OVM is right about how some people think making 1000 dollars for a 1500 mile run is a lot of money. I had to take a taxi the other night to go and do a sleep study at the clinic. The taxi driver said they charge 2.25 per mile. I think that is about right for a small vehicle. Cargo vans need to be making at least 2.25 per mile when you take into account fuel, maintenance, health insurance, social security insurance, personal injury insurance, Medicare insurance, unemployment insurance, and taxes. The government gives us a 50 cent per mile mileage deduction for just a car used for business. That is only to cover for fuel and maintenance expenses, let alone the cost of the vehicle. It should be double that for a tractor trailer or straight truck. So out of that 80 CPM a cargo van earns, at least fifty cents of that goes right into the fuel and maintenance. How much is left over for all of the other stuff? You're selling yourselves short. Even the fast food workers will be getting 15 dollars an hour soon and make 500 a week on 35 hours. They will have it easier than the average cargo van driver. You are working even when you are not under a load. You are on call 24/7 just like a firefighter, only firefighters make 80k a year, work only 3 24 hour shifts a week, and get generous retirement benefits. Some of us cargo van drivers must be stupid lol.