I'm not trying to discourage you driver...but as others have said: " Money and friends should not be mixed. The same goes for family". That's my opinion and I have a ton of bad experiences to back up that opinion. No way do you want bad feelings at the Thanksgiving day table. You get the idea.
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On a side note. Take out a piece of paper and run the numbers. Get down to your per day cost of "having" the truck. This is all a numbers game...truckdriver31 and FlaSwampRat Thank this. -
I don't have a CDL but i am in the process of getting it. I am mechanically inclined...it is my current day job lol. I have run the numbers on a sheet but it just seems like they are not right because i am at around $4,500 a week for expenses. The relative is going to show me his weekly spread sheet on all his trucks next week so I have a real world idea and not just "oh hey this is what that guy told me" numbers.
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$4500... is the majority of that the truck payment?truckdriver31 Thanks this. -
My truck is $750 a week. Insurance is $176 a week
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Show what you have for your weekly fixed expenses.
There's no way they should be anywhere close to $4500.
Even with a new truck payment with running under your relatives authority your fixed expenses should be somewhere around $1000 - $1200. If you can't get your fixed expenses down to at least those levels you have no chance at success.truckdriver31 Thanks this. -
The Driver is $800. Truck is $750. Insurance is $170. Fuel is $1,000. Taxes $800. Workers comp $400. Maint is $250. I am at $4,170. Driver is 40 cents a mile. For 400 miles a day. If these numbers seem way the hell off then let me know cause that is the problem i am at right now.
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