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Originally Posted by SteveBooth

I really haven't kept track of cost per mile or anything like that. It doesn't do much good other than depress you I think. I still take all my money, pay my bills and put everything into the bank. I have close to $30,000 saved.

I did go through my invoices I have stored on my laptop last week and my starting and ending odometer for the year and I did a total of 102,000 miles and brought in a little less than $160,000. That was all miles for everything.

I'm not a good example of what you could do. I tend to take more time off than most people would. I also tend to take the rest of the day off when I drop a load off first thing in the morning instead of loading back up again.

For the past few months I've been averaging more than $1.80 per mile.

I can't say if there is a slow down because to tell you the truth, I don't see any real way of telling that other than listening to someone spout off because they don't have a load at the moment. I've been running OK this winter and last winter just fine. Right now is the slowest I've ever had it but that's because I headed to that sink hole NM. Other than that, it's been good and no complaints.

I've been dealing with mostly long haul loads and after I head back home this time for a break I'm going to try shorter loads at more per mile and see how it goes. Not sure I'll like it since I'll be unloading and loading in the same day but I'll give it a try.

Trucker's Math at its finest........ :lol: :lol: :lol:

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Originally Posted by rank

Did I mention the shipper and consignee both have WIFI? :)

Can I download dirty movies?

Step deck first. Movies later. I think I have some Tequila here.

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Originally Posted by rank

Load anytime in 1 hour.
Unload M-F 8-4 in 1 hour.
Pay in 7 days or less.
50,000 lbs
$1,000 for 466 loaded miles.

:wink:

Sounds tempting. I could make like $1,200 per week doing that. Sounds too good to be true. I think I need to look at my truckers calculator for a problem. The Tequila is the real golden handcuffs though!!!

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Originally Posted by SteveBooth

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Originally Posted by rank

Load anytime in 1 hour.
Unload M-F 8-4 in 1 hour.
Pay in 7 days or less.
50,000 lbs
$1,000 for 466 loaded miles.

:wink:

And the clean clear taste of Molson Canadian.

You could do 3 a week loading Monday, Thurs and Sat.
Reloads are likely steel or machinery out of Phillie, Wilmington or Baltimore.

But there's that little problem of no step deck. Your thread has been boring lately. You need to buy a new trailer to spice it up.

So did you find a load out of NM Steve?

I don't know about steve but im sitting here at the jubitz in portland...in the restaurant. unload tomorrow am, then shag it south to eugene to reload and head back to texas...the weather coming out here on 80/84 was a real bear...met up with bandit and his girlfriend and we rolled west together....and, im spent

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Originally Posted by Teal 95 KW

Gonna be a cold one tonight in Portland. Low in the 20's. Where are you loading in Eugene? I don't know my run for tomorrow but I usually go to Eugene on Wednesdays.

chilly for sure....but wayyyyy warmer than idaho and wyoming...feel lmost like beakin out the speedo, lol. I unload in clackamas in the am, an reload at murphy plywod company.

I'm in Oklahomo City loading up with concrete blocks then heading to St. Louis then from there I hope to head home or closer.