Assignment $10$ Bruce$$s Born to Run

As the tour manager for Bruce Springsteen, you have been asked by the band to reduce costs of transportation. You currently have a private fleet of tractor and trailers that the band from city to city.

A third party, $10$th Avenue Freeze Out$,$ a for$-$hire carrier has quoted a flat fee for equipment shipments of $$2\mathrm{.}00$ per mile.

Your tractor, nicknamed $$Born to Run$$ has a $45$ trailer and can carry $300$ amplifiers, each weighing $150$ lbs$.$ The route to Jersey is $767$ miles, and the drive time is $15$hrs$.$ one way.

Your variable costs include fuel and labor.

The cost of fuel $($Material$)$ is per gallon $($$$6\mathrm{.}50)$ and your truck get $6$ miles per gallon $($MPG$).$

Your driver $($Labor$)$ under union rules, gets paid $54$ cents a mile AND $$22/$hr$.$ for rest time. NTSB$,$ a government agency, rules indicate your driver can only drive $11$ hrs$./$day and then must have rest time of $10$ hrs$.$ Calculate the following for a one$-$way trip:

Calculate the total labor cost?

Calculate the total fuel charge for the trip?

Calculate the total variable cost?

Calculate total variable cost per mile?

What is your decision $($keep your current private fleet or choose Take it Easy @$$2\mathrm{.}00$ a mile$)$ and why?