Hi I'm considering getting into expediting and read an article on how sprinter vans are the way to go as a solo driver. I'm just wondering what everyone has to say about this? Also being from around Detroit I'm wondering if I could get enough loads that I could make it home more often than typical expediting. Thanks everyone.
Sprinter van questions
- Thread starter mc_philly83
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Are you a solo driver?
Again so many vans... other side I love sprinter my 2008 had over 3/4 million miles just bought a ford transit t350 love it.. check out the ram promaster , ford transit and the sprinter all have advantages and disadvantages . Pick one that suites you and can balance the work/comfort
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If you want to make it home more often than the typical expediter, you need to sign on with a carrier that will use you to run mostly local runs in Michigan and down into northern Ohio and Indiana. The carrier that I'm lease to (Load One) is one such carrier that has a handful of drivers who do nothing but local runs, as well as a few who do mostly cross-border runs into and out of Canada. I don't know for sure, but I don't think Load One is looking for any cargo vans for those positions, however. As others have alluded to, the cargo van market (including Sprinters and Sprinter-wannabes) is over saturated, including for exclusively locals runs.
A solo driver in a straight truck will make far more money than will a solo in a Sprinter, even with the HoS logging requirement, simply because there are too many vans, and vans mostly just sit sometimes for days waiting to get a load.
That's sorta my neighborhood. I'll go out and back. Home every night.
Look for a same day delivery type company if that interests you.
Oh that's great advice. Thank you. I always preferred straight truck but I wasn't sure if the cost was worth it.