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romoore245
Expert Expediter
Why go to wok for someone else if you already own your van? There are a few team vans on with Panther already. A lot of our freight is van loads that need a team to run them so we get it in a straight truck. What if your wife does not like it after a few weeks then you have to go Through the trouble of signing your van back on or stay with the fleet owner.
Right now in a straight truck we have only been getting about 1100- 1800 miles a week. Since the first of the year. Good luck
Right now in a straight truck we have only been getting about 1100- 1800 miles a week. Since the first of the year. Good luck
hey everybody
thanks alot for all the great advise, it all comes in handy trying to figure out this crazy business, i think we misunderstood the recriuter we could have swore he said team straight trucks were avg 4000-5000 miles a week ?! LOL
as far as staying in the van its not really comportable for us husband 6'5'' and hard to cook healthy and seems to be alot of down time ,sitting around in to small area
been married almost 25 years probley not to much longer in the van lol
well thz again for all the great info
maybe the figures out there now are from the slow past two months????
thanks alot for all the great advise, it all comes in handy trying to figure out this crazy business, i think we misunderstood the recriuter we could have swore he said team straight trucks were avg 4000-5000 miles a week ?! LOL
as far as staying in the van its not really comportable for us husband 6'5'' and hard to cook healthy and seems to be alot of down time ,sitting around in to small area
been married almost 25 years probley not to much longer in the van lolwell thz again for all the great info
maybe the figures out there now are from the slow past two months????
Ohhh boy..here we go again....it's not quantity, but quality....amount of miles mean nothing if your only getting $1.00/ mile....
FedEx does not pay by the mile. We have been busy, only 2 days this month when we were not on a load or dispacthed on one. They have not been our highest paying runs ever but by no means our lowest. There will be more money than month!!!! Even got two Saturday runs!!!! Layoutshooter
dragontrans0304
Seasoned Expediter
my team truck is running on average 2800 miles a week.
jaminjim
Veteran Expediter
Once again I'm confused. Most of the companies pay a set per mile rate. So if you are running for one of the those companies, the only variable is the fsc, and all deadhead. If you are getting a lot of paid miles for the month and few DH miles, where is the quality of the miles come into play
Factoring in availability they're 2100 and 2450 per week when actually available for loads.
Your point is taken...but there's alot on this forum that run for the Feds and they are a percentage....Jan. and Feb. were not too bad months for some people. DH and final location are the details that close the deal.
Critter Truckin
Expert Expediter
I personally think that they should have done away with the DH in the 80s. Oh wait, this isn't baseball... Laura keeps reminding me of that.
To the point. Is it me OVM, or does it seem that E1 is keeping the deadhead just under the 100 mile threshold to keep from having to dish out extra $$$? Seems more and more the runs we've been getting lately (save one) have been 75, 83, 94 miles (points for argument, not actual stats). I'm not saying all companies are doing this, because I don't know how they do things first hand, but it seems like if that's the case, then they're making out more like bandits every time we turn the key.
Critter Truckin
Expert Expediter
Not at all, Leo. What we've been noticing is that the miles given on the QC don't mesh with the miles via other sources, i.e., Mapquest, Google, or even the program given by EO. Practical miles are supposed to be given for pay purposes. But more and more, seems as though the practical thing to do would be to give shortest miles for pay, as there's no way for most of us to actually show what they are doing as far as what the practical miles are. There have been many cases where we've looked up the routing on something and added up the QC routing. QC routing in those cases have give us anywhere from 15-100 miles MORE than the routing given by other means.
Critter...I know for what you speak...now this is where savvy and niceness and even grovelling comes in....be nice and remind load planning that this is the 3rd or 4th 60 to 70 miles DH and is there anything in the pot??? I got 20 bucks for 88 miles the other day by this method. *L*
Critter Truckin
Expert Expediter
I see what you say. There have been times where they will call and just hand us $20 or $40 for 75 miles. But when they don't is when it makes me wonder the real reasons behind the stellar rates we get.
The guys in load planning are cheap, hard to get a plug nickle out of them...Lot of times if ya don't ask, ya don't get...I think it's the last item on the load offer...they just scratch thru that line if ya don't ask....I have also found that when they do offer up DH bucks it's usually a weird customer.