Pricing?

Hey, I hope this is in the right section. I'm new to the "owner operator" I have a 16 ft box truck, which I use to make local deliveries. The stuff I deliver is extremely heavy. I'm talking about pallets that have 500-1,800 lbs of stuff on them. My truck is 15,000 lbs gvwr. I often deliver 2 or 3 pallets that may weigh up to 1,800lbs a piece. I drop them off and often have round trips. I never go over my trucks legal limit. I know most long distance tractor trailer companies pay their employees by the mile. I don't work for a company though and I do mostly local stuff. Is there anyplace that can give me a general idea of what rates are? I'm not sure if I should charge by weight? My customers want me to give them a list of my prices and I'm not sure how to charge them. Any help would be greatly appreciated. thank you.

 

Anybody? I'm just trying to figure out how o/o's charge. I've read that some trucking companies charge $4.00 a mile for local stuff and anything long distance, they lower amount of dollars per mile?

 

thank you. I'll look into that.