Truck choice
Discussion in 'Ask An Owner Operator' started by Montanaland, May 8, 2024.
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AuctiontimeChinatown Thanks this.
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Add an engine rebuild and new emissions overhaul. That is the true cost.
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Company driver would be better option if you need money instead of taking on the risk and responsibilities of owning truck just to haul cheap fright.
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If the carrier is covering the HM insurance like most of them do and that’s $2 to his truck after lease and trailer and everything that’s probably not bad for hauling waste water. The guys I know hauling anhydrous are in the $2.60 range to their truck.
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Sadly almost all of trucking is a skeleton of what it used to be. It's dedicated all miles so its 2-2.20 empty also. Before my cascadia engine crapped i was on dedicated to Montana..it takes 6 days and your gross check on that load after they take thier cut is $8,400k ish
If you dont take long loads.. Your weekly checks doing waste is anywhere between 4k-6k week. Not great but I'm not giving up my freedom or those weekly checks if i dont have to.OldeSkool Thanks this. -
Yeah well Montana is middle of nowhere so that there is sufficient I'd say.
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That’s exactly what I thought when I read that post lol.
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Do you have to install a PTO or anything? If your plan is to only run it a year and you don’t have to install a PTO or pump I’d be inclined to buy a cheap truck and run it until it doesn’t. You should have your purchase price back out of it in a couple months and anything after that is gravy on top. If it dies it dies.
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Well truthfully I've never used the one I had installed on the previous truck because we were inundated with work. Now vac tank work pops up and the manager said it will give me 3 or so more loads a month. Yeah, Im leaning towards a 17' volvo 780/860 500k miles with the dinette table for 35-40k.
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