fleet owner who owns half of vans in service
- Thread starter BXDIVER
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To me its not good. My guess they were needing more vans and that person was the only one willing to put more on. You must drive for TriState?
Windsor
Veteran Expediter
Tristate is exactly what I was thinking also. Lol
I know this driver and he definitely does not drive for Tri-State.
Does it rhyme with Dee & Lem?
Windsor
Veteran Expediter
No.
It requires less work on the carriers part. Insurance, payroll, etc. It also eliminates having to deal with 50 owners when they can deal with just one and the owner has to deal with all the drivers. But it can also put the carrier in a bind if the fleet owner decides to pull all of his vehicles and move to a different carrier.
(I also know BXDIVER. He started his career in expedite as my co driver when we were at FedEx CC. And he does not run for Tri State)
IF I were the carrier I'd have it in the contract that the owner could only pull so many vans at a time within a specified time period...
What if the carrier tries to push to bankruptcy that fleet owner?
....that is an issue created by 1 or both parties that they should be able to work out as supposedly professionals...
I think that allowing one owner to own a large amount of units in a company tips the scales to his or her advantage. My weekly miles have dropped since the recent additional units have been put into service. When I spoke to our GM about this issue, I was told its slow all over. Coincidence or cover up?
Coincidence. The carrier has zero incentive to harm you by their wrongdoings (which is implied by cover up). For one, it is slow all over for cargo vans, and two, when it's slow for cargo vans, and it always is, increased competition for loads makes it even slower for individual cargo van drivers, whether that competition is from inside or outside your own carrier.
Smart carriers will only have as many vans in their fleet as they can consistently keep loaded.
One thing that must be understood in that context is, very few carriers are "smart," and will add more vans than they have loads, in the hopes they'll get loads for them. But they rarely do.
