Gross Revenue Fact or fiction?

Yup he can get runs paying $10k to Cali. But, he ain't going to get 3 a month...period. He's going to be lucky to get 1 a month.

 

and besides. You don't want to look at gross, if you only look at gros then everyone would want to own a truck

 

I run VERY specialized "white glove" frieght and can get somewhat close to that 10k number from northern MS to northen California under the right circumstances. Depends on what type of "extra" handling requirements are involved. We will do just about anything that our clients require for a price. The typical trip from our main customer in northern MS to say Carmel,CA would pay $7500 +/-. The thing to keep in mind is the backhaul won't pay half of that depending on what time of year. So the round trip would be right around 10k. 99% of all carriers could never charge those kinds of rates for that lane, but 99.9% of all carriers could NOT provide the type of service that we do, or provide the equipment that we do. On the flipside of the equation, my costs are probably close to double what most carriers costs are due to the extra equipment built into our trailers, paying a premium wage to hire and keep drivers qualified to service our customers in a manner that they are accustomed to, and increased cargo insurance coverage, and special liability coverage to cover our drivers when they enter our clients property(which we all know most residences aren't designed to accomodate a rig).

In my opinion, AVERAGING the kind of numbers you are talking about is a pipe dream. But if you do find a way to turn those kinds of gross revs.,the expenses will be escalated and thus bring the net back down to earth.

 

You basically covered everything in the parts I snipped.

$350k gross is going to have some SERIOUS overhead.

Even heavy haulers (who have great gross figures) need to purchase permits, hire escorts, increase maintanance intervals, and super size everything, motor, axles, transmission, etc.

Then, they either deadhead back at ZERO dollars. Or sit for days trying to find a load going back.

Some of the best paying accounts for HouseHold Movers... Military personel (Officers) and their belongings being transfered between bases, is seasonal. The winter months are very lean most of the time. And these guys can sit for a week or more at a time on the other end.

Consumer Electronics pay good also. But, how many shows can you do a year realistically?? 10 shows over 10 weeks may only cover 1000 miles. That 10K is going to include a LOT of heavy lifting and unloading.