Recently there's been vehement claiming of Panther having 1700 trucks and around 800 loads a day meaning half the fleet isn't running. That is not true. As of this morning the unit count is:
A 555
B 21
C 179
D 419
E 291
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Total 1465
The A's are vans and Sprinters, B's are cubes or others too small to be a C but under logs, C, D and E everyone knows. At any given moment in time there are around 28-30% of units that are out of service for whatever reason. Others are in service but out of hours meaning about 1/3 of the fleet is unavailable. That leaves about 975 trucks actually available for loads.
If Panther was able to magically make every load offer be within reach of a truck then there definitely would be a shortage of trucks. Loads occur randomly and the best they can do is keep detailed records of where the loads were in the past and presume the majority will be in the same places again.
When you accept that good run of 483 paid with 37cpm fsc (hypothetical run) that delivers where you'll be the 4th truck on a 2 a day board they can't magically move a load from 183 miles away where there are 2 trucks for 3 loads a day. You sit a day and a load doesn't get covered because of equipment locations.
I don't know the percentage of trucks that are in the wrong place but if it were less than 10% I'd be amazed. I suspect it's more like 20%. That means out of 975 trucks a couple hundred are too far away from an available job. That leaves around 775-800 trucks in the same position as the jobs. Hey.... wait a minute.... didn't the same Panther basher say Panther is running about 800 jobs a day? If you are sitting in Charlotte and there is a load needing covering in Charlotte and you don't get a load that day it may be because you are in Charlotte MI, AR, IL, IA, LA, ME, TN, TX or VT and not in Charlotte, NC.
Expediting is related to real estate in one major area, location, location, location. If you aren't in the correct location you aren't going to do anything. The bad news is the crystal ball is broken so Panther can't tell you absolutely where to be. They can give you an option that has a better than 50% chance of being right based on prior trends or you can pull out a coin and have 50/50.
Now, so the same ones don't jump in and whine that I'm just a yes man, I'll tell you that Panther has warts. All companies do. I have no problem with stating both the pros and cons. I just believe when people are going to be negative they need to be factual.
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A 555
B 21
C 179
D 419
E 291
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Total 1465
The A's are vans and Sprinters, B's are cubes or others too small to be a C but under logs, C, D and E everyone knows. At any given moment in time there are around 28-30% of units that are out of service for whatever reason. Others are in service but out of hours meaning about 1/3 of the fleet is unavailable. That leaves about 975 trucks actually available for loads.
If Panther was able to magically make every load offer be within reach of a truck then there definitely would be a shortage of trucks. Loads occur randomly and the best they can do is keep detailed records of where the loads were in the past and presume the majority will be in the same places again.
When you accept that good run of 483 paid with 37cpm fsc (hypothetical run) that delivers where you'll be the 4th truck on a 2 a day board they can't magically move a load from 183 miles away where there are 2 trucks for 3 loads a day. You sit a day and a load doesn't get covered because of equipment locations.
I don't know the percentage of trucks that are in the wrong place but if it were less than 10% I'd be amazed. I suspect it's more like 20%. That means out of 975 trucks a couple hundred are too far away from an available job. That leaves around 775-800 trucks in the same position as the jobs. Hey.... wait a minute.... didn't the same Panther basher say Panther is running about 800 jobs a day? If you are sitting in Charlotte and there is a load needing covering in Charlotte and you don't get a load that day it may be because you are in Charlotte MI, AR, IL, IA, LA, ME, TN, TX or VT and not in Charlotte, NC.
Expediting is related to real estate in one major area, location, location, location. If you aren't in the correct location you aren't going to do anything. The bad news is the crystal ball is broken so Panther can't tell you absolutely where to be. They can give you an option that has a better than 50% chance of being right based on prior trends or you can pull out a coin and have 50/50.
Now, so the same ones don't jump in and whine that I'm just a yes man, I'll tell you that Panther has warts. All companies do. I have no problem with stating both the pros and cons. I just believe when people are going to be negative they need to be factual.
Leo Bricker, 73's K5LDB
OOIDA Life Member 677319, JOIN NOW
Owner, Panther trucks 5508, 5509, 5641
EO Forum Moderator
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