cost breakdown

good point.


................. Jim

 

The short answer is ... you can't. At least if you want a "business"

Leased on at $.90 per mile + fsc = buying/leasing/renting a job. Nothing more. When your truck is worn out you trade it in on a new one and start the cycle all over again.


.......... Jim

 

You run run run, dont' ever take time off, spend 34 hours at the house and run run run again.

and then you make just enough to cover your living expenses while you run your truck into the ground.

you asked how you do it, I never said you'd like it. I know many people doing exactly that

 

FInd a small company who will pay you percentage and runs in your area. If you live right on the freight lane it is much much easier on you. My freight lane is mainly across I80 but I live in TX so I run for 3 to 5 weeks and then go home for 1 or 2 weeks. It would be alot easier on me, my wife and my company if I lived on I80

 

your problem will be getting out of PA because everything is cheap untill you get far enough west to be out of the "east coast rates" range. You will likely end up doing a short run to chicago area for cheap then be able to get decent money going further west.

that or you will end up in the east coast trap running north and south