Average miles ran per year

I've always run around 120k a year but on track for 130k this fiscal year .

 

Miles are not money but that's a good common denominator. I can say, for instance, that an owner operator in his prime should have no problems to run 100k miles a year and maintain family life. If physically impaired, or some health issues, perhaps not as much.

 

both time and rolling miles need to be considered in your rate. because yes you do have fixed expenses fixed expenses require a certain about of revenue. then your variable expenses are based off how many miles you run. running less miles may increase your cost per mile but less miles for more money may increase profits.

if you do 1200 for the day but you only run 300 miles is going to be more profitable than 650 miles for the same $1200

but if you only do $600 on 300 miles for one day may be less profitable than 1200 on 650.

if that makes sense.

 

Answer to your question depends on LOTS of things. Believe it or not how old are you is one. But I would say a first year owner operator. Especially one with a family, and just coming out of the military. I would say no more than 8000 miles a month or 96,000 miles. But probably will be closer to 80,000.

 

Now as for your plan. I don' want to bust your bubble but BOHICA. Never having been a driver before. Your going to need to learn how to drive, get your cdl. Then buy a truck, go thru all the riga moa of getting your own numbers. Finding an insurance company willing to insure a first year comany with a first year no experience driver. I am NOT in anyway saying it can' be done. But you have set some pretty #### hurdles for yourself. Just my opinion but I think you should. Pick one of the company' who offer free training. Go with them as a company driver for at least 9 months. That is enough time to experience driving. With all the hassles, and weather types, and wife is lonely, daddy why do you have to leave's. While still researching, and making contacts.if after that time you stI'll wanna do it. GO FOR IT!! Lastly rememer there are many of us prior military guys out here. Weed us out from the wanna bee's but never was guys. And pick our brains.

 

As said above - but 1st year - 100,000

2nd year, 85,000 for the same revenue. . .

3rd year . . . 70,000 . . . for the same revenue -

you see where this is going, right?