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Okay, so wouldn't the fact that my CV is averaging 93-94 (I think the actual number is .936, not pulling up my spreadsheet for this quick post) and the Cube is averaging I believe the actual number is .997 per mile mean that more than 90% of my loads are getting at least 90 cents per mile? I'm...

I know the math, but let's let you do it. It's a 31 gallon tank and we're averaging around 360 miles to the tank. The cuber isn't that wide. It's a 2005 Chevy Express cutaway with an actual 10x6 box (with a two foot cab over), but we're only using 8x6x6 of the space, so not much different than a...

I never once changed my numbers, the numbers are the fact. I never once changed any story or what I was saying. The numbers never changed and I still stand by the numbers I have put forth. What changed was when I flat out gave my numbers, then I had to defend that they were for one van, yes...

Well, I honestly didn't feel I made the challenge, I was answering a challenge that someone had made in another thread about showing that they didn't think running for multiple carriers was as lucrative as running for one good one. And while that may be so for some people, it has not been so for...

Now here's where when I have more time I'd like to learn something that I don't know much about. I mean, I know what fuel surcharge is and am familiar with the concept, but we had a broker we ran for for a very (very, very) short time (same one who doesn't like to give load pay to the driver...

They all pay weekly except for one and we get a paper check from them 21 days out from the run. It's never late, I know it's coming, so it's money in the bank. We've not had an issue yet with not getting paid (knock on wood) or being "late." A few instances of being a few dollars off here or...

I'm getting it exactly where I stated I'm getting it. I have spoken to every single one of the carriers listed on EO and a few more that I have dug up on my own, not only spoken to, but have downloaded their contracts, talked to their other drivers, emailed, and really beaten the bushes on this...

My other thread has gotten inundated with differing topics all stemming from my original post, and some of them have gotten a little huffy (and I'm including myself in that, I'm queen of huffiness at times :) ). However, it was not my intention to almost seem like a troll and just jump in with...

I've read and re-read this numerous times to make sure I've understood that the "they" you refer to is us, and if I'm mistaken, please disregard the rest of this post. BUT I'm a firm believer in work smarter, not harder. Then again, every job worth doing is worth doing right. On just one of...

Maybe extort wasn't the correct term I should have used. It was more of an expression than an actual fact that I ask for an exorbitant rate. But when the broker says Laredo, we do ask for no less than 95 (and usually closer to 1.00) to go in because we know we're going to be anywhere from 85-93...

Cube van sitting in Opelousa, LA, and cargo van headed from Mt. Crawford, VA to Dallas, TX.

We run our own, own two units, run them both under four brokers. Yes, we will expand to the IRS' limit of four trucks in order to deduct expenses, but no definite plan in mind of when. I'm thinking of adding at least another cargo van this year, but will be an extended one this time, no more...

Well, of course I would hope that everyone takes time off. I only responded with what I did, because of a couple of posts from others (or actually one in particular) where there was a clear point being made that he/she was home a lot and still made about the same amount as what I had posted. I...

What has angered me the most in the past year is when our brokers call with a load out of Texas saying, what should we bid it for, we tell them our regular rate, and they're like, oh, well, everyone else is running for 60 cents to get out of Texas, and of course we tell them, okay then, call...

LOL, hence my pipe dream comment. I would never expect it to be that high, but a girl can dream when she's a number cruncher, right? ;)

I was just doing some homework on this very thing yesterday and found this great page straight from the IRS. I found it really helpful. IRS Announces 2012 Standard Mileage Rates, Most Rates Are the Same as in July

Well, I'm a math nut (minor in accounting in college) and took the figures we made in the eight months we've been O/O and figured it for a 12-month period and it came to 82,500 gross. Of course that is probably just pipe dreams, but we had a really great eight months as O/O and I'm looking...

Our problem is needing larger cargo area. The cargo van of course is just the plain old non-extended run of the mill cargo. The cutaway really isn't any better, it was added more for driver comfort than for more load area. The 12 foot box entails 2 feet of cab over which is where he has his...

Honestly, I still stand by it, because the few who have posted saying otherwise seem to be the exception, not the rule. My co talks to Load One, Panther, and a multitude of others every day and so far hasn't found a single one (even from our own brokers too, not trying to single anyone out) that...

And that's why I said this is my experience and opinion, not a fact. That's great and I'm very happy for you that you could drive for less than eight months out of a year and make more than 54k, that's awesome!