The Good, The Bad, The Honest Truth of a New Roehl Lease Operator

Hey man, thanks for posting that. That's a %*#$load of numbers, it's nice to get a look at one of these before I get into it.

 

Okay mine are sort of crazy lol these are my weekly avgs per month with hometime included.
Jan $160.69
Feb $1227.58
Mar $955.01
Apr $794.13
May $1399.71
June $349
July $694.06
Aug $1035.77

It's very obvious when I take my vacations in January that was a 2.5 week vacation at the end of Dec that killed it. June another 1.5 week vacation. Sorry my numbers are all simple but that's the way I operate lol

 

That's your net before taxes?

 

Here's my numbers from January through August of this year. The numbers are pretax net and before any personal deductions such as per diem.

View attachment Monthly Summary through August 2011.pdf

 

Wow, I never realized how little the actual take home was for you guys. I guess it will increase quite a bit when the trucks are paid off. How long are the leases set up for? How many years to actually pay off the truck?

 

Thanks for posting the numbers Preacher Man, I'm curious what kind of time you take off due to your average miles per week.

Jeff got in touch with me today. I told him I'd be in Marshfield tomorrow so we're going to have a chance to meet face to face to go over some things before I head home.

Treefork, I'm looking at a 42 month lease. 3.5 years. I'm not expecting to take home a whole lot more than I am now, but anything more than I'm getting now is getting saved in a business account. Hopefully the deductions will help a bit, and I'll be looking at closely monitoring fuel economy and working to keep my net fuel cost as low as I can. I'm generally signing the lease for a tad more freedom. I also will not be taking much home time, ever, which should keep my average weekly miles up.