What factors do you drivers take into calculating your operating costs for each truck. Would be interested to know how everyone approaches it. What I've taken into account so far is
On the assumption you drive about 100k miles per year
Insurance
Lease (if you have one)
Trucking Maintenance Expenses (Tires, Axels, Engine Rebuild, Transmission rebuild, misc, etc.)
Annual UCR fee
Fuel
Tag
2290
Driver
Permits
I'm sure I'm missing a few things but would love to hear what everyone else thinks
Calculating Your Operating Cost
Discussion in 'Ask An Owner Operator' started by Kings Head Trucking, May 16, 2019.
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Just type "Owner Operator Costs" in the search bar, there's hundreds of posts on the subject.
Dave_in_AZ Thanks this. -
$1.60 -1.70 a mile. That’s a real cost to run.
JonJon78, Midwest Trucker and Kings Head Trucking Thank this. -
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I’m a successful owner operator for years with 4 trucks now and it’s literally about $1 a mile. How dudes get $1.60 plus is insane. I also do flatbed. Now if you have your own authority there’s a bit more expense with factoring and such. Here’s my numbers.
.45 fuel
.07 insurance
.07 trailer
.02 tags and 2290
.30 truck and maintenance
= about .91
Now pay the driver a decent salary (or yourself) and benefits and the rest can be profit or put back into the business.interested in engine and Intothesunset Thank this. -
lilillill, Ruthless, spyder7723 and 4 others Thank this.
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I think it was ooida that figured it was $1 per mile to be an independent owner operator with a dry van.
And $1.10 per mile to break even with a reefer.
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