Is trucking for me?

Right. All these other guys are making profit (however small it may be) but I won't be able to even break even if I consider my truck to be free? Or are you trying to say that the thousands of people who deliver RVs this way must be enslaved to their companies and loosing money but just keep doing it anyway?

Talk about stupid advice...

Given the silence I'll assume nobody can do that. By all means, prove me wrong. I dare you!

 

Here are some more numbers. Are any of these wrong? They are heavily weighted in favor of the class 8 truck, it still fails. Even if insurance was significantly cheaper it would cost more to run. This does not include the cost of a second vehicle needed with the class 8 truck.



You don't have to be a truck driver to create a spreadsheet.

 

BS! There are plenty of one ton trucks with 500,000 to 1,000,000 miles. Quite frequently the used hot shot trucks on ebay with 600,000 or more miles still sell for quite a lot of money. There are many people on this forum that claim many more miles than that.

Right, and it all cost more in a bigger truck...

Is the maintenance on any of those items cheaper in a big truck than a one ton? I didn't include EVERYTHING because it was obvious that it all cost more.

More BS! If your tires only last 50k you are doing something VERY wrong! You very much can use the same tires. (It's called a "big wheel kit" for the one ton) The same tires, whatever they cost, will last longer on the one ton than the bigger truck, because the bigger truck weighs significantly more. As for stress, people like to put giant lifts and tires on one tons and go mud bogging, it's another thing they were designed to handle. Diesel trucks are like cars for rich people and they all love the big wheels and tires.

Of course, you can still use smaller size tires that fit the one ton and cost much less, also.

Numbers aren't exact but you will never, ever, ever get to a point where the big rig cost less per mile. Don't be stupid. Even if it did I don't care! I never asked about getting a big rig...and I have no intentions of ever getting one. There are people in the world who deliver things with a one ton truck and make a profit doing it, this is a fact.


One more time:
If anybody can provide some real numbers that show a bigger truck costing less per mile, I would love to see it! If my numbers are so wrong post your own! Also, if anybody can show me one person that uses a class 8 truck to deliver single camping trailers I would love to see that too! It doesn't happen!

Again, I've actually talked to somebody who does this in person with ton of paid miles on his one ton. His numbers don't agree with yours. Has anybody here actually delivered RVs with a one ton in real life?

 

I never asked any questions about cost per mile. I already have that figured out just fine. You have added nothing of value to this discussion, you need to stop replying here unless you have something useful to add.