Question about Owning a few trucks.

Hello All,

Thanks for letting me in to this great community Ive read great articles by this website.

First off I want to say I have been in the logistics industry about 6 years doing Air Cargo, Ocean , Import , Export and basic trucking always hired third parties for thew trucking though. So i dont have the best clear picture about this industry.
I got layed of of work about a week ago and was thinking of buying 1 or 2 tracktors and leasing myself to a carrier. NOTE: I will not be the driver. I plan on concentrating on developing a future carrier/ broker business and expanding. I have a Driver well known use to drive for a carrier I knew before.

What I want to have an Idea here is : What will be an average of my Cent per mile net profit as an Owner ( not operator) I know i can pay these drivers 0.36-0.42 cents per mile.That range is fine with them . PLease note i dont want to be rich or live of of 1 truck or 2 truck , I just want basic idea of how much $$$ i cant count on from each truck doing 10k-15k miles per month . I here some carriers around here paying 1.70 p mile for power only some other 1.45 1.40. Can anyone give me a reality here?


Thank you guys and please forgive me if I am a little ignorant as I dont have much experience in the trucking biz. I just want a rough around the ball park figure of my take home pay as an owner. of 2 trucks.. Not operating either. Lets say each truck doing 10k - 15 k guaranteed miles on the month.

I hope all the experienced fleet owners and operaters can help me with this.

 

I will pay for both tractors cash. I plan to go Power only.

 

Thank you , but ill wait for a more reasonable comment or response.

 

Hello Oscar

and thanks for your reply, I plan at the beginning to use someone elses authority this person pays 1.70 per mile(Power Only). @ 3000 miles min per week. . I plan to pay my drivers at start 0.39 cents per mile , These guys are people I know. for now lets leave aside the benefits and vacation. I will pay the carrier 700 per truck to get with their truck insurance. The trucks will be paid cash. 2 - 2007 freightliner columbia. and no trailer power only. lets say i already paid tags and all start up fees. will i profit from this scenario .... if soo whats your estimate net income i can count on per truck on a month basis. Saying both drivers drive 10k miles @ 1.70 .. and that my truck does 6 mpg avergae overall.
I understand its extremely hard to predict failures and mechanical things going wrong. but just a ball park figure here...Thanks bud I appreciate all the info I can get.

 

This rate is for all miles loaded and empty .

 

i plan on getting 2007 freightliner columbias something within that range ... Looking for less than 700k miles.