Average Miles Per Day?

1400 miles can be easily done going west of Minneapolis, but not East. Chicago will throw you out of schedule

 

You have 14 hours to drive 11 hours. Except for loading and unloading, there is little that will put a crimp in your being able to that with ease. 11 hours at 65 mph, which is what you should be able to do considering all states are 70 mph except Indiana. That's 715 miles per day. Ok, a challenge, but not impossible to do day in day out.

Tbh, I plan my own freight, and I hardly ever do those kinds of miles. To me it's the dollars per day, not the miles per day.

 

Can easily be done on the over night shifts.

 

A hotshot truck is going to have to stop 3 times for fuel at least. I'm not familiar with the route but biggest factor often over looked is finding parking and doing so strategically to make appointment.

To me anything over 600 miles a day is usually pushing it. And it's not the drive but all the other factors that hurts you. Load times, fuel stops and parking availability that allows to maximize drive time.

I always try to get to appointment 1hr before picking up and delivering to account for unforeseen traffic slowdowns.

 

They want to run you into the ground is what you're missing. I would never agree to a load like that. You can do it, but I wouldn't. You'd be stressed out the entire time. I generally drive 600 - 650 miles a day and for me, that's my comfort zone for long hauls. Now if they want to pay $5/mi, I'd do it.

 

Maybe his super driver is driving 100 MPH or with no ELD. The industry is powered by lies as much as diesel fuel.