Originally Posted by Turtle
That sour taste is from chewing on the unrealistic financial expectations of team expediting in general, and of team van expediting in particular, and then having to swallow the fact that you won't get special treatment because you are a team. Sorry. They can't manufacture "team" loads just for you.
The load comes in, they try and get it covered. Period. If, by chance, you are near the shipper and it's a "team" load, then you might jump other solo vans to get it. Maybe. They they aren't going to jump over you if a "solo" load come in merely because it's not a "team" load. They're going to offer it to you, same as any other vehicle of that size.
Unless, that's what they do to you. You're sitting there, a 600 mile run comes up, "Nope, they're a team van, can't put a 600 mile run on a team van, let's save them for a really long team load so they'll be happy." Is that what you want? No. You want them to magically come up with team load after team load just for you. And when there are no team loads, load you first ahead of the solo drivers, cause dammit you're a team van and you deserve it! "All hail the team van! Harumph! Harumph! Harumph!"
"I didn't get a harumph out of that guy."
If you truly want special treatment, team in a straight truck. Straight truck teams aren't golden to a carrier, but they are royalty. Straight trucks teams won't be loaded 24/7, though, but a straight truck team will jump a van, solo or team, in a heartbeat. Carriers want to keep those straight trucks teams loaded and happy. Vans, on the other hand, are a dime a dozen, solo or team.
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