Broke Down 69...The Adventure Continues

Well, looks like I have to leave on Saturday. Just booked a whopping 5,000 lb load of luggage for pick up on Monday down in L.A. basin.

These light loads are killing me

 

Don't beat yourself up like that. I'll be in LA on Monday, just pass it my way.

 

I've been running quite a few light loads back up, really helps to boost my mpg. I checked yesterday and my average is up to 7.58 mpg for the year. Of course, I always haul heavy arse loads south. But that average is pretty good as fuel is a big part of where a guy can increase his margins.

 

While I'm a big believer in running as efficient as possible. If the difference of good fuel mileage and bad fuel mileage is more than 4 or 5% profit margin you should be concentrating your efforts on finding better freight.

 

Let's see-

At 8,000 miles per month and $2.50 per gallon, the difference between 6 MPG and 7 MPG works out to a bit under $500 per month.

If that $500 is only 5% of your profits,it means that your profits are running about $10,000 per month or almost $1.20 per mile, based on the hypothetical 8,000 miles per month.

I'm impressed.

 

8k miles a month? That's 96k miles a year. No thank you. The only way I'm running that many miles is if i fell into some golden opportunity where I'm running out 1k miles, reloading and right back paying great in both directions. I truck to live, i don't live to truck.

Edit to add: when i am running otr and not local at home 1.20 is the exact number i shoot for. I dont always hit it, but it's the number i am aiming at.

 

Be carefull with Asian ladies.
They might be small in stature but get them in a fury...................hide. LOL

 

I like running the way and where I do on the I-5 corridor. I'm a door slammer and marginally lazy, not to mention I like my weekly home time, okay?

I'm certain that if I wanted to chase loads and mile markers all over the country I could make more money than I do running my dry van on the west coast.

If putting a few more dollars in my pocket by running light loads, let me be and don't try and tell me how to run my business, capeesh?

 

Looks good to me.

Move 'em on, head 'em up!