner operator that has the following monthly expenses:

authority $100
road taxes $500
maintenance $1500
other?
truck and trailer payment $2000
insurance $700
phone $100
internet $50
load boards $100

no tolls
no oversize loads
no parking
figure gas at $4/gal and mpg at 6mpg including idle time
figure he runs 8k miles/month


What does this driver have to make per mile to break even? $1.30????

edited to add in expenses and break even # in red

I haven't taken the time to read the other nine pages so this or something similar may already have been offered, but I have been running flatbed on my own authority since April and here is what it takes for me to break even, assuming 8,000 miles per month:

Fixed costs per month: $2,400
Operating Costs: $0.96 (or at least it was last time I checked, fuel has come down since then so I will guess 0.92) per mile.

8000 miles * 0.92= $7360 op costs +$2400 fixed costs =$9760 total costs / 8000 miles = $1.22 per mile breakeven point

[charged]

Originally Posted by deep dixie blue

I haven't taken the time to read the other nine pages so this or something similar may already have been offered, but I have been running flatbed on my own authority since April and here is what it takes for me to break even, assuming 8,000 miles per month:

Fixed costs per month: $2,400
Operating Costs: $0.96 (or at least it was last time I checked, fuel has come down since then so I will guess 0.92) per mile.

8000 miles * 0.92= $7360 op costs +$2400 fixed costs =$9760 total costs / 8000 miles = $1.22 per mile breakeven point

Thanks for your numbers. They are nearly the same as Rev's.

[Rev.Vassago]

Originally Posted by charged

Thanks for your numbers. They are nearly the same as Rev's.

$0.60 per mile less is "nearly the same" in your eyes? :shock:

[charged]

Originally Posted by Rev.Vassago

$0.60 per mile less is "nearly the same" in your eyes? :shock:

Your #'s were $1.22/mile for 9000 miles not including wages.

[Rev.Vassago]

Originally Posted by charged

Your #'s were $1.22/mile for 9000 miles not including wages.

You really need to fix your calculator.

[NotSteve]

This is fun now that we know Rev's numbers. I had no idea I was in better shape then him.

I think I'm going to eat some pasta and toast to celebrate!

arty: :rock: :rock: :rock: :rock:

[no_worries]

:shock: Ummm, Moderator...

[Rev.Vassago]

Originally Posted by no_worries

:shock: Ummm, Moderator...

He's working on it. :wink:

The guy spammed like 15 threads all at once.

[no_worries]

You'd think that if you're going to promote a legal service, you could at least form a cohesive sentence :roll: :lol:

[Orangetxguy]

What did I miss??

Who spammed what??? :?