If it is a true CV load....none.....after all a sprinter/Transit is just a CV with MORE load opportunities! We are NOT special nor should we be....
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If it is a true CV load....none.....after all a sprinter/Transit is just a CV with MORE load opportunities! We are NOT special nor should we be....
these guys in sprinters that won't take a cv load because it pays a CV price are just shooting themselves in the foot....slow death.....carriers will just put on more CV's to get the CV loads covered and the sprinters/cubes will sit.....looks good on them!
Some customers ASK for a sprinter and some carriers will bill them for one and send a CV because it will fit....BUT.....the many times the customer has scheduled 2 skids BUT they end up with 3 instead, hence the request, the smarty dispatcher and the CV driver just got screwed....more the CV driver because they sent the wrong van the dry run pay will not be paid....I've seen all kinds of scenrios play out over the years as I am sure so have you Leo.....we could "what if" all day....LOL
My personal experience is that the companies LOVE Sprinters, and will hire drivers who have them-- but they may be a little less anxious to give you the kind of jobs/money per mile that it takes to maintain these big money-extinguishers. Those machines are Mercedes Benz, and when they need maintenance/parts/break down they cost like Mercedes Benz. Sure, you'll make a little more gross in them, but you'll also pay more to keep that machine on the road.
I'm jumpy as a cat in a room full of rocking chairs about the new Promaster, too. That thing is a Fiat, and I have a nasty suspicion it'll cost like an Italian sportscar the first time you need to fix something halfway major on it. Somebody's gotta pay for that--- and I'm fresh out of rich uncles who will shovel money into the fire just so I can drive an expensive van in this business.
I'm jumpy as a cat in a room full of rocking chairs about the new Promaster, too. That thing is a Fiat, and I have a nasty suspicion it'll cost like an Italian sportscar the first time you need to fix something halfway major on it. Somebody's gotta pay for that--- and I'm fresh out of rich uncles who will shovel money into the fire just so I can drive an expensive van in this business.
DST001
Expert Expediter
well folks all I can say is I had a sprinter and it was nothing but a headache and a nightmare when it broke down it costed big bucks to fix. Now I have a gmc srw 12 ft unicel van it's definitely a lot easier to get parts for and anybody can fix the darn thing at a half decent price. I know a couple of people that have sprinters and they spend mega bucks on maintenance every year like I did I definitely think there's better alternatives to a sprinter
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Murraycroexp
Veteran Expediter
No need. I already own all the trucks I care to. Two is enough.
I'd rather throw $180k on a house than trucks.
Murraycroexp
Veteran Expediter
Ahh!! Heck, for $20k each......
LOL!! Pass. I can think of at least 3 other configurations I'd rather jump into.
But owning a fleet is a ways off, if at all.
Wife gets a newer mini van before I buy a fleet.
Priorities, man!!
A friend just had to replace several power steering modules in his small Chevy car, the price? $1,200.00. All vehicles are expensive these days.
Sent from my - Fisher Price ABC - 123
DST001
Expert Expediter
This is very true my father in law had to get a new computer for his chevy mini van it costed around a grand just so he would pass the Ontario emissions test no check engine light allowed . They hook up to the brain now no more sniffer test lol my 2000 dodge dakota failled the sniffer but passes the plug and play lol