What are you guys calling "gross"?

You are right, people use numbers in different ways so it is always best ask. And on the forums when people are talking rates it can also be helpful to make sure what type of trailer they are talking about.

In general, if someone is talking about a percentage lease and says "gross" that would be what the company is charging the customer. From that you get "gross to the truck". Now to make it confusing, people will say gross and net in the same sentence and they are likely talking "gross to the truck" when they are using net.

And in terms of a comparison you should stop at to the truck and then take your expenses out of that. Because what it costs to run my truck is going to be different. Plus if you are comparing leases then you will want to know what you are getting and take each companies expenses out to see how they compare.

We pay 87% but charge more back. So to compare to another company that pays 76% but pays plates you need to know the gross to the truck to make a good comparison.

 

I use gross as the money TO THE TRUCK before any of my costs.

Net refers to what I got to pocket after I subtract fuel, truck payment, Maint, and all the other costs of running the truck.

 

When I refer to gross I always refer to the gross I get to the truck also.. Whatever percentage above that going to the company I am leased to is irrelevant to me. When I refer to net I am refering to what money was left after the fuel was paid for... ...obviously there are many other costs other than fuel that will come out of that money but as Bill said those costs are different for everyone... ....that said a net figure after fuel will let anyone who looks at that number figure out what it would mean to their operation if they had "netted" that amount after fuel. If I ever refer to a rate that my truck made that is the rate it made on every mile driven, the loaded miles + deadhead, unless otherwise stated.

 

the turbo 3000 is junk. it does nothing. studies have been done by many organizations. even the mythbusters did a segment on it. i foolishly had one installed and my fuel economy went DOWN. fuel economy depends on so much, wind, weight, speed, grade, percentage of biojuice in the fuel etc. that to give credit to a scam like the turbo 3000 is...well foolish.

 

May as well put this in a Wiki file as a perfect example of how a thread will get thrown of the rails.

 

Yea, some people can't understand that it's just an example.

 

Same here. Net is what I have after all expenses. Gross is all the money truck receives. From gross you take out fuel payments, maintenance, ifta, yafi yadi yada expenses.
Once in a while you hear someone say "I made 200,000$ last year" generally speaking I believe this is gross, from that 200,000$ how much did they keep, not all of it was profit