What’s more profitable??

The highest rate I’ve received was $75 per ton on a 550 mile (all day) run.
So that would be say $150, but then you would still have to get back, so a day cab is out in that case.
Shorter runs $14 per ton, so $28 more. Can do three to five per day. So we’ll say $75 to $125 more per day. And home every night.
But that’s all theory. It’s the line ups that wreck your plans.
Some days I plan on five loads, but can not get two in due to lines at the terminals.

 

Math is hard!
♡Barbie♡

 

Depends where you're at, I know for South Dakota you're going to have to gross around 100k to make any money, at least for loads I've seen. I'm assuming the guys running trains and 8 axle setups are getting solid year round contracts for a lot better than you can find on the board, only way it pencils out in my math.

 

About an hour from terminal.

 

If you're gonna run grain you're gonna want a place to rest while you wait.

 

There isn’t a 2-4K weight difference in a sleeper truck vs a day cab as long as the rest of the truck is the same. At the very least I would want a 36” bunk just in case things went south and you didn’t make it home.