Some numbers for new O/O

I'd have a hard time taking that out of there, I ##### when I get 2 dollar freight after a 3 dollar load.

 

I was about 1.85 all miles last year, total of about 55,000 miles. Average week was about 1,000 miles and around 1900 dollars. I don't work nearly hard enough and don't take loads that don't pay 2 bucks a mile. I'll bounce past the cheap crap that just eats up time for break even pay, not worth it.
If I were to stay out a month or better at a time and run a wider area I could do better, but I don't want to run that way. If I hauled certain commodities I could maybe do better, but that stuff generally takes hours to unload and you nearly have to shovel it out, not worth it at less than 5 a mile to me and nobody wants to pay that.

 

What’s your average length of haul?

 

450 miles or so, makes it a little difficult to get in a good week sometimes.

 

I don't know crap about hopper freight but yanking a flat around my best weeks are done with those short 400 to 450 mile runs.

 

It's strange, the 350 to 450 mile loads will pay the same as 600 or 700 mile loads, and the up to 300 mile ones are real hit or miss on being worth the time. Problem is there's just never quite enough time in the day on the 450s and I'm always 10 minutes late to load or unload by 4 or 5pm, or 2 at the real stupid places.

 

Some day your money load will be somebody else's 1.30 a mile barely break even load and then you'll understand.

 

So after fuel, insurance, maintenance and other variables, you made roughly 60k? That's easy money on that few miles. Your equipment must definitely be paid off.