This markets rough. I got rid of my trailer and I'm power only with arcbest. Averaging 3.50/g, 8.7 mpg going about 67-70 on cruise, 18' freightliner. I make 1.55 + fsc and its keeping me alive. Total comp is like 2.07/m right now. 3,000 miles a week. Not bad for now.
It’s tough times for sure right now & I keep hearing that it’s going to get worse but should pick back up after the middle of the year. Thank you for watching
JB and Schneider are very similar but in my opinion JB is the better route. They have way more freight. Landstar is a completely different beast. There are pros and cons to all of them. JB & Schneider both have point & click load boards, which makes life a lot simpler. With landstar you have to be on the phone weeding through some of the BS to find decent loads. I hope my perspective helps. Thank you for watching
Do the average math. If you average 7mpg on the low end and you run 3500 miles in the week,that's 500 gallons of fuel. That would be about $2500 give or take a few hundred, I used the average of $5 per gallon of diesel.
My average fuel cost here lately has been running around $3.50/gallon with the Landstar discount. So if yo take the total miles(1439) and divide it by the average mpg(8.3), that’ll tell you how many gallons I burned approximately(173.4). Then you can take that and multiply it by my average cost per gallon and that’ll tell you how much I spent on fuel approximately(607) for the week. I don’t typically speak much on my expenses because I feel like everyone’s situation is different and they should know what it cost to run their own business. I’m just showing what the revenue potential is if you pull a dry van at Landstar. I have done a couple of videos in the past that show how to figure out what your expenses are and how to figure out what your cost per mile is. I hope this helps a little. Thank you for watching
Look up the national average for fuel costs, also there are different averages for different parts of the country. Nobody should be paying pump price either, there are too many discounts available. In the last month fuel has went down and I'm spending around $3.50 per gallon average and around $1500 per week total on fuel, driving around 3000 miles per week. Averageing 7.5 mpg. (Plus $100 to $150 on DEF)
It’s typically around $50k and 60k miles. I’m waiting for my CPA to crunch last year’s numbers because I usually do $200-225k gross revenue but last year I did like $257k. Thank you for watching
Did you find something good coming out of California before you got out there? I was curious are you happy with landstar I know you work for Scnn I work for Scnn right now I doing what you did I bought a truck with SFI last year pretty happy with them. Love there customers. Lots of work. Do mind me asking you why did you lv Scnn?
You’ll have to wait to see about the Cali situation. As for my reasons for leaving Schneider, I have had my hazmat endorsement and wanted to be able to utilize it & their freight base didn’t work for me. Their not a bad company, just wasn’t a good fit for me. Thank you for watching
@@trophyroom3054 Landstar is about the only one that I know of. I’m sure there is others, but landstar is definitely a large part of the hazmat/dry van freight industry
If I’m leasing the truck, why would I need to be concerned about the miles. It’s not my truck, it’s just a borrowed tool that accomplishes the job it’s designed to do.
This markets rough. I got rid of my trailer and I'm power only with arcbest. Averaging 3.50/g, 8.7 mpg going about 67-70 on cruise, 18' freightliner. I make 1.55 + fsc and its keeping me alive. Total comp is like 2.07/m right now. 3,000 miles a week. Not bad for now.
That’s definitely not bad for our current market. Thank you for watching
Good video, I just ran across your channel. I'm in the same boat, one truck operator.
It’s tough times for sure right now & I keep hearing that it’s going to get worse but should pick back up after the middle of the year. Thank you for watching
Lease purchase is a total ripoff! Run and run fast and far away!
Yes your fixed costs don't stop
Thanks for sharing trying to compare which company to lease to Jb hunt , landstar or schneider.
JB and Schneider are very similar but in my opinion JB is the better route. They have way more freight. Landstar is a completely different beast. There are pros and cons to all of them. JB & Schneider both have point & click load boards, which makes life a lot simpler. With landstar you have to be on the phone weeding through some of the BS to find decent loads. I hope my perspective helps. Thank you for watching
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Can you speak on how much you spend in fuel per week?
Do the average math. If you average 7mpg on the low end and you run 3500 miles in the week,that's 500 gallons of fuel. That would be about $2500 give or take a few hundred, I used the average of $5 per gallon of diesel.
My average fuel cost here lately has been running around $3.50/gallon with the Landstar discount. So if yo take the total miles(1439) and divide it by the average mpg(8.3), that’ll tell you how many gallons I burned approximately(173.4). Then you can take that and multiply it by my average cost per gallon and that’ll tell you how much I spent on fuel approximately(607) for the week. I don’t typically speak much on my expenses because I feel like everyone’s situation is different and they should know what it cost to run their own business. I’m just showing what the revenue potential is if you pull a dry van at Landstar. I have done a couple of videos in the past that show how to figure out what your expenses are and how to figure out what your cost per mile is. I hope this helps a little. Thank you for watching
Look up the national average for fuel costs, also there are different averages for different parts of the country. Nobody should be paying pump price either, there are too many discounts available. In the last month fuel has went down and I'm spending around $3.50 per gallon average and around $1500 per week total on fuel, driving around 3000 miles per week. Averageing 7.5 mpg. (Plus $100 to $150 on DEF)
Are JB Hunt Schneider loads, direct loads or brokered?
A lot of their freight is direct but they do have some brokered freight too
What is your six-month pretax net and total miles run?
It’s typically around $50k and 60k miles. I’m waiting for my CPA to crunch last year’s numbers because I usually do $200-225k gross revenue but last year I did like $257k. Thank you for watching
@@stretchingmileswithstretch7227 Thank You for not answering the question. What is your six-month pretax net and total miles run?
@@markroberts2114 I did answer the question. I’ll simply my answer. $50k pretax net and 60k miles. Does that make more sense?
Did you find something good coming out of California before you got out there? I was curious are you happy with landstar I know you work for Scnn I work for Scnn right now I doing what you did I bought a truck with SFI last year pretty happy with them. Love there customers. Lots of work. Do mind me asking you why did you lv Scnn?
Your a LEGEND
You’ll have to wait to see about the Cali situation. As for my reasons for leaving Schneider, I have had my hazmat endorsement and wanted to be able to utilize it & their freight base didn’t work for me. Their not a bad company, just wasn’t a good fit for me. Thank you for watching
What’s the best company for hazmat freight?
@@trophyroom3054 Landstar is about the only one that I know of. I’m sure there is others, but landstar is definitely a large part of the hazmat/dry van freight industry
You're not making enough to keep up with the maintenance on your truck all you're doing is Loading your truck up with miles for nothing..
If I’m leasing the truck, why would I need to be concerned about the miles. It’s not my truck, it’s just a borrowed tool that accomplishes the job it’s designed to do.
Does completing a full sentence…?
Thank you for watching. How’s that for completing a sentence?