The Cost of Running a Big Rig

THE COST OF RUNNING Brought to you by: A BIG RIG Atlas. go new places: Imagine FILLING UP 18 mid-sized CARS EVERY TIME you stopped at the pumpl 18 Atlas That's how much it takes to fill a Big Rig's two, 150-gallon tanks. Long Haul Drivers Average Miles/Year: Circling Earth 100000 110000 45% to The cost of running ONE BIG RIG in the United States could be more than $185.000 per year. COMPARING THE COSTS 38% 40 from 2013 35 66% 34% 30 of costs are Vehicle Based 26% 25 of costs are Driver Based 20 15 10 8% 9% 10% Чи 2% 27. 17% Tolls Tires Permits and Licenses Driver Benefits Fuel Costs Driver Truck Insurance Premiums Truck/Trail- er Lease or Maintenance Purchase Payments Repair and Wages SOURCES: American Transportation Research Institute - An Analysis of the Operational Costs of Trucking: A 2014 Update (atri-online.org) American Trucking Associations (trucking.org) Universe Today (universetoday.com) Yahoo! (answers.yahoo.com) atlasvanlines.com TM &O 2014 AWGI LLC