Break even and profit goals......

If those are his real break even and profit numbers he has made some major mistakes. First thing you need to do is write a business plan if you want to be successful. As for costs, my insurance and plate costs per month are about $1200. Figure on 30 to 40 per cent of gross going to fuel. Put away 10cpm for maintenance. Don't forget tolls, put away a few hundred every month to replace tires. Then there are the taxes, can't forget the taxes. Hire an accountant that deals specifically with the trucking industry for the tax and financials stuff.

 

He ain't getting $2.00 a mile. Landstar possibly is... But he isn't.

That's what I don't like about Landstar.... They tell you the gross of what the load is paying. Then you have to calculate in your head 68% of 98%.....

 

minus 13%, +5, carry the 1.......

The couple of times I've hauled a brokered load from Landstar they wanted my personal cell number, home number, and to call them every 2 hours. I told the guy to get in touch with my dispatcher and HE can call me. To find out info, after all I usually talk to my dispatcher several times a day, and that is more than enough. That way it cuts down on the he said, she said garbage.

 

when I was at landstar the leftover crap that hit the boards avaeraged $1.30/mi with fuel. take you percentage out of that. Flats were better but not that much. That guy is lying or he's a train wreck waiting to happen with a $2/mi BEP. Mine is about $1.40 with taking $.030/mi for myself

 

With that old of a truck it should be paid for so the $2 BE point is BS. Either that or he is living on credit to make his last few months before going completely under.

 

$2 a mile for a solo driver is not enough

 

Breakeven is different with each & every one of us.

We all have different costs. For a rough breakeven number... Your looking at a range between $1.00 & $1.40