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<p>[QUOTE="TallJoe, post: 6838916, member: 180515"]I thought I'd conclude this thread as 2017 ended - my first full year under my own authority and loadboard freight.</p><p><br /></p><p>Total Revenue $ 151,806.73</p><p>Fuel $ 36,404.23</p><p>Maintenance $ 15,908.48</p><p>Office $ 3,949.64</p><p>Trailer Payments $ 6,405.19</p><p>Parking $ 3,474.55</p><p>Insurance $ 12,994.01</p><p>Licencing & Taxes $ 3,958.31</p><p>Fees & Interests $ 2,522.75</p><p>Tollways $ 4,536.39</p><p>Scales $ 373.50</p><p>Communications $ 1,250.00</p><p>Showers & Misc $ 108.00</p><p>All Costs $ 91,885.05</p><p><br /></p><p>Total Business Net $ 59,921.69</p><p><br /></p><p>Total Mileage 93927.00</p><p>Rate per mile 1.62 ----------- hauling too cheap/deadheading too much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</p><p>Maint per mile 0.17</p><p>Fuel per mile 0.39</p><p>Total Cost per mile 0.98</p><p>Profit Per mile 0.64</p><p>mpg 6.42</p><p><br /></p><p><i>Again:</i></p><p><i>So it is important to realize that getting your own MC# and taking loadboard freight is not any guarantee for financial advancement. Running your numbers as you go is important too. Add truck payments to the numbers, which I did not have and this is ludicrous nearing bankruptcy.</i></p><p><i>Take a good look and think twice before committing. </i></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Although after a year...now in 2018 on a positive note...I started great!</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>YTD Revenue $ 21,870.00</b></p><p><b>Fuel $ 3,424.56</b></p><p><b>Maintenance $ 77.00</b></p><p><b>Office $ </b></p><p><b>Trailer Payments $ 582.29</b></p><p><b>Parking $ </b></p><p><b>Insurance $ 689.00</b></p><p><b>Licencing & Taxes $ 243.59</b></p><p><b>Fees & Interests $ 2.00</b></p><p><b>Tollways $ </b></p><p><b>Scales $ 11.00</b></p><p><b>Communications $ </b></p><p><b>Showers & Misc $ 38.84</b></p><p><b>All Costs $ 5,068.28</b></p><p><b>Total Business Net $ 16,801.72 </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>YTD Mileage 7453.00</b></p><p><b>Rate per mile 2.93</b></p><p><b>Maint per mile 0.01</b></p><p><b>Fuel per mile 0.46</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Total Cost per mile 0.68</b></p><p><b>Profit Per mile 2.25</b></p><p><b>mpg 6.07</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>- as of 1/21/18 - I still may catch 10K before End of Month<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b></b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TallJoe, post: 6838916, member: 180515"]I thought I'd conclude this thread as 2017 ended - my first full year under my own authority and loadboard freight. Total Revenue $ 151,806.73 Fuel $ 36,404.23 Maintenance $ 15,908.48 Office $ 3,949.64 Trailer Payments $ 6,405.19 Parking $ 3,474.55 Insurance $ 12,994.01 Licencing & Taxes $ 3,958.31 Fees & Interests $ 2,522.75 Tollways $ 4,536.39 Scales $ 373.50 Communications $ 1,250.00 Showers & Misc $ 108.00 All Costs $ 91,885.05 Total Business Net $ 59,921.69 Total Mileage 93927.00 Rate per mile 1.62 ----------- hauling too cheap/deadheading too much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Maint per mile 0.17 Fuel per mile 0.39 Total Cost per mile 0.98 Profit Per mile 0.64 mpg 6.42 [I]Again: So it is important to realize that getting your own MC# and taking loadboard freight is not any guarantee for financial advancement. Running your numbers as you go is important too. Add truck payments to the numbers, which I did not have and this is ludicrous nearing bankruptcy. Take a good look and think twice before committing. [/I] [B] Although after a year...now in 2018 on a positive note...I started great! YTD Revenue $ 21,870.00 Fuel $ 3,424.56 Maintenance $ 77.00 Office $ Trailer Payments $ 582.29 Parking $ Insurance $ 689.00 Licencing & Taxes $ 243.59 Fees & Interests $ 2.00 Tollways $ Scales $ 11.00 Communications $ Showers & Misc $ 38.84 All Costs $ 5,068.28 Total Business Net $ 16,801.72 YTD Mileage 7453.00 Rate per mile 2.93 Maint per mile 0.01 Fuel per mile 0.46 Total Cost per mile 0.68 Profit Per mile 2.25 mpg 6.07 - as of 1/21/18 - I still may catch 10K before End of Month:D:D:D:D [/B][/QUOTE]
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