Oh yea. Rev, how many years do you figure your truck will last before it gets replaced?
How much will it be worth then? How much will a new one cost? And, how much per mile are you putting away called profit to plan for that day? |
Bed time....I have 4 maybe 500 miles to drive tomorrow. I really need to stop pushing myself. I am, a super freaking trucker!
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So Rev, how often do you get that 1.90 per mile?? Is that the least you will take to run? Or is this 1.90 you need to average over a quarter?
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Pretty cool how your maitenance & repairs are right around $10,000/year. Just about exactly what I find also.
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But the idea of those 300 - 500 mile runs is to stay in one area so you can spend more time at home (possibly) and learn where to stay, learn the shippers etc. Soon it gets to be just like your back yard. |
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I even offered you great paying loads right here on this board, and later via cell phone so you bask in the glow of my success and verify my numbers. :) He can do a search faster than I can post (again) for another fly by nighter. |
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And your loads were OK but no back haul and I've had it with Canada. I actually just sent you a new shipper but never heard back!!! |
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Granted, that would answer the question as to why his business logic made no sense..... :lol: |
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I don't know what "list" you think I posted...but I didn't post one. I did add a couple numbers to "Charged's" shorted list. |
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I don't think it is "working for free." I think it's working free or maybe working free of charge.[/quote] Working for free....working free of charge...which ever. Nothing for nothing. As an Owner Operator, whom drives my own truck, I include wages in my "Break Even Point". If my truck does not generate enough revenue to pay my wages, as well as the taxes on those wages, then my truck ran at a loss...Which means I PAID TO HAUL SOMEONE'S FREIGHT....which just pizzez me off. |
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got it. you have mail.
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I doubt that they are doing it...I doubt that they are making any money. Money enough to cover the truck and wages. With just a tractor, leased to a Carrier that bares a portion of the operating cost's, I'm lucky to break even at $1.28 per mile. At $1.18 per mile I am burning the phone lines ripping at dispatchers and managers. At $1.859 per mile I hold my tongue. |
I'm just lucky I don't have a truck or trailer payment, no wife, no child support, no alimony and no bills. And in the Johnny Cash lookalike case, no Prozac or male enhancement drug payments.
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TRANSLATION = If my truck takes a shit, I'm screwed. |
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Truck burning to the ground = insurance claim paid. POS truck breaking down and dying = up a creek. |
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