Grossing $5k Per Week

They are one of the good ones.

 

One thing to keep in mind, this is extremely fluid. What is a hot market today may be dead next month. Flexibility is the key to success and longevity.

 

Here is the problem.. no matter what you need 2 years experience to get decent rates on insurance or to even move to a owner op company..

People claiming leasing is bad but already having years experience is a whole different point of view vs a new guy coming in who has to get those years of experience in before he can move on to a more profitable business model.

 

What are your operating costs per mile?

 

How long is your lease?

 

I'm not so sure you can take your prime lp truck to landstar but let's assume you can fit the purpose of this discussion. The exact percentage didn't readout even matter. Its the freight rate that percentage is that matters. Who are primes biggest customers? Grocery warehouses? What freight do you think pays better? That load of cheerios going you Wal-Mart, or the landstar load of cv joints going to a honda plant where if its late the assembly line is shut down and 1500 uaw guys are sitting around picking their nose for 35 bucks an hour?

Orr look at it another way. Assume the money week be the exact same, which us a better opportunity to learn the industry. Taking the loads your dispatcher gives you, or networking and getting loads from 500 agents?

 

1067 dollars a week? Holy smoking crack.

 

Wow! Say you did 2,500 miles at 6.8 MPG with diesel at $2.75/gallon there's another $1k plus $250 for your 10 cpm IFTA/tires/mileage & you're looking at a total of $2,317/week. If maintenance is 25 cpm you'd have another $625. Total is $2,942. Cost per mile is about $1.17.

Even if that 2,500 miles is done at $1.75/mile you're pulling in $4,375.

Lots of assumptions here but that seems reasoanble. Are you very much different anywhere?