tknight
Veteran Expediter
Can you guys and girls with sprinters fit the following :6@45x45x84 in your vans they're trying to tell me it a sprinter load, and I told them they needed a shoe horn anal lube and a can opener!! Am I wrong?
Sprinter load ?
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Nope not gonna happen. 2 in a totally clear extended sprinter that's it.
tknight
Veteran Expediter
And that's my argument , brokers are so stupid and just won't listen! Oh well there goes another job not gotten!
unless they are talking centimeters....LOL
I like when they pull that crap that "it's just a small 2 pound box" why do you need a dollar a mile? Oh, hum, because it cost the same amount of money in fuel, maintenance, and tolls to run a 2 pound box as it does a 2500 pound skid. Silence on the other end of the line. That is why I would never buy a sprinter. You're for the most part going to get paid almost exactly the same as a cargo van driver, but you are giving the shipper/broker more options, and your vehicle payment and maintenance expenses are much higher. The sprinters and promasters only benefit the shippers, not the drivers. Such is life though.
When you can stand up straight to put your pants on there's a major benefit, at least as I imagine it. I had a Chev 3500 and it did a good job but if I were to go out again it would be a stand up height van.
There is a ton of benifits to a larger van, wider, taller, longer. Higher load availability and yes it often does pay more than cargo van rates if you have the right carrier. Shippers many times now days just call and say I need a sprinter regardless of freight size. They like the ease of loading and knowing you don't need a shoe horn to fit something in. Those loads go to large vans not cargo vans
I think any of us that have commented with the exception of Blizzard and Leo have driven both....so we have some experience that varies across different carriers....I've always said no driver should be on their knees with their pants down around their ankles....the idea of going back to a cv just gives the the shivers...
I've driven both. I'll drive another Sprinter when companies get the idea that somebody has to pay for these expensive vehicles--- and the driver didn't come into the business as a millionaire who just needed to kill time.
Say what you will---- when my Chevy breaks, I can afford to fix it/have it fixed without having to knock over an armored car to do it. Back when I had the Sprinter, the only things that didn't cost outrageous amounts of money were lightbulbs. It loved to break the belt-tensioner, and I can't remember paying less than 1,500 to have that fixed. I had to replace a tensioner on the Chevy---- half that much and I got a new water-pump into the bargain.
Say what you will---- when my Chevy breaks, I can afford to fix it/have it fixed without having to knock over an armored car to do it. Back when I had the Sprinter, the only things that didn't cost outrageous amounts of money were lightbulbs. It loved to break the belt-tensioner, and I can't remember paying less than 1,500 to have that fixed. I had to replace a tensioner on the Chevy---- half that much and I got a new water-pump into the bargain.
This one is for the occasional 84" tall loads.
Maybe in a Sprinter Straight Truck...
