Cost Per Mile

Maybe better to ask is what the maintenance cost per mile is for those older trucks. My truck is 2009, but it would be interesting to see what the cost is for those 20 year old trucks, since they're in such high demand. Anyway, the last 150K miles my cost is 13 c a mile (there I have repairs, PM Services, parts, fuel/oil additives, tires, truck gadgets and truck washes). It is still before overhaul.

 

Knowing someone else’s cost per mile won’t help you much. Write down all the costs you’ll have and take that total number and divide by 10k miles and that will get you your estimated cost per mile per month. Truck, pay, insurance, maint., payroll taxes, fuel, business services, etc. if you’re leasing on somewhere, you’ll need to know all the deductions you’ll be paying per month.

 

I think that those pre-emission trucks are overpriced. I might be wrong but I'd like to see, if they cost any less in maintenance even after overhaul. I agree that the total cost per mile is just too broad a concept.

 

The age of the truck is not important, the payment is if it is there. The problem is it impossible to determine it for each person has different goals and needs. Where I don't need a salary, others would and many figure that in the cost per mile. Where others just have a general fund for repairs and minimal maintenance, I am very specific on how the money is put and how I amortize parts based on their life span.

 

2015 $.78
2016 $.84
2017 $.92
This is for 2001 Volvo 770 with a Cummins N14 engine.
This includes all my maintenance for truck and trailer, fuel, plates,insurance and any other miscellaneous items.
It does not include my pay

 

2017 $ 1.10 with new truck payment

 

Not having a payment doesn't mean your cost is less.

 

And that is why small companies can compete with big companies, even on elogs. Even though the megas set the bar, trucking is majority small company and owner operator.

 

As a rule service means nothing to a larger corp. Their bean counters are on the payroll to save a buck. The mentality is we ship x loads a day so if we can cut x dollars per load.......and use their trailer for free storage.......

 

Yea no mega is pulling 1.00 mi freight on the regular.

Take my previous employer for example. 6 trucks and they have a brokerage on the side. All dedicated to one shipper and one lane. Binghamton N.Y. to to Boston area. 1500 on roughly 330 mi for 6,000 lb dry box load. My boss brokered out quite a bit of loads plus 2 o/o working with him. They were throwing more loads at us then we could cover.

So I guess my point is if the mega could operate that cheap why weren't they getting all of our work for 2.00 a mile meanwhile the small company I was at was getting 4.50 mi and having loads shoved at us left and right