Your operating cost per mile?

It is not how many miles you run it is about how much those miles pay. Lots of people seem to forget that. I met a guy in the neighbor town and he showed me his numbers for 2011. He drove 56,000mls and made $180,000 with his 91 Pete and two different trailers he owns.

 

Eh that's true...I know the last $500 day I had lost my ### though. It was actually SUPPOSED to be a $500 day turned into about a $-450 day got stuck and the load didn't cover the tow bill. However we have had $500 days where we have taken home money not much as you said but still profit. Working on averages is good. I prefer to go week to week but a balance of the 2 is probably the best. I know where you are coming from but there are times when averaging at the end of the week can screw you. Been there though I made more than I did at the end of the week and threw my load book out the window I was so livid.

 

80K miles in a year dispatching yourself, trying to get top dollar rates amongst competition who constantly lowers the bar, is hard work. I turned 76K last year. I'm on pace to maybe turn about 10K less than that this year, or if things get really busy 4th quarter I could possibly match those miles. Like another poster said it's not the miles you turn, it's what you keep and the rates you earn. I'll take $120K on 50K miles in a year over $225K on 150K miles every single time... Actually I'd never be happy turning 100K+ miles in a year unless it was at $2.30-$2.50 a mile or better. Been there and done it for much less per mile. It's no fun making everyone else money and not having any left over for one's self.

 

I should point out, when I say "important", it was actually hurting some of my decisions on the loads I accepted.

 

that's right!!!!!!!!

 

In fact as of the first of this month 6-1-13 I'm at $3.38/mi all miles. I have only sleep in my truck 22 nights and really enjoying spending time at home. I may only make $150,k this year but it will only cost me $50,000 to do it, yesterday I made $1,115 on 42 miles that's $26/mi that there is what keeps my numbers up!!!!

 

10-4 understand exactly what your saying now.

 

i lease my truck from idealease, its full service maintaince and i have peace of and i get a new truck every 4 years, if your goal is to build equity then this option may not be for you, personally i dont care the truck is a tool to make money not a toy. I use Kevin Rutherfords software to keep my books it gives an amzingly accurate look at my operation, i have a degree in finance so i am always looking at ways to maximize my profits, now i am lucky in that i haul loads less than 20000# most of the time in a dry box so my fuel costs are going to be lower than someone hauling oversize, and id drive slow as crap because the loads i haul dont require me to be in a huge hurry, the object is drive smarter not harder,fuel this month averaged me .43 cpm

 

Runs me 1.24 per mile.Including payment,insurance,iftas,kyus,mant. and rest of god knows what.

 

$.43 for fuel....could you break that down a bit more, show how you did that? MPG? Do you get a huge discount? Must run very little deadhead....the lease deal sounds good too, though I'm sure that can't be inexpensive.