The real cost of trucking, from all the owner/ops seat

5,000 miles in a week, assuming the 7th day is used as a reset, means running 833 miles per day. If the driver logs the absolute minimum of line 4 time and takes no more than the absolute minimum DOT breaks the driver would have to average at least 68 mph. That is just not possible to do legally, except out west. I65 between Chciago and Indy has a 60 mph limit for trucks. Michigan is statewide 65 mph, Green River Gorge is 55 mph for most of it - but good luck averaging that. Ignoring speed limits or traffic, if you try and run a 68 mph average thru Green River you're going to have the opportunity to tell St Peter what's he's doing wrong in a hurry.

Then you have all the back roads, goat paths, and surface streets. Rush hour, accidents, construction, and weather too. Truck stops don't exist exactly where the clock runs out. Appointment times aren't always accommodating, not to mention customer's will occasionally destroy your clock (yesterday it took me 1.5 hours to do a drop and hook because the customer had trailers shoved EVERYPLACE)

Doing a 5,000 mile week is possible, given the right circumstances. It is not a viable strategy to plan a trucking company on.

 

5000÷68=73.5 or is my math rong?

Gonna wear yourself into an early grave dude. Guess they can put how many miles you drove on your headstone. Or you managing to live like a baller and this whole truck driving thing is just an on the side gig?

 

BS!

 

I think the OP needs to change his handle to 'ihaveananswer'.

 

"Maximum limit may apply to specified segments of interstate. Hover over map for more detail".

And I don't care what the maximum speed limit is, nobody is averaging 70 mph between Gary and Indy.