A good running detroit is no joke I went from a 3406 425 Cat to a Detroit 430 and the detroit pulled just about as good and fuel mileage increased 1 mpg. Also they run very smooth with less vibration and very reliable.

When that new turbo got down the road I was like ITS ALIVVVVVVEEEEEEE 😮😅

I see you do so many nice things. Stopping to see if stranded people are ok. Many more things. You are Ted Lasso of truck drivers!

@JustTruckin

Жыл бұрын

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Don't have a 1 minute intro. Love the vids keep it up!

Great video, hello TRUCKING WIFE AND FAMILY AND JUSTIN ❤❤❤❤❤❤

Wow. That engine is way better than a cummins

That truck would sound good with twin stacks on it

@Saiyan585

Жыл бұрын

And look even better.

I just finished my hours for my CDL. Test on Wednesday. Couple more days of practice. I could use some prayers to help me pass.

So glad it all worked out on the new truck!!!! Hopefully the AC wont be a problem to fix!!!! See you tomorrow I’m hoping and have a great night out with TW!!!

You will find with that v band failing all that was holding the hot side to the cold side of the turbo is a shaft that connects the impeller to the compressor wheel so the shaft connecting the two will snap and you will need studs not bolts,you usually buy a turbo installation pack that contains everything.

All you need now is a tandem dump truck!!!

It sounds 100% better 👍 glad to see you got it fixed and running good.

Those 60 series Detroits are really good engines, they definitely run like a beast.

Same thing happened to me so I had the cac cleaned out really good . Don’t want that oil getting into where it shouldn’t be

Is plant season down here in south florida, can get decent loads going out if you have a vented trailer, some loads have crazy amount of stops and some 2-4 stops. Pushing regular freight rate up and watermelon season is about to start too.

TIME FOR A SWITCH BLADE TURBO

I'm glad that you found the solution to your boost problem.

You are an inspiration to us all to keep the course and work hard for your family. Love your show!

I don’t understand the boycott. All for immigration but illegal is illegal no matter what it is. We should boycott California for all the restrictions and dumb laws that effect our industry

Much love brother man. I'm visiting Anderson SC. It's so beautiful here

@michaelpatterson753

Жыл бұрын

Yea awesome. How bout you get a life and stop using fake accounts.

Josh, you sir are one hard working dude. Yo hvar a ton of responsibility and a good attitude.

Just some food for thought. Next time you have to make the hole on the mudflap hanger bigger, I would go grab a step bit from the local hardware store!

Awesome video Justin

That’s brilliant, new turbor , you won’t know yourself, from an Irish Trucker

Sounds sweet Justin!

@JustTruckin

Жыл бұрын

Thank you

That’s Detroit Power !!!

You are going to keep both trucks

Great that you got it running like a top . Really enjoy watching your channel .

Freightliner fld 120 1987 model is my favorite year big hood and wind shield has a different style also

Happy for you on the great power fix.

She’s awake! Your new work horse!!

Don’t forget to get a nice CB setup in that day cab!

Hello Justin and family. Always enjoy the projects you take on. If it don't make money, It don't make sense.😊 Continue to keep the wheels rolling my friend. Blessings.

I love no bakes too.

Now that you have boost, keep an eye on related parts that might react (fail) to this “new found” power. Wonder if the cylinders loaded up due to running with no boost. Looks like you’re on the right path. 👍

I read in Freightwaves that the national average for van freight is $1.64 a mile

My son used to make me those cookies! We call them "Doo Doo Cookies," my favorite cookie!

That Detroit power can't beat it. Except with a kitty cat.

Well it’s a darn good thing you bought a new Turbo

I'm glad u liking the new daycab.. A set of stacks would look great on there..

Thanks Justin, good video👍🇺🇸❤🙏😇

Hello Justin Hello to the family and the boys👍🇺🇸

I hate it when that happens to me in the freaking highway and it doesn't move duebto material in the dumptruck I had a friend that was miles behind me and he pushed me to the side exit and I got the mechanic's to grab a turbo and get over here. They had it up and running within minutes.

Hopefully, no metal, in the intercooler. Definitely sounds sweet, though! Wishing you all, the best

No Bakes are my very favorite. I loved No Bake cookie day when I was in School in the 70s and 80s and my step-dad's mom was the cafeteria manager at the High School so my Mom had the recipe for the best no bakes ever.

We have a International with the very Same motor as you have in your Freightliner, it cost us $10,000 for the Injectors and Harness that Detroit decided to run inside the Valve Covers, the International Dealer to me I needed a new Turbo, but I was also a Mechanic growing up working on Heavy Trucks so I politely declined and sure enough it was Fine.

@JustTruckin

Жыл бұрын

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@treystewart544

Жыл бұрын

@@JustTruckin that new turbo whistle on the day cab freightliner is super fast so powerful with diesel power 😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎

@Stephen-carr

Жыл бұрын

Dang. You got robbed. Can get new injectors for 1600 and 600 of that is core

Why not take the kw and re-register it as a personal vehicle that way you can run it to show and insure it as a motor home or personal vehicle

Justin, the Little Mule is Puuuurrrring now, it was huffin and a puffin before Lol. You can hear the horsepower now, bet it felt like you were shot out of a cannon for a minute there too 😂. Glad you got alot accomplished and found that break early on 😮. Katie karaoke 🎤 Please!!! Also, does Stan take orders, those cookies looked good 😋? Enjoy ya'lls night out. God bless ya'll and til the next one 👋❤.

Hey check the clutch pedal linkage. I had one that the snapped off and pedal dropped to the floor on 75 going into Dalles. You know stop and traffic with no clutch

I wonder if the v-band broke off recently? Cuse it would've been REALLY loud just driving it, that's literally like open exhaust manifold, and the soot marks are not really that big yet.

@eldridge201

Жыл бұрын

Agreed. This should have been pretty noticeable while driving.

Lil Mule looks like it has a lot of power.

Glad it didn’t run away with you with all that oil in the pipes ,put a tune on it you will doing good

Awesome Job

Don't sleep on a Detroit. U find the rite OG. He will set u up rite

A variable speed sander/ polisher works best for polish wheels and Rouge 👍

Run the overhead on it next. Will make a huge difference!

Skit was hilarious 😂

I miss a few shows and you have stopped Ubering. It did fill some gaps and could probably be turned back on. I am glad you did not sell the Kenworth. I have read where there are not enough drivers now and you told us about the mega rail. A lot of freight is carried by rail including UPS trailers running out of Daytona Beach. I was caught at a track on my way to DIR for a tour. Now you still have two options, so all is good. Have good days!

The way they are trying to overload the trains they will switch back to trucks with more derailments. That is added underhood cooling. 😁Sounds good!👍

You might wanna hit up gentry and sons different types of people but they can get you a nice tune on that. Detroit

That's not how the turbo works, air doesn't go thru it, the exhaust spins one side, that spins a shaft that that spins the fresh air side, which draws fresh air in, thru the air filter where it compresses it n sends it to the intercooler then the intake. Also, if there's not one in it, get an EGT gauge so you don't overheat the new turbo

I opened the panel and did the inside with a hush mat on the outer door skin and the inside panel. Not so much noise for rattling doors

Never a dull moment. Odd to see a daycab but par for the course

@eldridge201

Жыл бұрын

I'm NOT typing on this channels' behalf but I'll try to help answer some questions since the owner of this channel and the trucks (Justin) is likely sleeping and I just happen to be up at this time. Or, perhaps they are out enjoying a little "Katieoke". Anyway....... The day cab choice came about I believe around a couple weeks ago when their family looked at options since the regular market they were doing (the dry van or spot market) wasn't paying as much as they wanted. A few months back, I believe they decided to do some Uber driving and as a result, they got a minivan to do that on the side and then looked at some other options for the trucking side as well. While considering options, I believe the place where he typically takes his truck to be worked on (if he can't do the work himself) mentioned that a local cement place was looking for drivers and owner operators with trucks to haul their cement trailers from one plant to another. So, they looked into it and decided to start hauling cement while their regular market that they hauled in wasn't doing well. Quickly into doing this, they found out that they can make even more money if they had a smaller or lighter weight semi truck to haul the trailers because they get paid by weight and with the sleeper on his regular truck, this adds an additional 2,000 to 2,500 or almost 3,000 pounds (I believe that's what they mentioned). Well, since this was all local stuff, there would be no need to have a sleeper berth/cab setup so it would make more sense for them to get a lighter truck so they could haul more weight which results in more overall income potential. Obviously, the unfortunate tradeoff is dealing with the potential future problems this used truck may have since there isn't a known history of how badly it's been taken care of over the years. So, that could be a potential problem in the future. But, hopefully they have planned for that. My guess is they've figured that into the equation but maybe not. I don't know but based on how well they've done for themselves over the past 5 years (this should be obvious based on the "stuff" they have with 4 or 5 pretty nice cars, a nice main house, a lake house with a decent amount of property for a few shops and a couple smaller shops or garages, and a couple trucks and a trailer), I would think that they have this figured into their equation. Even if you plan for a $20k or $30k engine overhaul, it would still suck major to have to spend that kind of cash to do that type of repair so hopefully they can get at least 6 months to maybe a year out of the truck and get at least a small "cushion" built up before something that major happens. Hopefully, this turbo situation is the biggest problem they have for a long while and the only other stuff they have to worry about is stupid tedious crap like maintenance (oil and fuel filter changes) and other fluid changes like differential fluids, air filters, and so on.

When you change the oil filters make sure the threads are snug and usually there's a fuel filter between the frame and motor and I believe it's a FL5206 or FL5207

Hey Justin, Katie and the boys.

Sounds like the old turbo bearing is clanky no good. And the seal wasn't sealing to let it have more like blow by into intake manifold

Allow me to give you a little trick if you don't know it already. When you tighten a turbo clamp or any V clamp, always tighten it up then take a hammer and lightly tap all the way around the clamp to seat it into its grove properly then tighten again. That'll usually give you another turn of the nut or two. Sometimes just tightening it only once will allow it to get just loose enough that it'll rattle the pipe enough that it breaks it right at the edge of the turbo then you have to weld a new flange on your down pipe or replace it altogether. I had that happen on my c15 after a Peterbilt shop replaced my down pipe. It lasted three weeks.

@JustTruckin

Жыл бұрын

Appreciate this info 😎🙏🏽

Check yr inner cooler for oil too.

Oh she is whistling now. 12.7 FTW

You can re clock the turbo by loosening the V band between the hot and cold section.

Rdc world clip was funny you watch those guys lol

@JustTruckin

Жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

Just hope you go through everything on the FL full check over ,if tou missed the turbo condition,then what else is hiding ? Wheels off ,beake check ,oil changes dor eunning gear ,then tou know that its done Pesky items like brittle air lines and electrical fittings Cheers

@eldridge201

Жыл бұрын

I'm NOT typing on this channels' behalf but I'll try to help answer some questions since the owner of this channel and the trucks (Justin) is likely sleeping and I just happen to be up at this time. Or, perhaps they are out enjoying a little "Katieoke". Anyway....... I agree with what you said about doing a "full check over". I'm actually disappointed in Justin that he missed something this obvious during a test drive and even doing a quick "glance over" in the engine bay prior to purchasing this truck. Although one might just think the truck is gutless, given that Justin actually has experience working on vehicles and his own truck, he should have known to just take a quick peek at the turbo and it should have been obvious that this was an issue right then and there. There had to be a pretty loud exhaust noise as well given how big of an air gap this was so I'm confused as to why he missed this. Look, I know that sometimes we all get in a rush and of course we aren't going to catch EVERY single little thing when looking at a vehicle to purchase but given this purchase and the amount of money involved and the goal in mind, I would think that one would do a little more thorough "check over" when deciding whether to purchase the truck or not. Not only to be aware of what may be wrong with the truck but also to use for negotiating purposes. I guarantee that had this been known during purchase, this should have easily took another $1500 to $2000 or maybe even $3000 off the purchase price. I would probably start with the cost of the turbo and the labor involved to remove the old one and install a new one and go from there on the negotiations. To me, starting at $3k isn't out of the question. If the seller is adamant about staying "firm" with their price, then you tell them you'll walk and let someone come by and deal with the problem. If you have cash in hand and are ready to buy even with the turbo problem, I guarantee a seller is going to make a deal with you somehow just to get rid of the truck so they don't have to deal with the problem. As far as all the other items you mentioned and of course ones you didn't, I also agree that it's hard to tell what has and has not been "gone through" so this should have a good day or two spent on it to check out the brakes and so on.

😂😂😂in the intro you looked like a Randy Orton if he was a truck driver

shouts outs from Erie Pennsylvania

pretty swell!!

yeah florida governor messed up the supply chain

Justin, Why the Freightliner? your MPG is not going to change much and all the repairs you have to put into an unknown old truck. Getting jerked around on insurance when you can only drive one truck at a time. Other than a shorter wheelbase and better turning radius, I can not figure why not the W900? You are spending money on older equipment in a down market? You do not have to?? I do not understand this move.

@JustTruckin

Жыл бұрын

A W900 turbo $4000 a FLD turbo $350 😎🙏🏽

Hope you change the gear oil in the rears and trans

Hey Justin, Don't know if you noticed, but your windshield sealant has failed. Your windshield seems to be shaking all over the place @ 20:36

@Dragginnn

Жыл бұрын

Oh my god its the hood, I had to look again.

Justin, what does she do in the quarter?

look at Texas Refinery Corp.’s SUPEREEZ PENETRATING OIL stuff blows WD40 out the the water

if your truck is leased on to the cement company, how are you running your own loads ?

That truck would sounf good with 8 inch twin stacks

No trucks want to go there right now

Hello family

The next thing you can invest in is a shop big enough for both trucks

Who did you order the turbo from and where are you buying your filters and stuff from?

@JustTruckin

Жыл бұрын

eBay for Turbo as well as filters 🙏🏽😎

@Hardrakk187

Жыл бұрын

@@JustTruckin Awesome, thank you brother and keep up the good work

Haven't seen Boots for a bit.

@JustTruckin

Жыл бұрын

He came to my feet earlier 😎🙏🏽

Was hoping to pass on info about oil, coolant & fuel filters. I have been saving $ (including shipping) buying by the case. I get mine from MDH Limited Truck Parts. I have not been able find lower prices ANYWHERE else. I have direct contact info I would like to give to Justin. I would hope he could check them out to verify them also and pass the info on to the many followers of his that have their own trucks. I personally have a 2004 Century with the 12.7. I run the lf3620 oil filters which have the same filter threads and o-ring diameter, but are about 20% larger than oem filters. I have been running same brand fuel filters also for last 2 years. I'm just trying to help o/ops and MDH know about each other for a win-win. Thanks for all that take a moment to read this. old man trucking.

Hey what’s up bro how are you much love

@JustTruckin

Жыл бұрын

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Hey Justin how are you and T doves sad to hear that you wanna sell the W9? I know that times are a little hard but you need to think about when they come backup. You need a long range truck take the insurance off of it. Let it sit until the rates come backup don't sell it. I've watched you put too much in that truck to sell it Larry from Washington DC.

That was a nasty oil you took out of the truck you change the oil filters the air filters you put your new turbo on your mudflaps you do everything I like how you keep your trucks nice and clean you keep the engines going you change the oil yourself you do everything yourself that’s awesome that’s how you save money don’t forget to take T dubs for dinner tonight you’re an awesome father what your 3 sons your son Hank had fun with you at lunchtime you’re an awesome dad and T dubs is an awesome mom go have fun with T dubs at dinner

Did not pretrip that turbo lol

You know the Detroit rules eh ? It won't run right unless it has an oil leak 😂

Ahh u found the leak , broken turbo

Justin I hope you never sell the W9. She has an awesome name too. I heard you refer to her as Angel.

when all the loads start to come back up in price you will need a new driver to run 2 trucks

HI Terry; have a question from Australia. With the KW what would you estimate as a true minimum value to you for total cost per mile to run your truck successfully. from your estimates to run seems to be rated on schedule rates willing to run truck varies from $3:50 to $5:00+ minimum rate so confused with the inconsistencies of scheduling your rates per mile.

@eldridge201

Жыл бұрын

I'm NOT typing on this channels' behalf but I'll try to help answer some questions since the owner of this channel and the trucks (Justin) is likely sleeping and I just happen to be up at this time. Or, perhaps they are out enjoying a little "Katieoke". Anyway....... To give you the super condensed short answer, I'm betting that their costs per mile to operate his truck NOT INCLUDING paying himself is about $1.20 to $1.30 per mile. It might be as high as $1.40 per mile but that would be a bit high based on what I've seen as far as his repairs and maintenance over the last year or so. He did do a complete engine overhaul I believe about 7 or 8 months ago but other than that, I don't think he's had any "major" repair issues to deal with (fortunately for him). When you say "minimum value" that's really a hard question to answer I would think because someone's definition of "value" may be different than another person's. I could go on and on here but in a nutshell, some people are content with getting $1.90 to $2.20 per mile (and sometimes less) and consider this their "value" while others feel that their "value" or as the person that owns and drive's the truck on this channel (Justin) puts it, their "worth" is AT LEAST $3.50 or $4.00 per mile and sometimes more. So, what is probably a better thing to focus on is true "operating costs" and figure the rest out from there since everyone's "value" or "worth" is different in their mind. Now, what's different about Justin and his family's situation (again, I'M NOT typing for them or trying to speak on their behalf but I've watched enough of their videos to have a pretty good idea of what they've done or gone through over the last few years) in comparison to many other truckers in the industry is that they have their truck paid off (I think anyway or it's very close to being paid off) so they don't have that expense like other truckers. So, that helps eliminate a loan payment every month which would factor into your operating costs. You can do the math on what that would come out to be for a brand new semi or a newer used one or even an older used on in good condition. If you're really patient and know what to look for, you can find a good used semi truck with a sleeper cab with less than 500,000 miles (which isn't much for many semi trucks) for under $50k. Although these aren't "a dime a dozen", they are out there. I'm sure I'll get some haters that will argue this but I don't care. I know they are out there as I've seen plenty of them on the market. But anyway, brand new trucks can go for $150k and even $200k or $250k and some as high as $300k. So, let's just figure a truck that would cost around $100k to kind of hit that "middle of the road" situation between a brand new truck and an older used one that maybe needs some work. If you're taking on that $100k loan payment, what's that going to cost every month? Assuming that the bank that gives the loan for this would make around $30k in interest over the life of the loan, let's figure this to be about $130k when it's all said and done. Over the coarse of 5 years or 60 months, what will that come out to be? About $2166 per month. If you figure a driver could cover around 2500 miles per week (which is about medium for miles and you can definitely do more easily), that comes out to be about $0.216 or $0.22 per mile for operating costs just for the truck payment. Now sure, you might be able to spread your payment out for an additional year for 6 years or maybe up to 7 but that may or may not be a good idea for various reasons. Not having that $0.22 per mile cost involved can help be competitive with rates. Another thing that is advantageous for Justin is that his insurance rates are very, very low in comparison to many drivers in the industry as well. Many semi truck and trailer owners are paying anywhere from $2000 to $3000 per month to insure their truck and trailer. A lot of pickup and trailer owners typically known as "hotshots" (even though technically a "hotshot" doesn't specifically mean a pickup and trailer and can be many different types of transportation really) are paying damn near these rates as well with the average seeming to be between $1600 and $2200 per month depending on driving history, credit, equipment type, driver's age, and so on. In a recent video (the one 8 days ago titled Insurance is MAKING us sell the W900 in order to Run LOCAL!!) at the 12:10 mark in the video, he mentions that he's paying "just under $700 or.....$800 per month" in insurance. So, he's paying about $800 per month for his previous truck and trailer (The W-900 and trailer). Even if someone was paying roughly $2000 per month for insurance on a truck and trailer (which is possibly a bit "low" for many drivers), that would be about $1200 more per month than Justin is paying. Again, based on about 10k miles driven/hauled per month, that equates out to an additional $0.12 per mile. Add that to the $0.22 per mile for a $100k truck payment over 5 years, that comes out to an additional $0.34 per mile. Or, in Justin's case, it saves them that much in operating costs by having very low insurance costs and no truck payments. I can't confirm if Justin does or does not have a truck and trailer payment but I "think" his W-900 and trailer is paid for. If you figure in around 120k miles driven/hauled per year, that comes out to about $40,800 per year in savings for operating costs. This is just based off of the figures I came up with. Obviously, if he does actually have a truck payment, then these figures are going to be a little off. My point in this long response is that I am pretty confident that they made some really good decisions over the past years to set themselves up for success and as such, they have been able to keep their business operating costs (the truck and trailer anyway) very low. I believe that they mentioned in one older video (maybe 4 or 5 months ago I don't remember for sure) that they had a house in Arizona that they sold and made a decent amount off of so when they moved to their current house, they could make a very sizable down payment. Along with that, I think they maybe had some saved to invest into their first semi truck which was a Volvo (black in color) that I think he sold 2 years ago right before he got the W900. I think he said his main house payment is around $850 per month and their lake house payment is around $1150 or roughly $2000 or $2100 for both houses. Not too bad for having a nice house in a nice neighborhood and a lake house with some sizable property.

@eldridge201

Жыл бұрын

Anyway, back to the "operating costs" part of this response........ A few other things that Justin does that helps keep his costs down are not hauling ass when hauling loads. Instead of trying to go 75 or even 72 mph, I believe he "typically" drives around 65 mph for the most part when hauling loads. Although I'm sure he does a little faster and slower than that at times but I believe that's about his "average". Anyway, what's the point of bringing this up? Well, this helps him keep his mpgs up. Now, although 7 to 7.2 mpg may not sound like a remarkable fuel mileage, when you consider that many semi trucks are getting 6.5 or maybe only 6 mpg when loaded or even worse, saving at least 1/2 to 1 mpg over the coarse of 120k miles per year will save a significant amount of money. Not only that but he also uses the fuel app called Mudflap that helps him find better prices for fuel as he's traveling down the highway. There are other apps like Gas Buddy and others but I think this one actually helps in a different way by offering the discount through the app itself compared to just showing the lowest prices around an area or region. I don't know for sure as I don't use the app. The point is, Justin uses this app and probably uses others to help him cut his fuel costs which in turn cuts down his overall operating costs. Another thing he does is use what is called an "APU" from the brand Green APU so instead of having his truck idle all night or day and consume fuel and also have more wear and tear on the engine, he turns his truck off and uses this smaller unit (it's like a generator in a sense) and it uses less fuel but you can still run your A/C or heat in your truck as well as keep your electrical system charged such as your batteries and so on. This helps reduce overall fuel consumption which again reduces operating costs. He also uses a factoring company that only charges about 2% in fees compared to the other ones that typically charge at least 3% to 3.5% or more. If you're not familiar with what factoring is, it's basically a company that will accept your invoices or whatever you want to call a document for your loads (often times called a Bill of Lading or something similar) and pay you based on those invoices. The reason people will use factoring is simply to get paid quicker. In many cases, many of the companies or brokers that truck drivers haul for won't pay you for 15, 30, 60, or 90 days later after the driver has delivered the product. Instead of waiting this long time, a person can use a factoring company which essentially takes on the risk of potentially not getting paid at all (which does happen in the industry) or having to deal with basically fighting to get paid from the shipper and/or broker. Because the factoring company is taking on a risk that they may not get paid right away and have to essentially be a debt collector, they charge a fee to the person requesting their services (the owner operator of the semi truck). Now, people in the industry aren't required to use a factoring company and they can wait to get paid if they choose to. But, "most" people want their money immediately or at the very least, within a day or two. A factoring company will "typically" pay you within a day or two or 3 depending on if you're dropping off a load on a Friday or Saturday or holiday outside of normal business hours. Some claim to pay instantly within hours of submitting the request although this is probably rare for "most" factoring companies. Something else he does is do his own maintenance and repairs or as much as he's capable of which saves a TON of money. Go and check and see what a typical oil change would cost at a typical truck stop compared to what the costs of just the oil and filters are and you'll see that you would probably save about $100 to $150 and possibly more. Same goes for air filters, fuel filters, and other differential fluid changes. Or, take this video right here as an example of saving money. You can do your own research to figure out how much it would cost to have a turbo changed on one of these trucks. For one thing, repair places pretty much ALWAYS charge more just for the parts to begin with so you're spending more there for the same thing. And then, the labor involved would likely cost at least $500 to $700 or more. To be fair, this one didn't like it was too difficult to remove and replace but I'm betting it would still be around $500 or more just for labor. So, doing as much as he can for repairs or maintenance saves him a lot of money as well. I'm going to take a rough "guesstimate" here and see if I can figure out what his actual "operating costs" are. When I say "operating costs", I'M NOT INCLUDING whatever he wants to consider for an annual income/wage to pay himself. That is something that everyone will have a difference of opinion on that will affect things but this DOES NOT affect the operating costs. Operating costs are just that. If you want to argue that a person's income/wage should be included in the operating costs, that's fine. Figure it in if you want. If fuel is around $3.75 per gallon right now around his trips, at a 7 mpg average, this comes out to $0.535 or $0.54 per mile just for fuel. For insurance, we already figured out that it was about $0.08 per mile based on around 10k miles per month. I know in the last few months he's been running a lot less but let's just figure in an "average" of 10k as a pretty conservative number. I'm sure he can do at least 12k miles in a month or even get close to 14k miles if he wanted to but let's just use 10k as a reasonable base to go off of. If you want to figure in tires at about $600 per tire (balanced and installed) and a tire "should" get around 150k or more, then with 18 tires, that's about $0.072 per mile or just over 7 cents. To make it easy, let's figure 8 cents per mile. If you want to be even more conservative, you could figure in 10 cents per mile but I'm gonna go with the $0.08 per mile. Obviously, with tires, you could have blow outs that can happen at any time and that happens. But, I'll include that in an "additional repairs" fund later. He uses Shell Rotella and I don't know if it's T6 15W-40 full synthetic or not but I believe his Cummins is supposed to hold about 14 gallons and based on getting this at Walmart, that's about $315 (roughly). Oil filters are about $80 so roughly $400 for oil and filters. Figure he changes this at around 15k miles (even though he could probably go at least 20k to 25k or maybe even 30k miles, he likely doesn't push it that far), this comes out to about $0.026 per mile or $0.03. I don't know exactly what fuel filters his Cummins engine takes but I've found info for $10 filters and some that are $50 and up. So, I'll just go with a middle of the road at $30. Assuming he would change them every 10k miles, that's about $0.003 or not even 1 cent but I'll figure $0.01 just to have something to go off of. So far, this comes out to $0.74 per mile for fuel, insurance, tires, oil and fuel filter fluid and filter changes. If you want to figure in an additional $30k over a year for a "repair" savings or cushion and include up to about 4 tire blowouts with this, at 120k miles hauled per year, this would be about $0.25 per mile. Honestly, this is pretty high but I'll leave it in at this point. That's $0.99 per mile so far for operating costs. I realize I didn't include the differential fluid changes but even if you wanted to figure in $1000 for those fluids and assume they would need to be changed every 40k (roughly), that comes out to about $0.025 or $0.03 per mile. So now we're at $1.02 per mile for operating costs.

@eldridge201

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I haven't figure in IFTA fees which is going to be required and this one could be hard to figure out since this will vary based on the amount of fuel purchased, where it was purchased, and other factors but let's just say it's $5k every 3 months (quarterly), this comes out to about $0.166 or $0.16 per mile. Again, this could be high but I'll just leave it there for now. Now we're up to around $1.18 per mile. Next, figure in registration for the equipment (license plates, tags, and etc.). I don't know if the information I got online is accurate but I went to the FHWA or the US Department of Transportation and they listed all of the different states and their fees but it said it was last updated in 2001 so I'm not sure if the info is accurate. But, essentially it came out to be $1620 per year. This would be about $0.0135 per mile. He has already paid for his MC and DOT numbers and these aren't a recurring fee (that I'm aware of anyway but perhaps I'm wrong on that) so there aren't additional fees there. So, we're at about $1.1935 or $1.20 per mile at this point. If you want to include another cost or account for future improvements such as getting a different truck and trailer, then that's fine. I'm not saying this shouldn't be considered. But, what do you want that amount to be per year for a "savings" to go towards future improvements? $25k? $50k? $75k? How about we figure at $25k so after 8 years, you can take that $200k and get a different truck and trailer (hopefully $200k will cover a new or "newer" truck by then). $25k comes out to $0.208 or $0.21 per mile. So now, we're at $1.41 per mile at this point. What do we have left? I suppose we could figure in an annual wage right? Well, what do you want that to be? $100k? $150k? How about we figure at $100k? That's about $0.83 per mile. So, now we're at $2.24 per mile. That's pretty much including everything and I figured high on some things. Really, if you want to take out the annual pay and be more conservative with the repairs consideration and also the "future improvements" consideration, you can probably get the costs per mile down to around $1.30 or even less. Honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if they have their operating costs at closer to $1.20 per mile even with maintenance, tires, other fluid changes, and even some repairs. I'm betting that he doesn't have that many tire blow outs and his repairs are not that much. I know he recently over hauled his engine but now that this is done, he should be "good to go" for a while now. Hopefully. I'm not saying that this means that they should completely forget about considering keeping some money saved up for their future repairs or future improvements but assuming this engine will last hopefully another 750k or almost 1 million miles, that's looking like a good 8 years or longer to have to worry about spending another $35k to $40k on a rebuild.

@JustTruckin

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Well said

@eldridge201

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@@JustTruckin Lol. Okay. One other thing I forgot to discuss was that your experience and driving record should also play a factor in how much you get paid. At least to some extent. Although you haven't been driving for 20 plus years, even in your short 4 or 5 years (roughly I think) that you've been doing this, I believe you have a very good SAFER score (essentially your driving record for the most part for those that aren't in the industry). So, since you have very few or no infractions, then this helps tremendously when considering your services. I don't know if you've ever failed an inspection but I believe you've mentioned having something going on with your truck that could have failed you had you been pulled over and had an inspection. I guess you would have to confirm if I'm wrong on that. But regardless, from what I understand, your overall record is pretty good. It's also why your insurance is so low. And so, shippers and brokers should take note of this. Not only should this matter but also just knowing that you constantly try to be proactive with "most" of your truck and trailer as far as repairs and maintenance, this should matter as well because it will mean that you will be reliable when it comes to getting loads there on time and in good shape. Usually anyway. Since you've got a rebuilt engine and keep up with maintenance and you don't try to haul ass everywhere you go, your truck and trailer "should" be able to get to wherever you want to go regularly. This should matter to people that need their stuff to get there. The reality is though, shippers do just want their stuff to get there and really, this should be a given for damn near everyone in the industry. Sadly, there are a lot of issues with break downs and so on though.

Hello 👋hope you get it fixed

@JustTruckin

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Appreciated 🏆

She's a nice truck and and hire a driver