greg334
18K Member

With fedex ground I answerd an add in the paper that they were looking for contractor intown drivers. I had to give them a list of what equipment I had and all my insurance information. Fedex ground contracts their home delivery and line haul drivers. Fedex express are company paid employees. Occasionally I will do long distance runs from gr to detroit or gr to chicago. I am currently at 3.50 dollars a package as my payout. If my trailer is packed with say 19000 packages I come out pretty good. 19000 packages is just an example number. The payouts vary depending on how much stuff I haul in a week.

Hi Gregg,
My name is Jeff,I've read alot of your posts,and I believe that you quite frankly have the most informative posts. That being said I'm looking to venture into expediting. I'm not in a hurry good things take time. I drove t/t for ten years [company driver],so I know somewhat what that part of the business is like,with the clicks and all. I can only imagine what it is like in the expeditor industry.To the point. my plan is to buy a sprinter and run it as a team with a same household [me and my girl friend] so comfort must be a factor.I'm thinking a 170 ext would be as good as it gets,but I keep seeing conflicting posts about length,I've contacted a company that only requires 9ft of cargo space.Now I'm not looking for you to tell me what to do,I'm asking for your professional opinion related to what you have seen,and or experienced in your time as an expeditor.I still have a year or so before I'm finacially ready .Thx,Jeff

Hi i see you talking abought nlmi a few time how do you get in with them i sent the comp app but never got any thing back thank you

Greg, both (& probably any) trucks I'm considering will be o/o owned. Do the tests you've suggested for greto1 have to be performed at a dealer? You're right, $350 is a lot easier to accept than potentially losing everything. Still not comfortable posting/maneuvering in forum section so if this is in wrong spot - sorry.

I have read some of your post and replies and would like your input on my topic under the newbies section. Seeing how I am just starting out I find asking questions to people who have done this before helps me not to make newbie mistakes. Thanks in advance.

Greg, do you remember where that link was that you posted some time ago regarding the Fair Credit Reporting act of 1977?I have looked through youre past posts, and cant find it anywhere,nor do I remember it.Thanks in advance.

Greg...enjoyed this on your sig file:

EO's only MEGA POSTER STILL

Time to chill Greg.It's getting personal and that sucks.I'm not sure how it got so heated but it's not healthy.Sorry if I offended you.Lets kkep it civil,leave the personal stuff alone on both sides.

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Good afternoon ,hope your holiday went well , im just getting used to this web site and im as you will soon guess a newbie to expiditing ive been an over the road driver for more than 20 yrs so im not new to truckin,my 1st ?is how do you get fed ex qual.2ive got an old open container circa 1990 on my driving record how will this effect the canadian crossings ,and if it does affect it adversly will this affect the $part of expidited driving any thing you can pas onwould be appreciated thanks art beatty