Came pretty #### close in 17 and barely averaged 4000 miles a month. Took some digging around and talking to the right people to find it. My body aches just think about 4000 miles a week. Maybe 20 years ago, you know that old Bob Seger song like a rock.
What would you do?
Discussion in 'Ask An Owner Operator' started by Natural, Jan 2, 2018.
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Op, a few things.
1- yes I know a few who make over $150k net but most are not in this business and those who are in this business own trucks.
2- you can't do 4K a week consistently, there are too many variables. At 4K a week you will be changing oil every 20 days which means that truck can be tied up for a whole day.
3- your competition is someone like me, I can take your customers away from you, run at break even just to be mean and not care about the loses. I don't do that but I know a lot of owners who will, so remember this you are not special, you are on very little fish in a very very big ocean and you can get eaten up so fast.Natural, Ruthless, rollin coal and 1 other person Thank this. -
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With Elogs now, there is no way to do coast to coast with less than 12 days per loop, solo. Drop and Hook even.
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At 4000 miles a week I would only have to workj 15 weeks a year to do my 61,000 mile year.
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You guys all make valid points. I'll aim for doing a combination of both short haul and long haul. The reason why I was mostly considering long haul is because the guy I'd go through gets brokers with $2.00 per mile. He doesn't go through any short haul brokers at all. His small company focuses primarily on OTR. What numbers per mile should I expect on average for short haul?
Yes I am thinking about the money and like I said I see potential in this industry. I'm an Accounting major in college right now and thinking about doing this instead. I will have to bust my ### to make a decent amount, but at least it is not stagnant. I like the idea that the more effort that I put in can and will reward me. It's definitely risky and it is really up to the o/o what they can make in this industry. I like the idea that it is on them if they screw up. Motivates me more in that regard to see what I'm capable of.MysticHZ Thanks this. -
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You're in college right now and thinking about over the road trucking?? Go get laid a few times then see how bad you want to live in a moving small metal box by yourself..
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