KNOWING YOUR NUMBERS 1 :
Fuel millage :
many O/O are looking at the costs of fuel to move the load .
thats have the potential of not running a good paying load.
no buddy cares what is the fuel millage running a very heavy load , cross wind up the hills in W.Y ,
when asked : what is your truck F.M (fuel millage ) , many will say : its depend ,,,
well , folks , its not !
F.M is how match fuel you buy , per how many millage the truck have moved.
period .
unfortunately we cannot drive East all the time...
in except of Nebraska , as N.E is the only place in witch , no matter what way the truck is rolling its always facing the wind
Accounting Made Easy :
I wright down the hob on every fuel ticket , and every Delivery receipt .
i than wright on the Delivery receipt the DH , and LD mile. as they appear on the QC.
now i can monitor the paycheck ,
the DH %
and fuel costs.
mosts important its give me a way to factor in the different between the payed mil. and the mil. it takes to run the load .
KNOWING YOUR NUMBERS 2 :
LDFM
Loaded fuel millage.
factoring in the DH % into the costs of fuel to run the TRUCK (not the load!).
Expediting is a per load operation , that say , a smart business man, that drive a truck and know his numbers, can afford to run loads at a lower costs , by averaging-up the costs of operation
one can average-up a bad load , by a good one.
one can average-up a bad week by a good one.
if your truck is getting a poor FM , you will can afford to run less MT millage .
if your truck is getting an exceptional good FM , its allow you to drive farther to find freight .
and you can increase the DH%.
Moose.