who makes a living with their trucks?

You would know.

 

Hey, if a guy has to run that many miles to make a good living, well, good for him.

 

seems like you here as much if not more than me waytogo

 

Funny I post while on the road. My laptop has a broadband card, so I can connect from anywhere.

 

Hualiday,
Seen you on 59 about a month or so ago. I used to drive a maroon QC with stacks and a diamond plate fuel tank. It is easier to remember than my current truck. What is the name of your company? Been doing this 10 years this summer. I am with Lonestar (Whitey Patten). Got an 83% lease and a 5% finders fee. I really enjoy working for them. Been to Houston (Baytown and Huffman) 2 days in a row, where you been runing?

 

got back tue. night from casper wy then today over to carthage tx and back

 

kindofa dumb question

Hey jnelson or hauliday, or even mr big ram

A couple of years ago, I (and a friend of mine) hauled a old antique JD combine out to long island NY. We took turns driving/sleeping until we made the drop then found a motel. It was way expensive :doah: I was curious if you guys nap in the cab at say a truck stop or find a hotel 6 somewhere. I think when the kids get a little older I might seriously give this a try. I drive locally (road construction) now and have some otr under my belt. Always wondered how you guys did that.

Do you guys do alright at tax time? Didn't quite know if it's worth it or not. I see one tons all the time up here in chicago pulling campers and cars and other trailers around. Mostly on wedges. You can PM me if you don't want to tell everyone. Or not. Thanks in advance.

 

the only time that i sleep in truck is when i dont want to waste money on a motel if i only going to sleep a couple of hours and in my bussiness if i cant afford one i need to stay a home and find a differnt line of work jut my 0.02

 

Yep, pretty much what he said!

 

the duh factor

Thanks guys

I made $1500 to deliver and spent about 5 on fuel and 1 on the room. Thats why I was asking. It seemed a bit high

Hey, on a different note, have you guys heard about a 'driver shortage' ? Supposedly ( according to a newsletter from the teamsters ) spending on pipeline projects is going to double from 5.6 billion to 11.3 billion this year. What does this have to do with me you say? Again, supposedly, the biggest demand is going to be for stringer drivers. A stringer truck hauls up to 80' pipes to off road job sites. Some have steerable trailers. I didn't know if that sounded like a opening for you guys or not. Or even who to talk to or if it pays good. Just thought I'd pass that along.

 

that figures out to around 93 mph

I DON'T Think so!!!!!!!!!!!!!

BS!

 

What kind of math are you using!!??

 

sorry mis calc it is 21.?? mph for 217,000 / 14/ 30/ 24= 21.???

 

o.k. $1500 ??? where did u pick up the load and where did you drop it? are you getting 70% or working for yourself? just curious, because i just got done doing my first run from Galveston, Tx to Durango, Co and i spent over $600 in fuel and $200 in motels, round trip. i feel like i should have made more $$ or spent less in fuel and motels but what can you do.....after driving for 11 hrs you need to recharge your brain and body.....

 

$200 in hotels... where'd you stay, 4 Seasons!!?? :doah: And on the last part above... welcome to the biz!

 

Well.....A friend of mine sold this old pull behind combine to a guy out in Long Island NY, just shy of 1000 miles. I charged $1.50 per mile and tacked on a few $ for all the toll bridges out in NY (boy are they expensive :doah My truck got 10 MPG - 84 chevy 1 ton dump w/ 6.2 diesel. My friend and I took turns driving and left Chicago area fri nite and got to Long Island sat nite. Had I been driving one of those new fangled 6.5's with auto, I might have done better rotfl. Fuel was a lot cheaper 3 yrs ago too. I would have done better also if we had just driven another 20 minutes or so and got a 39.99 room.

There's a site that always has tractors and parts going here there and everywhere, PM me if you want, and I'll give you the name, not sure if I would be violating some rule or not if I just blurted it out

Scott

 

Line haul - 2412.90
FSC - 603.23
ISC- 349.87
Totaling $3,366.00

At a 25% lease you should get $1809.68 + the 603.23 in FSC. I hope your $1500 did not include your fuel. the rate above is what I would have charged myself.

Remember, its your truck and trailer. Ask what it pays. The dispatch will usually give you the total ticket price, which usually sounds good. Ask them what it pays the truck minus insurance and what the fuel is. You got to be careful.

 

line haul = mileage...?
FSC = ?
ISC = ?

thanks

 

Boy......$1500 looked pretty good back then, but now.... it kinda sucks :doah:. No extra FSC or ISC, just a strait $1.50 / mile. Guess $1.50 is a cut throat price. A lot of adds in big rig magazines are only in the .95 CPM to $1.50 range and I think one was at 1.75 CPM

Do you go through a broker or line up stuff on your own? A friend of mine placed an add on the worlds biggest auction site (I didn't ask him to, he just did) and before they booted the add, I think I got something like 5 phone calls. None paned out, but not too bad for only 2 days.

Scott

 

Line haul = $ per mile/total
FSC = fuel service charge
ISC = insurance service charge