found a job where i can drive a 1 ton truck hauling rvs but have expense questions

Ryan you are not going to want to hear this.

Don't do the rv 1 ton thing. This is a huge mistake. Are you talking single campers? Running for a transport company, loaded out from the plant empty back for the next one?

With your own pickup? Or theirs? Truck payment?

This is a huge step down. I doubt you will net out what you think.

 

You should ask this in the Expediter and Hot Shot Trucking Forum section, there are a few threads on it for hauling RV’s already.

 

How new is your truck and how many miles on it?

What flavor of truck?

On the plus side it might work short term. For you to get a taste of the OTR thing. If you hustle and they have the loads and go straight back to the plant maybe it will give you some short term cash flow.

My concerns are slow times less miles. Burning up your truck. Your BK is going to make it hard to get another truck loan? Plus big repairs.

Usually these gigs get guys to burn up a new dually in 2 to 3 years and the guy has loaded his credit cards and still owes 3 years on the truck. I know a guy who did just that.

In my opinion a big step down from a big rig.

Where is your home in relation to the plant?

 

your MPG's are way off....try figuring less than 10 MPG , that will be more to the real world numbers that you'll need to figure....insurance I have no idea...food and hotel's are more than likely too low also...unless you really eat light and stay in flea-bag motels...you didn't include tires either..is the truck a dualie if so figure another 1500 to 1800 a year for tires....repairs....one road call can get you for more than 400...especially if you have to be towed.....your headed into the red before you ever get started with your figures....just saying....

 

I'm not even in the biz and I can see that's a losing deal! I see all of those ?'s by your line items. Those are big unknowns! I don't see a truck payment in your expenses. That tells me if the trucks paid off then it already has some high mileage. If you can get back hauls that might be different but where would you find a back haul with no trailer!

 

If you're retired, have good retirement income and just want to get about 2/3 of your fuel and insurance costs and depreciation reimbursed, while you travel around, and wear out a perfectly good truck, RV hauling may be good for you. Otherwise, stay away from it. The pay is just not anywhere where it needs to be because they figure guys will do this as an expensive "hobby" to while away retirement time and get away from their wife, or deal with depression and to get out of the house after losing a spouse.

 

The others can expand on the rest....