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  1. Volvo780

    Volvo780 Light Load Member

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    To you O/O.s how much do you spend on fuel a month an average? If you run around 16,000 miles a month, what would you spend in fuel on average. If you were in canada and hauling around 80,000lbs??
     
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  3. Lowbed

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    6 mpg = 2666 gallons or 12104 L @ .88 = $10651.20/mth.
     
  4. Volvo780

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    Thanks a lot. We are now working for Bison. We are getting around 20,000 miles a month as a team. They pay $1.47cpm with the fuel sub. We have a $2500 truck payment, $650 insurance payment, and have allowed $13,000 for fuel a month, $5000 a month for maintenance. With a brand new truck I don't feel we should have any major probs for the first year? thoughts
    any help is great.
     
  5. Lowbed

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    $5000.00 a month for Maintenance or did you mean $500.00 ???
     
  6. Volvo780

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    No I mean $5000. Every one says save for maintenance, so we are. We want to be smart and carefull. We are brand new to being o/o's, so we don't really know and every one is different. Being a company driver, we just dropped off the truck and they fixed it, we never saw the bills. Things we will need on a regular basil are I think? Fuel, DEF, oil changes, air filters, tires, brakes etc. thoughts?
     
  7. Lowbed

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    $5000. is WAS TOO HIGH.

    That's $60,000. a year. You could install a new engine every 6 months for that and not bother to change oil.

    Use your hour meter and I would use about $2.00 an hour to go towards Maintenance. That will look after monthly bills and enough left over towards a major engine overhaul at around 1 million miles. That's about 50,000 hours and and $0.75 cents from the $2.00 will leave you $37,500. and even today a major overhaul is not quite that high. Let's say you put 500 hours a month on the engine, that leaves you $1.25 X 500 hrs. = $625.00 a month for regular maintenance and the other $375. is put away for major stuff.
     
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  8. Volvo780

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    Our plan is to buy a new truck every 4 years. With how fast they change and all of the new DEF stuff. Maybe next time we will buy a heavy duty rig and truck in northern AB. I like a challenge and we enjoy the job a lot. Thanks a lot for your help and advice. Where do you truck mostly? May be we can buy you a coffe some day.. Our rig says (free to be you and me) on the back, if you ever see a really ugly short guy driving a 2011 Volvo 780 and it says that its me. ha ha
     
  9. FLATBED

    FLATBED Road Train Member

    We are now working for Bison. We are getting around 20,000 miles a month as a team


    6 Days ago you were looking for INFO about Bison (We have a brand new truck, and want to work as o/o for Bison ) , now your getting 20,000 miles a month with them and no IDEA of on your FUEL cost :biggrin_25523:
     
  10. canuck in da truck

    canuck in da truck Road Train Member

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    you really have no clue do you?
     
  11. FLATBED

    FLATBED Road Train Member

    " Jealous losers with big mouths " Jealous of what ? , just reading and replying to your posts that do not ADD up.

    To meet up with us on the ROAD 1St you have to be on the ROAD :biggrin_2559:
     
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