How much does it cost to run a truck?
#11
Originally Posted by ICS
EXPENSES
FIXED Truck payment Truck Depreciation License, Permits, FHUT Truck Insurance Health Ins Legal and Accounting costs VARIABLE fuel fuel tax repairs outside labor Phone / Communication Motel Office Company Charges Supplies Miscellaneous PERSONAL EXPENSES Family Support Mortgage Auto Food on the road Entertainment Hotels Car rental = TOO DARN MUCH!!! Thats what I came up with... just fill in the blanks
#12
Originally Posted by SteveBooth
Sorry there #2 but what your asking is for someone to write a freaking book in response to your request.
All your questions have been answered already in this forum by doing some searching. They may not be the right answers but will give you the knowledge to formulate your own conclusions. The thread was a reflection of all the doom and gloom threads about rates, volumes, ect., that are on the board, right now. A lot of folks plan their effort at around 2,500 miles a week, 6 mpg. Current conditions point out the fallacy of trying to plan so close. I'm led to believe that the head count of O/O's, shrinks every year. There is a lot more than retirement, that is causing the shrinkage.
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#13
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Join Date: Oct 2006
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Originally Posted by 2
Originally Posted by SteveBooth
Sorry there #2 but what your asking is for someone to write a freaking book in response to your request.
All your questions have been answered already in this forum by doing some searching. They may not be the right answers but will give you the knowledge to formulate your own conclusions. The thread was a reflection of all the doom and gloom threads about rates, volumes, ect., that are on the board, right now. A lot of folks plan their effort at around 2,500 miles a week, 6 mpg. Current conditions point out the fallacy of trying to plan so close. I'm led to believe that the head count of O/O's, shrinks every year. There is a lot more than retirement, that is causing shrinkage.
#14
Originally Posted by 2
A lot of folks plan their effort at around 2,500 miles a week, 6 mpg. Current conditions point out the fallacy of trying to plan so close.
#17
Originally Posted by 2
Originally Posted by SteveBooth
Sorry there #2 but what your asking is for someone to write a freaking book in response to your request.
All your questions have been answered already in this forum by doing some searching. They may not be the right answers but will give you the knowledge to formulate your own conclusions. The thread was a reflection of all the doom and gloom threads about rates, volumes, ect., that are on the board, right now. A lot of folks plan their effort at around 2,500 miles a week, 6 mpg. Current conditions point out the fallacy of trying to plan so close. I'm led to believe that the head count of O/O's, shrinks every year. There is a lot more than retirement, that is causing the shrinkage. Take Steve Booth, Big Diesel and Rank for example. Steve and Big Diesel are American, operating under their own USDOT authority, with their own UCR registrations, permits, insurances, and MC150 agents, etc. Rank is Canadian, working basicly the same way Steve and Big D do, under his own authorities, insurance and plate registration. They are, legally "Motor Carriers" not "Owner-Operators". Now...Rev, Mike3 and I are Owner-Operators. Rev is now leased into Landstar, operating under Landstars authorities, insurances and permits. Mike3 is leased into Dana-Suttles, operating under their authorities, permits, insurances, etc. I am leased into Miller Transporters, and again, operating under their authorities, permits, insurances, etc. Rev, has the flexability to choose what he does, where he goes, and how much he does. Mike3 and I also have some flexability, but nothing like Rev has. Mike3 has dispatchers he must deal with on each load he pulls, as do I. Mike3 may be able to contact his shippers and receivers once assigned a load, I do not. Mike and I each have the ability to reject loads..but that can only be pushed so far...at least in my case. So..there we are. Three "Motor Carriers" and three "Owner-Operators". Yet..Steve, Big D& Rank, consider themselves O/O's, just like Mike, Rev & I.
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