I came here just for you sweetheart ':kiss:'

I'll be around .... see ya

I am very good at running a profitable business.

I also did not use a message board on the internet in order to learn how to run a business either.

I will only help those who are able to help themselves first.... you are lazy and clueless in wanting everyone else to do your due dilligence....

He was and still is a business owner before starting trucking.

He didn't learn how to run a business on the internet. I have asked questions concerning aspects of the trucking business.

You still are avoiding the question. You stated you were going to buy his equipment cheap. I'm still waiting for an explaination as to why he is going to fail. From what I have seen that is typical of you.

Have not avoided anything....

I just won't do YOUR homework.....

Here is another bone for you.... Sadly, dear ol' dad will likely not make it with his idiot son " helping " him.....

It is amazing that the current generation of under 30 y/o's are so helpless and lazy..... :roll:

You keep saying he won't make it, yet you have no figures to show it.

I wish I was under 30.

If operating costs are $1.29/mi why is he going out of business when he is making $1.70/mi?

At the very minimum...go thru all this site has to offer. There is sooo much for you to learn about business AND business as it relates to trucking!!!

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Anyone claiming operating costs of $1.29 per mile is a fool. With fuel eating up over $0.70 per mile, one cannot operate at a profit on $1.29 per mile.

Read this post which are the figures I am using.
Fuel for 8000 miles is only $5333.33. Add that to $5050/mo in expenses and the per mile to break even is only $1.29.
So you want to make money? Make sure you only take jobs over $1.29. How much money you make will depend on how much you can get over that amount.

You can't randomly set a figure as to the cost of operating a trucking business. If you take ten people, each will have different costs of breaking even. That is what becomes confusing to some people just starting out. I have spoken to some who only want to consider the cost of fuel when it comes to operating costs. There are costs such as payments, insurance, taxes, wages, maintenance, etc., Two things most forget are wages and taxes. Just because you drive a truck yourself doesn't mean that wages should not be part of your operating costs. Whether you pay a driver or do the driving yourself, you need to consider wages as part of your operating costs. Over the years, I have known of a lot of business owners who forget to pay themselves. If a business can't afford to pay the owner then it isn't a viable business. When you look at what you need to take a load, you should consider wages and profit as part of the equation. If you don't consider wages and profit, then you won't stay in business very long. As a business owner, you also pay all of the employment taxes. I find most people under estimate their true operating costs.