General Questions

I'm no O/O, but I would assume it depends on each ones situation, ie: truck, miles driven, type of load, age of truck. What your asking is pretty broad.

 

well...ive spent around 32k on fuel..for about 73k miles...oil i spend about $26 a WEEK...fuel additives are about $13 every time i fuel;...once a day about...oil changes are about $250 every three weeks, but i get the high dollor PM...the list goes on and on

 

If you do the work yourself you save alot.I do my PM's myself and save alot.As far as fuel I save there alo with an APU its a life saver.If you plan right you can save time and money and learn alot about your equipment to catch things before they just quit.

 

My plates for about everything east of the Mississippi are $1500/ year Insurance is about $8500/ year Fuel will cost you $0.50-0.55 cents per mile, minus what-ever you get for FSC, fuel additive will run another 4-5 cents per gallon of fuel treated. Oil costs me about $9/gallon x 11 gallons per oil change plus one gallon to add between oil changes every 12k mi. = $108 + $35 for the filter. Fuel filter every 25k #$15-20 , Also add 1-2 tubes of grease every other weekend. Best way to save money is to do the PM your self, get a drain pan and find a 55 gal drum to keep used oil in, there are alot of garages that burn used oil, don't ever pay to get rid of it