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

Looking for others to do YOUR homework I see.... :lol:

$5,000,000,000.74

I was hoping you would prove yourself wrong.

I can add it up for you.
Let's say the expenses are $2950/mo(expenses for which I have costs listed) plus $5333 fuel.
He only needs to make $1.04/mile.

what about his house and his car and his food and his kids expenses and his pets expenses is someone else paying all that for him?

Again, you've left out so very much.

I'm not interested in what it takes to run a household or pay for food or anything else. Just the break even to run a simple flatbed.

Some people have multiple incomes. Could be they own a seperate business or they are married to someone who can pay the personal expenses.

Give me some figures.

Do your own research....... that is what a real business person does.

I already have and other than taxes, authority, maintenance and other minor incidentals there are no other expenses.