I have seen that you have had a lot of responses in which some seem to be pushing you away more than anything. For cargo van that 10 cent fuel air charge itself will pay for 95percwnt of your fuel. As for putting 10k back for the slow months well I have been with panther for 7 years and haven't had a bad month yet unless it was my fault. In a 6 month time period I average 76 k miles in a straight truck. (Yes it's a team truck). The deal is as follows. If you want to make money then you have to drive. Half these drivers out here won't take a load unless it has a bonus, or is going here or there or has x amount of miles. I take loads any where any time and NEVER have an issue with getting back to a decent board. As for cargo vans, well my son owns 2 that is leased onto panther and he has no issues at all when it comes to loads. But then again he takes the loads offered providing they are fairly decent.
Cargo Van Starting Next Week with Panther and I've Got Questions
- Thread starter Wolfhouse
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Well, I just wanted to thank everyone here, you all helped me avoid a big mistake and taught me a few good lessons. I ended up not signing with that fleet owner and now am working with a new one who has been doing this for over 30 years and has owned a fleet for the past 10. He's doing the 60/40 split, 100% deadhead and empty moves, still with Panther. He also allows up to 55% advance of each load's income paid upon arrival at pickup (which is great for starting from nothing). All other expenses are reimbursed 100% or paid directly by the owner.
Starting next week, finally!
Starting next week, finally!
Lets not forget the variables for example on the company you are considering working for. It's a known fact that they will broker a load to a carrier if they get a better offer then what you are contracted to them for.
Now to me that's ass backwards. My job as a business owner and fleet owner is to maintain and leverage enough business so my people have the work and we all profit.
In my opinion a brokerage should be for overflow that once you run out of capacity or it's in a area you don't have a truck then you broker the freight so you never have to tell your contracts no you don't have coverage. It's a tool.
And your company continually gets better rates from cut throat carriers better then they pay their fleet owners on a contracted rate so your own company who made you all these promises is double dipping because they have the money to pay you to run the freight and you may be right on top of that load yet the greed sets in and they roll the dice on your future and they decide they can make twice as much and they give the freight to the company sitting next to you at a truck stop while you sit and continue to wait.
My advice is never ever ever negotiate on your deadhead. You may agree at reasonable rate but if you eat all the deadhead miles your just continuing to burden yourself even more financial.
The owner your driving for is for profit. The company he is signed to is for profit sounds like a used car salesman trying to convince you it's a Cadillac but he throws you the keys to a Ford Escort
The larger companies tend to play the numbers game to where your just capacity for them if they need you rather then you being important.
The corporate rule is what's good for them is not good for you.
Best of luck
SOMEONE (actually several people) are making money doing this.....
The company shipping the product makes money.
The broker (if involved) makes money.
The company with the contract from the broker is making money.
Unfortunately, by the time it filters down to the driver level ...we don't make money..
Welcome to trucking (and that's before self driving trucks and robots make us all obsolete)!
Andrew
PS - It's not all doom and gloom, I just got a 26' truck and my own authority so I am hoping to keep running before R2D2 gets my driving gig......Good luck
Chernandez
Active Expediter
LDB, you're so right on the money! Over the last couple of years I've just been snooping around these threads, thinking about the business...trying to pick up as much information as possible. Well, in the last month or so I'm thinking about jumping in. I'm an old goat...but believe I have at least 5 good years left in me. Finalizing my CDL B now and thinking about going to FXCC as strait truck driver...been talking to the recruiter. Also thinking about buying my own truck...I know, I've have people think I'm a "nut"...I might be but I'm going to give it a shot. Will still be active here to learn as much as possible....thanks
*WARNING TO ALL PANTHER CONTRACTERS THAT ARE COMMING TO WORK HERE DRIVING A SPRINTER VAN OTR**
IF YOU GET A CALL FROM A VAN OWNER Kieron Gooden
COMPANY NAME: Royal Red Line Cargo LLC
WARNING .. I SIGNED UP UNDER HIS SPRINTER VAN AND THIS IS WHAT HE DID TO ME..
HE GOT ME A PLANE TICKET, THEN THE FLIGHT CANCELED AND I LET HIM KNOW, I HAD TO SIT STRANDED AT THE AIRPORT FOR 2 DAYS,, BY THE TIME I GOT ON THE FLIGHT ID USED UP MY LITTLE MONEY I HAD JUST TO EAT AT THE AIRPORT,, BOARDED AIRPLANE ON TUESDAY GOT TO NEWARK, NJ TUESDAY NIGHT, A SHUTTLE TOOK ME FROM THE AIRPORT TO WHERE OWNER HAD VAN PARKED IN A LOT NEXT TO A MOTEL 6 IN THE GETTO, I GOT THE VAN AND IT ONLY GOT WORSE FROM THERE, I HADNT SLEPT SINCE I ARRIVED AT AIRPORT ON SUNDAY WHICH BTW HE WAS WELL AWARE,, HE CALLED CONSTANTLY EVERYTIME MY TRUCK MOVED OR I RECEIVED A NEW LOAD, HIS VEHICAL HAS ALOT OF TECHNOLOGY ON IT TO KEEP TRACK OF EVERY LITTLE THING YOU DO, SO BY THURSDAY THE SAME WEEK I WAS DONE I REQUESTED A NEW OWNER FROM DISPATCH I HAD NO MONEY, AND THIS OWNER WOULDNT HELP ME AT ALL HE LEFT ME OUT TO STARVE, I NEEDED TO GET ROUTED HOME TO JUST GET MY THINGS TO LIVE OUT ON THE ROAD AND THAT NEVER HAPPENED,, SO ON FRIDAY HE DEMANDED HIS VAN BACK AT 4AM , PANTHER NITE SUPERVISOR TRIED TO REASON WITH THIS FOOL AND ASKED HIM IF I COULD REMAIN IN THE VAN UNTIL THEY COULD GET ME SOMEPLACE TO GO INSTEAD OF KIKING ME OUT ON THE STREETS IN DOWNTOWN NEWARK, NJ . HE TOLD ME AND PANTHER ITS HIS VAN AND HE WANTS IT NOW. SO THERE WAS NOTHING PANTHER COULD DO FOR ME SO AFTER I DROPPED HIS VAN TO HIM, HE HAD THE SHUTTLE BRING ME BACK OVER TO NEWARK AIRPORT AND DROP ME THERE WITHOUT A PLANE TICKET TO GO HOME.. COMPLETE NITEMARE, AND HE WAS A COMPLETE SCUMBAG. AND HE NEVER PAID ME FOR THE 2500 MILES I RAN FOR HIM, AND HE NEVER FILLED UP THE VAN TO FULL.. HE KEPT ALL MY MONEY, I DIDNT MAKE A CENT NOR DID HE HELP ME A LITTLE I WENT 4 DAYS WITHOUT A SHOWER OR FOOD..
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IF YOU GET A CALL FROM A VAN OWNER Kieron Gooden
COMPANY NAME: Royal Red Line Cargo LLC
WARNING .. I SIGNED UP UNDER HIS SPRINTER VAN AND THIS IS WHAT HE DID TO ME..
HE GOT ME A PLANE TICKET, THEN THE FLIGHT CANCELED AND I LET HIM KNOW, I HAD TO SIT STRANDED AT THE AIRPORT FOR 2 DAYS,, BY THE TIME I GOT ON THE FLIGHT ID USED UP MY LITTLE MONEY I HAD JUST TO EAT AT THE AIRPORT,, BOARDED AIRPLANE ON TUESDAY GOT TO NEWARK, NJ TUESDAY NIGHT, A SHUTTLE TOOK ME FROM THE AIRPORT TO WHERE OWNER HAD VAN PARKED IN A LOT NEXT TO A MOTEL 6 IN THE GETTO, I GOT THE VAN AND IT ONLY GOT WORSE FROM THERE, I HADNT SLEPT SINCE I ARRIVED AT AIRPORT ON SUNDAY WHICH BTW HE WAS WELL AWARE,, HE CALLED CONSTANTLY EVERYTIME MY TRUCK MOVED OR I RECEIVED A NEW LOAD, HIS VEHICAL HAS ALOT OF TECHNOLOGY ON IT TO KEEP TRACK OF EVERY LITTLE THING YOU DO, SO BY THURSDAY THE SAME WEEK I WAS DONE I REQUESTED A NEW OWNER FROM DISPATCH I HAD NO MONEY, AND THIS OWNER WOULDNT HELP ME AT ALL HE LEFT ME OUT TO STARVE, I NEEDED TO GET ROUTED HOME TO JUST GET MY THINGS TO LIVE OUT ON THE ROAD AND THAT NEVER HAPPENED,, SO ON FRIDAY HE DEMANDED HIS VAN BACK AT 4AM , PANTHER NITE SUPERVISOR TRIED TO REASON WITH THIS FOOL AND ASKED HIM IF I COULD REMAIN IN THE VAN UNTIL THEY COULD GET ME SOMEPLACE TO GO INSTEAD OF KIKING ME OUT ON THE STREETS IN DOWNTOWN NEWARK, NJ . HE TOLD ME AND PANTHER ITS HIS VAN AND HE WANTS IT NOW. SO THERE WAS NOTHING PANTHER COULD DO FOR ME SO AFTER I DROPPED HIS VAN TO HIM, HE HAD THE SHUTTLE BRING ME BACK OVER TO NEWARK AIRPORT AND DROP ME THERE WITHOUT A PLANE TICKET TO GO HOME.. COMPLETE NITEMARE, AND HE WAS A COMPLETE SCUMBAG. AND HE NEVER PAID ME FOR THE 2500 MILES I RAN FOR HIM, AND HE NEVER FILLED UP THE VAN TO FULL.. HE KEPT ALL MY MONEY, I DIDNT MAKE A CENT NOR DID HE HELP ME A LITTLE I WENT 4 DAYS WITHOUT A SHOWER OR FOOD..
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*WARNING TO ALL PANTHER CONTRACTERS THAT ARE COMMING TO WORK HERE DRIVING A SPRINTER VAN OTR**
IF YOU GET A CALL FROM A VAN OWNER NAMED Kieron Gooden
COMPANY NAME: Royal Red Line Cargo LLC
WARNING .. I SIGNED UP UNDER HIS SPRINTER VAN AND THIS IS WHAT HE DID TO ME..
HE GOT ME A PLANE TICKET, THEN THE FLIGHT CANCELED AND I LET HIM KNOW, I HAD TO SIT STRANDED AT THE AIRPORT FOR 2 DAYS,, BY THE TIME I GOT ON THE FLIGHT ID USED UP MY LITTLE MONEY I HAD JUST TO EAT AT THE AIRPORT,, BOARDED AIRPLANE ON TUESDAY GOT TO NEWARK, NJ TUESDAY NIGHT, A SHUTTLE TOOK ME FROM THE AIRPORT TO WHERE OWNER HAD VAN PARKED IN A LOT NEXT TO A MOTEL 6 IN THE GETTO, I GOT THE VAN AND IT ONLY GOT WORSE FROM THERE, I HADNT SLEPT SINCE I ARRIVED AT AIRPORT ON SUNDAY WHICH BTW HE WAS WELL AWARE,, HE CALLED CONSTANTLY EVERYTIME MY TRUCK MOVED OR I RECEIVED A NEW LOAD, HIS VEHICAL HAS ALOT OF TECHNOLOGY ON IT TO KEEP TRACK OF EVERY LITTLE THING YOU DO, SO BY THURSDAY THE SAME WEEK I WAS DONE I REQUESTED A NEW OWNER FROM DISPATCH I HAD NO MONEY, AND THIS OWNER WOULDNT HELP ME AT ALL HE LEFT ME OUT TO STARVE, I NEEDED TO GET ROUTED HOME TO JUST GET MY THINGS TO LIVE OUT ON THE ROAD AND THAT NEVER HAPPENED,, SO ON FRIDAY HE DEMANDED HIS VAN BACK AT 4AM , PANTHER NITE SUPERVISOR TRIED TO REASON WITH THIS FOOL AND ASKED HIM IF I COULD REMAIN IN THE VAN UNTIL THEY COULD GET ME SOMEPLACE TO GO INSTEAD OF KIKING ME OUT ON THE STREETS IN DOWNTOWN NEWARK, NJ . HE TOLD ME AND PANTHER ITS HIS VAN AND HE WANTS IT NOW. SO THERE WAS NOTHING PANTHER COULD DO FOR ME SO AFTER I DROPPED HIS VAN TO HIM, HE HAD THE SHUTTLE BRING ME BACK OVER TO NEWARK AIRPORT AND DROP ME THERE WITHOUT A PLANE TICKET TO GO HOME.. COMPLETE NITEMARE, AND HE WAS A COMPLETE SCUM BAG. AND HE NEVER PAID ME FOR THE 2500 MILES I RAN FOR HIM, AND HE NEVER FILLED UP THE VAN TO FULL.. HE KEPT ALL MY MONEY, I DIDNT MAKE A CENT NOR DID HE HELP ME A LITTLE I WENT 4 DAYS WITHOUT A SHOWER OR FOOD..
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IF YOU GET A CALL FROM A VAN OWNER NAMED Kieron Gooden
COMPANY NAME: Royal Red Line Cargo LLC
WARNING .. I SIGNED UP UNDER HIS SPRINTER VAN AND THIS IS WHAT HE DID TO ME..
HE GOT ME A PLANE TICKET, THEN THE FLIGHT CANCELED AND I LET HIM KNOW, I HAD TO SIT STRANDED AT THE AIRPORT FOR 2 DAYS,, BY THE TIME I GOT ON THE FLIGHT ID USED UP MY LITTLE MONEY I HAD JUST TO EAT AT THE AIRPORT,, BOARDED AIRPLANE ON TUESDAY GOT TO NEWARK, NJ TUESDAY NIGHT, A SHUTTLE TOOK ME FROM THE AIRPORT TO WHERE OWNER HAD VAN PARKED IN A LOT NEXT TO A MOTEL 6 IN THE GETTO, I GOT THE VAN AND IT ONLY GOT WORSE FROM THERE, I HADNT SLEPT SINCE I ARRIVED AT AIRPORT ON SUNDAY WHICH BTW HE WAS WELL AWARE,, HE CALLED CONSTANTLY EVERYTIME MY TRUCK MOVED OR I RECEIVED A NEW LOAD, HIS VEHICAL HAS ALOT OF TECHNOLOGY ON IT TO KEEP TRACK OF EVERY LITTLE THING YOU DO, SO BY THURSDAY THE SAME WEEK I WAS DONE I REQUESTED A NEW OWNER FROM DISPATCH I HAD NO MONEY, AND THIS OWNER WOULDNT HELP ME AT ALL HE LEFT ME OUT TO STARVE, I NEEDED TO GET ROUTED HOME TO JUST GET MY THINGS TO LIVE OUT ON THE ROAD AND THAT NEVER HAPPENED,, SO ON FRIDAY HE DEMANDED HIS VAN BACK AT 4AM , PANTHER NITE SUPERVISOR TRIED TO REASON WITH THIS FOOL AND ASKED HIM IF I COULD REMAIN IN THE VAN UNTIL THEY COULD GET ME SOMEPLACE TO GO INSTEAD OF KIKING ME OUT ON THE STREETS IN DOWNTOWN NEWARK, NJ . HE TOLD ME AND PANTHER ITS HIS VAN AND HE WANTS IT NOW. SO THERE WAS NOTHING PANTHER COULD DO FOR ME SO AFTER I DROPPED HIS VAN TO HIM, HE HAD THE SHUTTLE BRING ME BACK OVER TO NEWARK AIRPORT AND DROP ME THERE WITHOUT A PLANE TICKET TO GO HOME.. COMPLETE NITEMARE, AND HE WAS A COMPLETE SCUM BAG. AND HE NEVER PAID ME FOR THE 2500 MILES I RAN FOR HIM, AND HE NEVER FILLED UP THE VAN TO FULL.. HE KEPT ALL MY MONEY, I DIDNT MAKE A CENT NOR DID HE HELP ME A LITTLE I WENT 4 DAYS WITHOUT A SHOWER OR FOOD..
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It's obvious you did little to no research when entering into your new career vastly under funded. You are a new member with one post. Two if you count duplicates. That post(s) is nothing but a rant by a person that is too lazy to do some simple online research into the wonderful world of van expediting. Live and learn.