Are you thinking of being a owner operator (Consider This First)

Precisely why I became a company driver, and that was 25 years ago. This sounds a bit extreme, I don't doubt you, but as mentioned, you got the truck at exactly the wrong time. Heck, you are better off with a truck with 800K, as all that has been replaced. Sorry, you can't win today, and you gave it the old college try, but O/Os will simply be priced out of the profession and no sense in feeding into that. The real problem is, you are kind of stuck. Nobody will buy the truck, and repairs will continue to plague you. I say, get out now, suck up the loss, get some great company job, and build yourself back up. As you found out, O/O is 1 step forward, 2 steps back. You'll rarely get ahead. Best of luck.

 

@Trenton325 Just curious how many actual miles did you run in 5 yrs? I'm doing a cost per mile break down spreadsheet and want to use your info to test the formulas

 

You would have much more money in your pocket if you’d just bought a new truck. Congrats on making it through all of that though. It’s not easy.

 

@Midwest Trucker
How would he have had more money in his pocket when 99% of his repairs are just general maintenance

 

It’s much cheaper and more efficient to operate a new truck. Especially as many miles as he is/was running.

 

It's impossible to do a cost per mile breakdown..way too many variables.

Breakdowns can be anything and happen at any time. New tires are slightly more then recaps but usually last longer. Economy can be everywhere. Mountains vs flatland. Winter vs summer. Insurance seems to have prices everywhere.

Way too many variables. No 2 trucks will have the same costs.

 

I don't think the request was directed at you however I will explain it. I am aware of that however I can use the additional data to create the correct formulas which includes variables in them

 

You still have to pay for the parts and labor or do you actually think that everything is covered under warranty or that it won't break?? Then you have increases in insurance cost and a truck payment to make. I don't EVEN know why I try to explain this to you people who put mouth (keyboard) in gear before you think the situation through it's entirety.

 

I would say there's a whole lot of subjective there. Average 10+ truck fleet, probably right