Sharp exchange with a planner today.....

Ok I didnt realize it was that low. Alot of companies pay the same loaded and empty, except usually no FSC on empty miles.

 

Give me the breakdown on how you will go broke running empty at .81 a mile....

 

My first thought is that since operating cost is at least $1.20/mile, you're already in the hole to the tune of $0.39/mile. Not to mention using HOS time that should be used on paid miles.

 

Fuel is about $.50 a mile MT (assuming 8 MPG/$4.00 a gallon) plus whatever you put in your maintaince account. If you run over 11,000 miles a month that's $.09 a mile (and MT miles count). We haven't even touched basic maintaince (oil, tires, ect).

My goal is to keep my MT miles around 7% for the week. I use 10% of loaded as a quick guide when looking at loads. I will take a load with excess MT miles if I want the load bad enough and I definitely use excess MT miles as a quick reason to turn down loads.

 

On top of the fuel, add in the cost of your truck payment. You might end up with making.08/mi for your mt miles. Are you going to want to run lets say 200 mt for a 200 ldd mile run. The last time that I looked, I think that my time running 200 miles for about $16, well, for that I might just as well get outta the truck and work at Wendy's for $8.00/hr

 

This seems to be a thread that simply reminds me why I say a company driver, instead of going L/O.