No more contractor-owned reefer trailers

[ATeam]

While I am no longer actively researching the changes at FedEx Custom Critical, people continue to supply me with information. I post it because I believe it is important for contractors to know. But I would not feel offended in the least if others posted directly what they know.

Anyway, about reefer trailers, I've heard it from a couple sources now. If you are a contractor or contractor wannabee who wishes to bring a reefer trailer into the FedEx Custom Critical fleet, forget it. The company is no longer accepting contractor-owned reefer trailers.

If you are an existing ER-unit contractor and wish to switch from your present percentage pay system to the preferential dispatch, flat rate system, you may do so but you will have to leave your trailer behind. Only tractors pulling company-owned reefer trailers are being allowed into the program. The per mile rate for flat rate tractors is $1.25 plus fuel surcharge.

As far as I know, existing ER-unit contractors who wish to continue pulling their own reefer trailer under their percentage-of-load contract are still able to do so. I have not heard from enough of them to say how well that option is working as the company expands its flat-rate ER-unit fleet.

 

[teamjdw]

I wonder if ER contractors pulling there own trailers are being passed over,while company trailers are dispatched first?

 

[NTHEWIND]

I wonder if ER contractors pulling there own trailers are being passed over,while company trailers are dispatched first?

I bet we are. Like I've said in other posts We are not getting any long runs.

This week we started with a 294 d/h for a 218 mile run.
Deadheaded back 218 d/h for a 383 mile run
Preassigned for a 385 run with hardly no D/H

This for a ER TEAM truck.

 

[iceroadtrucker]

I should hope this isnt true. But what I do see is just about every company one way or another is getting into the Expedite fregiht business and causing the rates to Go LTL so to speek.

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