Average miles ran per year

Hello All,

I'm in the military right now, but have a dream of becoming not only a trucker but a profitable business owner. I have bee doing extensive research into the cost of running under my own authority. In doing my research, I have found that the only number I am having trouble approximating is how many miles I can expect to run tin my first 1-5 years. I have never been OTR or even driven a truck for that matter. So, I leave the question to you experienced O/O and single truck authority runners. How many miles did you run in your first year?

I'll be based out of North Texas running flatbed freight. I intend on running loadboard and brokered freight to get my feet wet until I can make connections with shippers directly. Any input is greatly appreciated!

 

Thanks for the responses so far. I was thinking it would be close to 100,000. I'm pretty determined to make it work in the first year, so I will most likely run as hard as legally possible at first and then kick it down after a year or two to something more manageable and family friendly.

Allow me. brings up a good point about not all miles being revenue miles..something that I hadn't considered before. I'll have to make some adjustments for that in my financial analysis! Thank you!