THE ADVENTURES CONTINUE - DFO gets a truck and hops on Schneider's IC Choice Program

gentleroger · Jul 29, 2014

Oh and how can you make a financial presentation without a single chart, graph, or infogram?

mickeyrat · Jul 29, 2014

gentleroger said: ↑

Oh and how can you make a financial presentation without a single chart, graph, or infogram?
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he is lazy. thats how.

6 Speed · Jul 29, 2014

dieselfuelonly said: ↑

This week in numbers.

So this week was a full week. And I mean a FULL WEEK.

Unfortunately, running nights means that I end after the pay period cutoff at midnight on Monday, so the pay for the last load is shifted over to the next pay period. I was going to try to squeeze the last load in before midnight by leaving Charlotte around noon Monday, but I was unable to fall asleep early enough on Monday morning. I just tossed and turned all night/morning because I am so used to stay awake until 6-7am. I didn't feel safe driving on 5 hours of sleep, so I got my sleep and did my night driving as usual. Doesn't matter, $$ gets to me one way or the other.

For the sake of this though, I will combine everything into one pay period. It just as easily could have been all in one pay period had I not been driving nights where each work day for me is technically split over two actual days.

I needed a break from I-81 and PA so this week I ran the south. Rates are not as good, but not bad. I run the same customers as I always do. 100% drop and hook, heaviest loads 20k, others only 10k. Easy easy stuff. The downside is especially in GA I run a fair bit of out of route to stay on the interstates and 4-lane state routes vs. goatpathing. I do not like goatpathing if I don't have to especially in the middle of the night with 1340146341 deer jumping across the road, alongside GA's finest drunken residents cruising the back roads at 3am. I will gladly take the "on paper" hit to my rates and run 20-40 miles OOR and stay on the big road vs starting and stopping through 50 little towns. I also took a trailer through Charlotte to get it repaired which cost me another 50 miles OOR.

I did have to fight recap hours this week as taking a restart running the vampire hours that I do takes me two days of sitting to complete which is not worth it unless I'm going to be sitting at home.

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Start and end week at Carlisle OC

Start Tuesday 7/22 1600
End Tuesday 7/29 0530

PA > NC
VA > GA
GA > VA
VA> GA
GA > NC
NC > PA

Total miles 3411 <-- most I have ever run in a one week period
Gross $4784.5

Rate per odometer mile:
$1.40

So, not great, $0.10 below my goal, but lets remember I ran a lot of OOR and also had two load issues this week that cost me miles and pay. If I get the VNU for the one cancelled load ($150) and lets pretend I never took that trailer through Charlotte (OOR ~50 miles) that brings the total rate per odometer mile to $1.47. Much better. So, lesson learned - either drag the trailer (*cough* *cough* not exactly legally) THEN OOS it (NOT RECOMMENDING THAT ANYONE DO THIS), OR refuse to move it until fixed.

I finally got around to looking into my fuel costs. Over the past 23k miles or so I have been writing down my odometer readings and gallons fueled every time I fueled up. I put them into a spreadsheet (mind you I'm very tired and there is a good chance I entered some numbers wrong LOL) and so far over the past 23k miles I have averaged 6.6 MPG. This seems bad!

So I looked further into it. I noticed on my spreadsheet there was a point at which there was a significant drop, and it appears around the time I started driving 65-70MPH!

So I went back and looked at the averages of the fuel mileage back when I drove 60MPH pretty consistently, BEFORE the drop on my spreadsheet - average 6.78 MPG!

Then I look at AFTER the drop - average 6.34 MPG!

Guess what?!?! I'LL BE SLOWING THE **** BACK DOWN.

Anyway, back to the weeks numbers. So, I've averaged 6.6 MPG over the past 23k miles. I always write down the price of the fueling too, but this is before my discount through SNI at P/FJ. Before the discount it comes to an average of $3.85/gallon. Lets use a conservative discount and say its actually costing me $3.75/gallon.

So, cost per mile for fuel is $0.583 CPM

SO, eventually, split apart on two paychecks, when the stars align with the blue moon and I do the rain dance and somehow the money gets to me, this week will have contributed in the follow manner:

+ $4784.5 gross
- $1988 in fuel
- $1075 in fixed expenses (truck payment, maint account contrib, tags, insurance, etc)

Net Income Before Tax:
$1721.5 (maybe +$150 if SNI decides I get the VNU for the cancelled load)

**DISCLAIMER**

I'M FRIGGIN' TIRED
I CAN DRIVE THE **** OUT OF A TRUCK BUT MATH IS NOT MY STRONG SUIT
IT MIGHT BE WRONG

SOMEONE PHONE 6SPEED TIME TO PICK APART THE NUMBERS
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LOL. I'll take your word for it.After 3 million + miles my math still works I just confuse days with weeks and weeks with months.Carry on.

dieselfuelonly · Jul 29, 2014

6 Speed said: ↑

LOL. I'll take your word for it.After 3 million + miles my math still works I just confuse days with weeks and weeks with months.Carry on.
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Just givin you a hard time LOL... time kinda all blends together after a while

dieselfuelonly · Aug 1, 2014

Well made a mistake grabbing this load. Will never, EVER, EVER make that mistake again.

At first glance: pretty close to my previous delivery (not too much deadhead), appeared to have lots of light freight, paid well, easy interstate travel, why not?

THE NEWBIE MISTAKE: Not checking the route carefully enough and looking at the actual locations and what was involved in getting there - basically, going around my *** to get to my elbow. It was so bad I almost called in to have the load pulled. Then I got to looking at the area and I waited too long and all the other good loads out of there were gone, so I really had no choice 'cause I didn't want to sit.

Then I get to the shipper and all that little freight that I added up i my head to being around 20-25k ends up being 34k. Wonderful.

Then I had to pull it all the way across 64 from where it splits off near Richmond, over to 81, back on 64, all the way across the WV turnpike. That stretch of 64 from 81 to near Beckley is the most miserable 120 something miles on the planet. 7% grades, and it just keeps going... and going... and going. No truck stops, maybe ONE tiny rest area, no where else to stop and grab a bite to eat, etc.

LESSON LEARNED. Stick to my usual loads.

I'll get rid of this POS load tonight, then pick up my next one headed for Carlisle. Should arrive in Carlisle on Saturday morning.

popcorn169 · Aug 1, 2014

Just wanted to say that not this weekend but next weekend the WV state fair starts in Lewisburg WV and the traffic on I 64 around there will be a cluster. Just wanted to let people know so they will expect it.

Opus · Aug 1, 2014

every time I get on 64 I want to abandon the truck on the side of the road (the part I like best is where you're facing a 7-8% grade so you floor it, and half way up the hill the speed limit goes to 45....priceless).......rode 77/64 from Ohio to NC last week.....painful.....just painful.
but the upside is that I knew that was how I was going to have to go when I picked the load, so, actually that made it better. What really sux monkey nuts is when it just kinda 'pops' up on you.....but, if you're mentally prepared for it, it's tolerable

moosc · Aug 1, 2014

I like that road dont have issue plenty of places to park n eat

Dipschitt said: ↑

every time I get on 64 I want to abandon the truck on the side of the road (the part I like best is where you're facing a 7-8% grade so you floor it, and half way up the hill the speed limit goes to 45....priceless).......rode 77/64 from Ohio to NC last week.....painful.....just painful.
but the upside is that I knew that was how I was going to have to go when I picked the load, so, actually that made it better. What really sux monkey nuts is when it just kinda 'pops' up on you.....but, if you're mentally prepared for it, it's tolerable
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Opus · Aug 1, 2014

moosc said: ↑

I like that road dont have issue plenty of places to park n eat
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little early, ain't it moose??

moosc · Aug 1, 2014

What I've run that road for ages easy peazey. This week alone been on 4 times.

Dipschitt said: ↑

little early, ain't it moose??
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