Per mile operating cost?

It's cool you're trying. I wouldn't be leaving money on he table by not running certain places. Just saying. Get a better plan than " F those places!" Sometimes there's a good bit of money involved in those places.

 

Bigbadbill allready touched on it.
Cost per mile goes up /down with the miles you run.
And those can vary enormously.

 

A Ryder rented tractor can run as much as $600/week plus 9-12cpm. You could buy a very nice truck for that kind of money.

 

Don't dog the 20k trucks. You can get a very decent truck for this price or you can get a total dog. Just take your time finding the right one. Many places will even be able to provide you with the maintenance records. As stated by others you are not going to be running Cali with anything you pick up for this price. But then who really WANTS to run Cali. Texas, the mid-west and the south pay almost as much but the fuel is cheaper and the hills are smaller. Admittedly, this is based off of my experience running freight in my ugly but reliable 19k rig that i pick off of Schneider's load board rather than the ones for o/o's under their own authority.

One other note... You will be unlikely to find a truck for this price with an apu. So either plan for .5 lower mpg or the cost of buying one. Don't forget you can take it with you when you upgrade to a newer truck.

just my $0.02

 

Nothing run starting with a 20k truck, I started almost 4 weeks ago I got a 16k cash 2003 Century knock on wood no problems so far. Even do I only do the NE, start off with something and just build from there.

 

Our actual quarter 2 operating cost was $1.29 per mile including all expenses except pay to us. That's fuel, broker/trailer fee to the company we are leased to, and any other expenses including insurance, maintenance, repairs, IFTA, cell phone, etc. This changes a bit each month based on the fact that some expenses change each month. That's with a payment on a used truck.