Ready, Set,,,,Here I go.....

Some people just don't read, or comprehend what is written or typed sometimes, I am guilty of the same thing from time to time. This gig, we'll call it, is going to do just fine for the time being. It pays $.90 pm plus fsc which equates to about $1.08 pm right now. At 586 miles per trip, 6 per week that equates to; $3,797.28 Take out plates; $130.95, Escrow; $50, Ins. $40, OA; $33 Fuel; $1500 and last put not least 20% for maint. account, that leaves me with $1600.00 a week in my pocket. This is all estimated numbers of course, I don't know what my fuel mileage will be yet but I calculated it at 6mpg since I will be doing a dedicated lane hauling 25K/27K max down an interstate. Now if you take $1600.00 and multiply that by 52 weeks, you get:$83,200 Out of that one must pay taxes; of 20% or so. That will me leave me about $65,000 for the year and for "me", that is plenty of money to live "my" life on. OH! I forgot about HVUT, which is $550 a year. If I forgot anything, feel free to comment. As a company driver one is lucky to make $1,000.00 a week before taxes. As a sub-contractor at my last gig, I was making $1,000.00 avg. per week before taxes. After taxes on this gig, I will avg. about $1,200.00 a week plus the benefit of being home each and every day, and off on weekends. As a company driver, I have never had home time every day, or every weekend. To me that is worth taking this gig, until something better comes along of course. Hoping for a gig that goes from Grand Rapids to Lansing for $500.00 a trip.....we shall see.

 

Fuel gauge pegged out at full, even though tanks are half full. Oil pressure gauge barely works, stuck between 40/50 psi but it does move up when engine is running... Got fifth-wheel fully mounted now, frame completed and painted. Today is replace the rear fuel tank strap retention mount on both tanks.... This is the mount that attaches to the truck frame.