Buying A Truck....

.its 1.30 a mile to run a truck AND YOUR BUSINESS...after that its your profit..

2000 miles x 1.75 = 3,500 gross to truck

2000 x 45 cents (driver profit for labor) = 900.00 for you

here is the kicker...good luck trying to find loads that pay all miles loaded and empty at 1.75....unheard of IN THIS ECONOMY AS IT STANDS....

IF YOU RUN A LOAD FOR 1.50 A MILE YOU ARE ONLY PROFITING .20 CENTS A MILE FOR LABOR...ITS SIMPLE...

WHY DO YOU WANNA-BE O/O'S TRY TO LOWER THE COST PER MILE TO RUN A BUSINESS?

IS IT SOME KIND OF STRANGE DENIAL YOU HAVE TO HAVE IN YOUR HEAD TO MAKE IT SEEM WORTHWHILE?

WHAT IS IT....?

 

ok my cost per mile to run my truck down the road is 1.30....heres the kicker pal..its paid for...so if you have a payment your cost per mile will be higher...simple....

The problem is really not what we are debateing...

The problem is the rates are down so low you or i can't make it out here anymore....what don't you get about that....

Read the papers...2,800 trucking companies folded last year and more ahead coming...do you think these people were all dumb? Of course not....its the times we are in....

the rates are not there

if the rates are not there then why buy a truck?to tell people your a o/o? To look kool?to be kool?

I just looked on my load board and the best rate i found out of kansas city is 1.68 going to miami...ok not bad right....wrong

400-500 mile deadhead out of miami to ga to only get a 1.10 load.
Where are you going with this...

Do you see my point? Geeeeeeesssssshhhhhhhhhhhhhh

 

I am in a "lucky: position, I still have a "driver" job And im an owner operator, my wife has a class a too so she drives. if the jobs arent out there the truck can just sit no big deal.
Ive been in this business for 20 years
i practicly cut my teeth on 24.5 low pro's
and ive got a2-3 bus loads of freinds that "were" in the game and have since gone broke and lost their big trucks and and all the rest.
So, here's my advice and i understand you didnt ask for it so take it with a grain of salt,if you're gonna make it you have to be able to diversify, if produce aint payin jump to flatbeddin, when that aint payin jump to dry van, and so on and so on. And remember most all just say NO TO CHEAP FREIGHT and i Know you're all excited, you are gonna be the boss you're gonna be the one calling the shots......and you know what???? ITS GREAT! I LOVE IT TOO. BUT BE CHOOSEY.

 

i am sitting now because the rates are very,very bad...its not worth tearing the truck up for .20 cent profit....you get me, because i like you been in this game for 20 years and most of it was o/o....i would rather sit until economy shapes up..

 

Good luck my freind, I wish you makeMore money than you can spend. I wish you much success. Just know that we here to help, you may not like what I/we have to say but please know that we will always be honest with you.
Good luck compadre,you'll see me out on the big road

 

thats right, and so will I ! i can make more money hauling recycle paper to ship out china, and thats crappy rate
but like I said my truck is paid for ... if youve got a payment i feel for these guys i just hope Obama does what he says he's gonna do itll be good for all of us in transportation

 

Very nice pete...other truck looks very ''GAY'' SORRY....LOL,LOL

But make sure you can afford to run the truck at ready.................

cost per mile...................figure your cost per mile then you can see for a fact what kind of payment you need to be at....