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Thankyou for your responses - I appreciate your help. I think I'm going to purchase a tractor rather than a straight truck, sure they're a pain to park but when you pencil out the numbers it seems to me that a tractor makes the most sense. John

From what I hear going solo is real tough in expedite - some of the guys in Vans post like they are happy - but whether solo or team you still have the fixed cost of the truck which is going to be about 2k a month and then fuel at .31 cents a mile or so. I was pretty excited about this a few...

What else needs to be here, 160k gross 24k truck payments 35k fuel 12k insurance ______________ 89K gross profit At 160k gross a 'D' unit seems closer to being feasable. Any comments on these numbers?

The numbers I recieved from fedex were from 2004 and they were similar to what to what you have shown. The thing that really has me puzzled is how do fleet operators make a profit. If you want to buy a truck and make $40k a year net thats great - that puts you above average income in most...

If I use the FED-EX numbers, after paying for fuel and truck payments is looks like gross profit on a truck is about 60K divided by 2 people and I also couldn't adjust the figure for the other BS I'm sure you have to pay. This leaves me wondering why I would want to buy a truck in the first...

My wife and I are interested in driving a "D" unit for fed-ex. Can some one tell me can a "d" unit gross 200K in a year. Or more importantly what does a "D" actually gross - assuming you actually DO WANT TO WORK. Thanks, John