wirenutz wrote:
just doing some math on this, lets just say you have a 2000 mile trip, so 2000 miles and avg 8 MPG that would be 250 gals of fuel, so lets say 250 gals of fuel at $3.85 would be $962, ok now we break that trip up in 4 days, so 4 nights in a hotel $85 times 4 is $340, and lets say 4 days of conservative eating might be $50 a day so $200, now at $1.58 a mile that's $3160-$962=$2198 and $2198-$340=$1858 and $1858-$200=$1658 and now our return trip at say 13 MPG is 154 gals at $3.85 is $592 and 4 days of hotels $340, and 4 days of food $200, we start at the $1658-$592=$1066 and $1066-$340=$726 and $726-$200= a net of $526 for 8 days of work at 8 hours a day that's $8.22 an hour, no wonder no one wants to do this job
Great post Nutz and your math is pretty close from what I have been told by drivers that do this.
And like you elude to, this is self leveling. If I could make a $1,000 or more a week I would consider this line of work. As it is, I could make more working for Micky D's.