What do you think?

Well you can do a lot better, dont settle for 1200 after everything is said and done, after 3 years of running you will have a truck that will need lots of repairs and no money to do so.

 

You will need to set aside $250 per month for tires on the truck; another $200 per month for trailer tires (if your lease calls for you to pay for them). Don't forget that pesky relative who likes to get their fair share. Rough figure is 15% of gross.

Preventative maintenance will run you around $200/month (or less if you do it yourself).

You need to also set aside an amount for repairs. Even with a warranty, not everything will be covered, but more importantly, how are you going to make the truck payment while the truck is in the shop with no revenue? (hint: repair money you set aside).

What happens if after a year, the company goes belly up or you decide you don't like working with them anymore?

Two tips to making money in this business is 1) keep the left door closed 2) run the shortest amount of miles for the most amount of money. At $.90+FSC you will be running a lot of miles for not alot of money.

 

2 weeks ago i got the #'s from the L/O mgr. from the co. i drive for and as i suspected it was'nt great nor was it all that bad.

but he did the break down on cost's and expense's on a worksheet and in the end a l/o would make just a little more pulling their trl. than a co. driver makes and the l/o prays he has no problem's with the tractor.

 

So, if I could jump in, is $1.75 a running mile by PC Miler a decent enough buck as an o/o?

Trying to figure out whether it is or not. Looks pretty good on paper, but real world and paper seem to be 2 different things.