How many miles?

I drive 60,000 miles in 5 to 6 months... My very first 2 months doing long haul I put nearly 30,000 on that first truck.

 

30,000 isn't any record, neither is it slacking off. But for me miles do not equal money. 60,000×$5.per mile= $300,000. I make my money in the trailer and holding a pen. Not the wheel. But best of luck and thanks for all you do. Cause when I go to the store. I expect the shelves to be stocked.

 

Lol... No 30,000 isn't a record by no means, and its no $300k a year either. But for a complete rookie (to long haul that is) it was a good bench mark.

 

Yes it is and thanks again. Btw bedbugger get talk large numbers. Cause we always talk about Gross. But we have crazy ### mind blowing huge expenses

 

Wife and I put 221000 miles on a virgin Freightliner Century 2001 model year in 9 months and three weeks roughly. That is actual miles.

Some of the highest and most intense trucking possible for the two of us on both of our logbooks is LA California to Avenel NJ, drop hook and back again to LA in 6 days flat. Leave a few hours to decompress, walk round a little bit, find a street food truck or up on the roof to nap in the warm sunshine.

It's right around 6000 to 6500 miles the way we ran in those 6 days and change. We need about 67 hours each 70 hour last 8 days to get this done between the two of us, round trip. Week after week after week.

One example of how intense this kind of trucking is, is to understand that we do TWO oil changes, a complete and total replacement of rotella T oil, filters, fuel filters, air dryer, air filter canister a month. A sandstorm can absolutely kill a brand new air intake filter can in 30 minutes and pop the restriction device gauge on that dashboard) That's about 30K plus miles a month give or take a little bit. New alternator every three months, new set of batteries every 6, a new virgin set of bobtail tires, all 10 at 500 each every october prior to first ice or frost for the coming wyoming winter battles. I don't recall belts. Our Detroit began to drive everything by gearing or steel chain belting which is really special) some items on the truck such as the power steering was actually a electric motor instead of the old school high lo fluid lines being driven by a power steering pump. None of that emissions yet then either. No oil spinners either. (This goes way back... a cookie to some of you old ######## who knows what these are with extra frosting and a server of your choice)

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150 miles a week or so.

Used to average 1500-2000 home daily pulling tankers.