1.30 a mile in expenses in a class 3 truck? That's more than it cost me to run a class 8 tractor OTR (1.13/mi with my 2012 Cascadia). A used class 3 (1-ton) should run about 60-75cpm to run. Figure in 50cpm to you, the driver, and it still adds up to less than 1.30 per mi.
A good, used class 3 diesel makes good business sense. Au contrere, anyone who buys a $65,000, decked out, King Ranch F450 to haul R.V.'s is gonna have a helluva time breaking even.
Pickup Truck Cost Per Mile for Expediters
Discussion in 'Expediter and Hot Shot Trucking Forum' started by stammingerr, Sep 9, 2014.
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Unlike regular trucking the back haul issue continues to challenge that industry. There are a few full timers that do a good job of staying loaded - they are far and few between. I still believe that the people, such as myself, who are doing it seasonally are making the most of it. Driving in winter in a pick-up makes no sense. -
Last quick off topic question for you. When you are going back mty how are you logging it? Are you just ending whereyou delivered and appearing where you are going to pick up or are you logging all the miles back? I know what you are supposed to do but i am asking what a real world guy does?
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I believed that moving over to a Ram truck would add an additional .20 to the bottom line. It's not the truck it's the person that's driving it.
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My comment - There are no back hauls in RV delivery - If you are doing your own authority or have a deal with your dispatcher for B/H -good for you. The majority, read majority, of delivery drivers do not get ANY back hauls. The ones that do will get around halt of the outbound rate - around .60 - .80 cents a mile. RV delivery companies are not in the business to get you back haul loads. All of you thinking that you will get back hauls - stop asking. Its not going to happen. Thats just the way it is.
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif]From LGarrison: I believed that moving over to a Ram truck would add an additional .20 to the bottom line. [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif]Its not the truck its the person thats driving it. You are absolutely correct! Moving to a newer Ram 3500 was a disaster. I sold a paid off Ford for a payment on a newer Ram[/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif] . big mistake. Got rid of the Ram and will have a no Payment F-350 for next year. Lesson learned.[/FONT][/FONT]
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From LGarrison:[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif]I make most of my years money because I do run in the winter.[/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif] So youre the one. I have always said this is a sessional job at best. April to July is the shipping season. Its also when the per mile rate stays up. Past July, (this year it was a little different - it went until mid August), most of the deliveries have been made. I want to make sure I get that there are year round drivers, but fighting over the lower paying, bottom barrel deliveries during the off season make no sense. No one will ever convince me that this will ever be a good all year round job. [/FONT][/FONT]
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lord if its costing you that much to run a small truck somethings not right at all, you should be in the 60-90 cent pm range at most,no way you can run cheap with them figures.
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