What's a decent wage?

I can only speak to what I know..... And its nothing to do with van or reefer work.

I can't see how your plan is feasible. After you pay a driver, fuel, truck payment, put some aside for repairs and maintenance all you can pray for is to break even.

20k a month is a really bad month, even for fert hauling and fuel is no 57% (for me).

With your numbers you would need a fleet of trucks and collectively you might turn a profit.

 

First I should of read your post better....

20k/ mnth I read as dollars not mileage.

Again if you are talking van/reefer I would have no clue what decent miles are but if the driver will only work Mon-Fri 20k miles I would think are not realistic (borders, load/unloading etc).

 

20k x 1.45 = 29000

That's a ton of miles for a gross of less than 30 g's.

 

Your math on fuel might be correct.....

My cost per liter may be different due to regional and discounts.

I would be looking for ledge to jump off of if it were that high.

 

I'm no where near $1.30 a litre (at least for now).


$4500/mnth (gross I'm assuming) for a driver that is over the road with meals etc (more assumptions) in my mind is not a decent wage.

This was the whole point of the thread.... I've got friends who ##### cause they aint making no money but yet mention the west, let alone Sask and its a non-starter!

 

.44 x 20000 miles don't equal 4500 gross.