Instant O/O and Load boards

when i did the numbers for my break even report, i used 500mi a day for 5days as an average.. was that a good ideal? or should i have +/-miles or +/-days? i figured runing for 10hr straight at 50mph (lol yeah right) and always under load (being optmistic) i'd only make 500mi. so much for the five days i just used that as a basis to work around. was that a good route or should i have did it a different way.?

 

I've been using 2200 loaded miles/week for the basic math, and however many days it takes to run the miles. Then when I work my operating cost figures I add 15% more fuel for deadhead miles, because those wouldn't be counted into loaded miles and the mpg is higher empty.

One thing you can't forget to work the math on is your regular oil and lube services, brakes, tires, filters, and fuel additives if you use them. And last, you've got to treat breakdowns like a bill is in the mail already - set money aside for stuff that might go bang. If it doesn't, you have a slush fund, but if it does - you may need to rent a truck to complete a run while paying to have your truck fixed.

 

i did put a oops fund in there.. but it was really gonna be used to help speed the recovery of the maintaince fund which is comprised of the left over money from the business loan i'ma try to get to start all of this.. i'll just throw another $0.10 in there for a real maintaince fund... hopper gotta be doing really good right now, cause Pharm has been quieter then a mouse fartin on cotton.

 

hmmmm ,mouse farting in cotton >>>>roflmao

 

Is Rob still running his truck or did he finally end up in jail?

 

jail? did i miss somethin?

 

Where the updates? ...

 

Seems like Pharm was using this forum as a way to get guidance on how to climb the steepest part of the learning curve since he was new not only to freight industry but driving itself. Now he's on a flatter portion of that progression he doesn't need it. I hope he finds his way. At least he is willing to work for what he gets. There's a lot of people that would rather steal theirs.

 

So you guys are going to keep talking to yourselves?

 

It's more educational than talking to you..