Managing Fuel Expenses On The West Coast. Week 13 Knight Transportation Lease Purchase/Operator Pay 

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Although I've made comments, I wish you the best. It's a hard venture and extremely difficult in today's environment. Yes, you won't get rich, but what matters is if you're satisfied with the course you've taken, that's all that matters.

I enjoy the music u add in vids. Fuel is always high in west coast. Az and nv is best bet for sure.

I watched the entire video of course....But LOVE the opening image with the Weekly data totals!!! Ecellent , to the point! Now lets see month ONE and month TWO.... I know you were j ust getting going AND you took a few days off but its still good data. Thanks again!!!

I do wish you the best. Tell me would you be interested in increasing your fuel mileage by 35%? Get 2 4 X4 blocks and ramp up front axle of empty trailer. 4 inch strap holding front axle off the ground. Remove when dropping. 20 minutes total and go from 6 to 9.

That's $.36cpm after taxes.

Don’t make excuses to feel good to yourself my friend, fuel expenses are hurting us but that’s really not your case in the high pay cut. They are screwing you really bad bro. I have watched every single video of you completely since you start leasing and you only have 1 good week cause it was not expenses or payments. I really don’t try to make you feel bad or something like that but you need to know the truth sir. Soon or later your pay checks are gonna be worst than now cause they want you to quit to lease the same truck to another person. I hope you get a loan and buy a truck outside cheap with the goods rate right now and move to a company that really want to help you and not utilizing you for couple of months. I wish you the best 👏🏻👏🏻

Does anyone else realize that making $24ish an hour is the equivalent to minimum wage full time in 1980, and yet you still can barely afford anything? You can't tell me this is profitable.... this is unacceptable - you should be netting $2.5k bare minimum each week for full time work, and even then it's not like you can go home so you deserve more.

If your fuel cost was $0.57/mile and you got 7 mpg, then your average pump price was $3.99. That seems high. Even $0.47/mile lifetime, you're still at $3.27/gal, which again seems high. Does Knight not offer a fuel card with discounts? I see RU-vidrs getting a dollar or more on fuel discounts. Also, I noticed your fuel tax expense line is blank. If it were me, I'd back out fuel tax from the pump price and populate that fuel tax line, at least with an estimate. Between doing that and getting a fuel card discount, that would help me get a clearer picture of my fuel costs, which should be well under $3.00/gal. In my mind fuel cost is tied less to the states I'm driving in and more into truck technology and driving habits, fuel card discounts and of course, where I buy fuel. Stay safe out there.

A lot of Drop and Hooks. What is your percentage vs Live Load ?

I don't understand why you would be a lease operator with Knight/Swift. You are basically paying them to drive their truck. I'm home every day and made over $138k gross and take home after taxes was $100k in 2023, drive new equipment, running exactly 2700 miles per week, I have a retirement pension, amazing medical benefits. Like the company I work for which have terminals nationwide, there are many others like that where you don't have to be slave unless thats what you prefer to do.

Hey bud , do you have health insurance and retirement being a lease driver? Just curious. As wouldn't a company driver have all the benefits that are worth a bit more that you lease vs company driver pay comparison? As a fellow driver of 30yrs but never worked for a mega carrier so don't know how they do things. Thanks for what you do and stay safe out there.

my question is...what is your wnd goal with this lease? to own the trucc and go somewhere else or just learn the business than go get ya own trucc. my equipment is a lease to purchase buuut i dont lease from a carrier soooo i go any where call 100 percent tha shots buuuut the end goal is to pay off tha trucc cash put on like 40-60k if im luccy n hang it up😂 fucc this shit

What trailer brand do you prefer in the knx trailers? I am thinking of buying some used ones from knight

How many hours does it take you to do 2206 miles?