You aint gonna believe this... Yet Another Ic Choice thread move over DFO!

I Could see him running about 3k miles in a week (.37 per mile overhead) and buying fuel in the South running about 7.5 MPG. (.40 or less per mile).
.37+.39 per mile

 

No matter the revenue your cost per mile can not be lowered by higher rates.

Only more miles or lower costs allow for cpm to come down.

 

Yup. So, how's that truck treatin ya so far?

 

Looks like the Northeast pummels another victim.
If you can't cut it running the Burlington NJ area you're best off staying out.
I've always run here so it doesn't bother me.
Short miles for high pay..2 loads a day is the formula.
Just saying..

Running the Midwest is just as good where I run..rates are good.
My problem is getting out there..usually Tunkhannock to Pittsburgh gets me there.
Out west seems to be a deadzone for rates..but until I give it a try I wont really comment on it.

 

There's no way on 2k miles your cpm is that low sorry I don't buy it.

1100 fixed (guessing low)and 750 fuel is 1850 divided by 2k is .925 so to get .80 your fixed and fuel would be 1600 a week which is possible but not sustainable.

It's does not matter if you get 100 dollars a mile that DOESN'T lower your operating costs. Higher rates increase your profit margin. Only lower fixed and lower variable costs or higher miles lower fixed costs.

Now if you have figured a way to do it please share because I want to know. I'd love to get my cpm down in my shaker it was .98 but based on 3k miles a week.

 

I get what you're saying what one thing you're missing in your equation is maintenance costs.
Driver A driving 3000 miles vs B 2000 miles a week.. it might appear driver A will have lower operating costs just based on fixed and fuel costs if they're the same but what if driver A is driving a truck that breaks down more often per mile vs driver B's truck.
Plus more miles means more tires, maintenance and parts thrown at a truck.
Those costs have to be figured in because they are indeed "operating costs" right?
There's sooo many possibilities.

You all running the Northeast regional.. which i have done myself at times might look good rate wise but man those high fuel costs and if you go Northwest of I95 you have never ending hills which do this to your fuel costs:

 

Yep....IMO.......the only way to drive down your CPM is to run more miles.....simple as that........because what moves your CPM is not fuel, necessarily, but miles applied to your fixed cost. $1000 / 2000 miles = .50 per mile whereas $1000 / 3000 = .33 per mile. Fuel will fluctuate, but the biggest driver will always be miles applied to your fixed cost. This is not to say you can't be profitable and happy at 2k miles; lots of folks are. But your cost for those miles will be affected mostly by your fixed cost, not your fuel cost.

 

Also with the lease a FIXED maintenance cost is already figured in so theoretically everything being equal more miles is only way to lower cost per mile.

 

I do agree though if your able to run 2k and be happy then by all means continue on driver.

Everybody has a different metric for happiness.