Delivering RV's for a living
Have any of you delivered RV's professionally? I was recenly laid off and have been contemplating a career change anyway to have more control over my time. Last night I saw an add on this site for...
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Groover wrote:
This math indicates that I might be making $0.50 per mile after fuel and vehicle purchase. From this I would still have to pay for insurance, motel bills, maintenance and other travel expenses. If half of my time is driving empty I am not sure that I could make any profit, much less a living.
You have done a great job of crunching the numbers, and you are exactly right except you forgot vehicle depreciation. Figuring a $60000 truck will be worth $10000 after 300000 miles, and you have another 16 cents per mile.
Very few people are successful making a living delivering RVs. The turn over rate is astronomical. There are some who use this as a means to "travel" and understand there is a cost, and some who make it work already have a retirement income, often from military.
