March numbers

Dry van:

Total miles: 6650
Loaded miles: 5743

Revenue to the truck: $13650

Total per-mile: $2.05
Loaded per-mile: $2.38

Loads: Total of 7
Running days: 12

Truck was in the shop for a total of 12 days for a major repair ($3K)

 

I'm a company driver, so I don't have access to all of the numbers. I can only compile the numbers for my truck (there are two trucks), and account for fuel and maintenance expenses. Fuel should be easy to calculate, as this truck gets a pretty consistent 5.1 mpg. Maintenance this month came in around $3700 including the major repairs. That includes some work on the trailer, A/C compressor mounting and power steering pump. And a new recap drive tire (dry rotted and had a sidewall crack and blow out while parked).

If I get a bit more motivated, I'll see about putting together the numbers for the quarter. This was just a quick and dirty snapshot.

 

I'd pay someone to do that - driving the truck is much more fun!

 

It's a 1998 Pete 377, 10 speed, DD60 425, no APU or bunk heater. Tops out at 76 on the pedal, 74 on cruise. Boss says to run it Hammer Down, who am I to argue? He chuckles whenever I tell him I slowed down and took some extra time because there was time available on the load. MPG figure includes idling time.

The front gear cover was leaking oil from the back side. When it progressed to leaking 1 gallon every 2500 miles, the boss and I agreed that we needed to get something done about it

Just that part of the repair came in at around $2K, parts and labor.

 

Well, technically it didn't blow, it 'popped'. I spotted a dime-sized bulge in the sidewall when I dropped it off at the shop, and bulge had popped by the time I went to pick it up.