[Rev.Vassago]

Originally Posted by Drakmare

So you guys out there driving are only going 350 miles a day? Divide that by say 65 miles an hour thats only 5 hours of driving..... Am I missing something?

Your calculator is broken. :wink:

[Hoss27]

Why would you only want to drive for 5 hours??
:shock:

[Frogman]

Originally Posted by Uturn2001

A week is 7 days unless you know you are on some kind of dedicated run that has you home/off more often.

7 days . . . so let's say you get 3000 miles/week.

3000/7 = 428

Say you average 55 mph. (Just guessing.)

428/55 = 8 (roughly)

So 7 days X 8 hours . . . that's 56 DRIVING hours per week . . . and the rest of the time is what, sitting and waiting?

The math sure looked a lot better when I thought you divided by 5!

Maybe I will learn to crochet . . . .

[Drakmare]

Originally Posted by Rev.Vassago

Your calculator is broken. :wink:

How is my calculator broken?

Every company says average miles is 2500

2500miles divided by 7 days = 357 miles

357 miles divided by 65 miles per hour = 5.5 hours

Where is the math wrong :?

[Cluggy619]

Originally Posted by Drakmare

How is my calculator broken?

Every company says average miles is 2500

2500miles divided by 7 days = 357 miles

357 miles divided by 65 miles per hour = 5.5 hours

Where is the math wrong :?

Ok...I know why you are getting that number. A week is 7 days, but with Jb, you may only drive 4-5 days, with the rest waiting to be loaded/unloaded. The rest after that? Sitting, waiting for the next load.

[classicxl]

if you can drive a constant 65 miles per hour in every state at every minute of your driving hours that would be great but it aint going to happen

[Sealord]

For OTR a week is eight days long with 70 hours to work with and stay legal without a 34 hour reset. A driver won't average 55 mph, it'll be lower. Many dispatch speeds are in the area of 40 to 45 mph. A driver may average 500 miles per day but the left door will be closed a lot with the driver's left shoulder very close to it. BOL

[Thor]

Originally Posted by Sealord

A driver may average 500 miles per day but the left door will be closed a lot with the driver's left shoulder very close to it. BOL

Is this an unreasonable request?

/Steve

[richey94]

My husband drives for TMC. He drives about 400-500 miles a day Sun afternoon-Fri night. I would say that a $4000 gross to the truck would be a good week. Sometimes a little more, sometimes less. It takes time to get unloaded, to strap the load, etc. He hardly ever sits down to eat at a restaurant. He runs hard then takes his 10 hr break.

[neverbeenlate]

The bottom line is easy---what do you have on your paycheck every week. If you worry about your miles every day you are going to turn into these guys that sit at the truck stop every day bitching that they are not making any miles. They might as well get a job at the truck stop because they are not going to make any money driving sitting there all day. Trucking is like life you get out of it what you put into it everyday.