How many miles?

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  1. TampaTony

    TampaTony Medium Load Member

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    It pays alot
    slacker!
     
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  3. old iron

    old iron Road Train Member

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    Miles are the enemy. Miles = fuel, repairs, and and more risk overall. My goal is to drive as few as I can for the same $ amount as the previous year. Down to 44,000 last year.
    Pop quiz. If everything is equal. Who made more profit in the long term?
    The guy that grossed $225,000 on 130,000 miles?
    Or the guy that grossed $125,000 on 44,000 miles?
     
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  4. Razorwyr

    Razorwyr Road Train Member

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    I average about 10k/month or 2500/week, but I'd say 10-20% of that is personal. I use my truck as my pov when at home and use it as an rv when not under a load.
     
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  5. PackRatTDI

    PackRatTDI Licensed to Ill

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    Between last Saturday and yesterday I put in 3400 miles and just over 68 hours on my 70 all on e logs.
     
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  6. Bpat

    Bpat Bobtail Member

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    I like the way you think !
     
  7. 426yankee

    426yankee Light Load Member

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    According to my last 3 quarterly bonus checks, I've been averaging about 10,000 monthly
     
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  8. CJndaTruck

    CJndaTruck Road Train Member

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    I am a slacker. Lol
     
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  9. superflow

    superflow Road Train Member

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    900 miles a week
    ... I'm guilty
     
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  10. Toomanybikes

    Toomanybikes Road Train Member

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    Well it sounds like the OP is trying to figure how much money he is going to earn running the big miles at a Mega?

    I remember when I was at a mega. Their was like 13 of us in orientation even thought jobs were hard to come by. The second day in, one guy got a call from a "friend" offering him a job running dump truck for a asphalt company. The consensus in the room was that taking that job would be a real rip, after all you don't get many miles driving dump truck. Apparently all the geniuses that apply for a job at a mega have the recruiter BS them into thinking miles are the way to make money.

    I asked the guy for his "friends number." He asked, "why?" I said, " while you fools count up your miles, I will be going to the bank with $28 and hour + overtime, for each and every hour I am at work." You know the gratefulness of this guy; he called his friend back right then and there. At least he thanked me as walked out of that orientation.
     
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  11. 8thnote

    8thnote Road Train Member

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    I run the same route 5 nights per week. Works out to 2180 miles per week but I'm not paid by the mile.
     
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