I doubt that. If a driver makes $60,000 per year, that’s $1,100 per week and it doesn’t take a week to make that run.
75 % of $4,500 is $3,375 to make that run...
$3,375 minus diesel fuel, federal taxes, state taxes, tolls, meals, showers, laundry fees...
Who do you thinks pays for all that if you are an independent trucker?
Stop by a local truck stop near where you live and talk to a few of them
Locally here a shower cost $13.00 a pop...
LA to NY is 2,450 miles....average MPG diesel Tractor trailer is 10 MPG...at best
That's 245 gallons @ $2.15 = $525.00 just in fuel...one way..
“Who do you thinks pays for all that if you are an independent trucker?”
Diesel fuel, taxes, tolls, maintenance and depreciation, payment on the truck loan, will have to be paid even if the truck is driverless.