I live in the Chicago area, new to expediting, have a CDL w/hazmat, I'm curious, could I also make good money running a van for a owner operator if I run hard since I can be off the log books in a van? Or am I better off in a straight truck? Thanks for sharing your advice and experience.
Can a van driver in Chicago make good $$
- Thread starter driverdog
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Ifyou owned the van you would proibably do OK in the Chicago area. But usually splitting van revenue with the owner is not worth it. You say you want to run hard as no logbooks are required but in spite of that some of the expediting companys look at your last delivery as too how many hours you ran and will force you to take a break.
Dog:
One man's good money is another's poverty, and yet another man's wealth. Chicago, however, is a great inbound and outbound expedited freight area. Van operators from greater Chicagoland generally do as well, or better, from there as most any other location west of the east coast.
One man's good money is another's poverty, and yet another man's wealth. Chicago, however, is a great inbound and outbound expedited freight area. Van operators from greater Chicagoland generally do as well, or better, from there as most any other location west of the east coast.
We have also seen the problem is not how hard you can run and will run it is how many load offers do you get? The van load offers seem to be few and far between.
My vote would be for a straight truck.
