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.)

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.

WAY less then 70 cpm.

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?

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Agreed.

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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please break it down with numbers that backs up why it cost over $1a mile?

But you got the privilege to spend, a lot more than that! :P :lol:

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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.

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