i know......i'm not a trucker, but i've been watching a few stations around my way, and seen how the price of deisel has gone up faster and more than gas.
him and i have talked about that, and that is the single thing that has kept him from trying for financing.
i think he's better off right now, not owning his own, too......
My income was not affected much by diesel price, i make same $$ like last years , The fuel surcharge covers reasonable the fluctuations in diesel price. This week i'm payed 1.32$/miles combined with fuel surchage, and i'm running aprox 10000 miles/month,here around the Great Lakes mostly, that's 13200$, plus drops/pick ups/border another 700-800$, =aprox 14000$ gross. This week i payed average 3.90$/gal, my truck is running average 7.0-7.2MPG, soo i'm burning aprox.1400 gal/month x 3.9=5500$ for diesel : 14000$ gross minus -(5500$diesel, 150 HVtax,1800$ truck loan,100$ insurance, 500-600$ maintenance)= => aprox 5500-6000$ .
Better driving for company? No way, i wouldn't do this job as company driver for aprox 40 -42 cents/mile, after taxes are getting no more than 2700-3000$ for 10000 miles, from those after taxes $$ have to pay lots of expenses that i pay from gross income before taxes.
Working on incorporated, you can legal deduct lots of the shoopings,part of house/personal car, phone bills/internet and 50$/day travel expenses from gross money before taxes, and pay taxes for what's left.
