What would you do?
Discussion in 'Ask An Owner Operator' started by Natural, Jan 2, 2018.
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I did mention that I didn't include the other expenses like gas and what not. You're still making a killing though.
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I'll do a mix of both Reefer and Flatbed. But, mostly Reefer.
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Fuel
Insurance
irp
Truck payment
Trailer payment
Reefer fuel
Def
Repairs
Maintenance
Accounting
Office expenses cell phones computer etc
Fuel tax
Nyhut
Or wdt
Nm wdt
Kyu
Tolls
Etc
Etc
Etc
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Any left over for you to pay a driver?
Ya the top number looks good sometimes. How well can you manage all those expenses? -
Then I don't think you will be able to do those miles without a team operation. The wait times to unload are just too time consuming.
The guys that haul the yogurt acct. out of Conneticut, are now doing it with a team bc they cannot meet the deadlines with a solo operation. -
Yeah I included all those and gave realistic monthly/annual estimates for each category. I'm still making a ton of money. I even included food expenses, health insurance, prepass, EZpass, registration fees, etc. I'll be doing the driving myself until I can make enough money to hire other truck drivers. I'm still better off doing this than working for a company making $40-50k. I know what you're saying though. It's a lot of expenses.
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Ok
I am curious to see your estimated expenses
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My friend did it just fine. Drove all the way from Rochester, NY to SLC and back within a week. We were lucky though because we didn't hit icy roads in Wyoming just 60mph winds. Took them a couple hours to unload and they unloaded at night when he was sleeping. He was somewhat cutting it close though, but he didn't take a substantial amount of breaks.
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That big storm that hit PA over Christmas, it took a driver 7 hrs to go 26 miles.
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Too bad it didn't take 8
He could of averaged less than 5mph and got an 8 hour break inBakerman Thanks this.
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