[tblount]

Ok... I don't know what I'm talking about. I was told that an Econoline 350 cargo van was a class C vehicle . Apparently it is not. Since the E350 only has about 8 ft of cargo space and can carry ony 3,000 lbs it would be class A.

This page finally cleared it up for me:
Expedited Freight

For anyone who can't get the link, here is part of the article:

Expediter drivers make money through higher rates, but they spend more time sitting. Expediters can wait for days if they end their runs in places where the freight ain't; while that's not unusual in trucking, it happens more often in expediting. Wise operators learn where the freight is running - almost like fishermen following their prey - and get there to be in position to grab the next load.
In any case, people more concerned with financial success than self image tend to enter the expedited freight business. Some folks find that it's a cheaper way to see the country - or at least the industrialized part of it, as few loads go coast to coast - than owning a motor home. Many of them come from other lines of work and are new to trucking, so are not as impressed with huge equipment.

Originally Posted by Dreamer

Most current C-unit's with FedEx are the same truck as the D-units.. just a smaller box.

When the guy started this thread why didn't someone just tell him they were the same?

[tblount]

Originally Posted by jaminjim

You seem to use "C" units and "Van" interchangeable, are you currently in this industry?

No, I owend a moving company for 6 years but I only had a freight load about once a month and that was usually between ships and trucking terminals.

I sold my airplane a while back and was considering purchasing a truck and getting back into driving. I'm 56 and construction work is more physically demanding than it used to be. I'm looking for a cushy job, riding around in a small truck or van... telling lumpers to hurry up and get the load off... I got to go!

I hold a class A CDL with hazmat and tanker endorsements but without current tractor trailer experience I can't get a job without paying a company $500 and driving 2 months for free and 1 more month for 11 cents an hour... then 32 cents a mile for the next year. By the time I get up to decent pay I woun't be peeing in milk jugs... I'll be wearing depends.

[tblount]

Originally Posted by jaminjim

tblount: In this thread you have talked about a moving company, a roofer, and now a department store.

Perhaps I'm a poor writer. I was pointing out that when a company tells prospective owner/operators their total average revenue is $70,000 ....the driver had better NOT think they were being told they would be taking home that kind of money... the Devil is in the details.. from that $70,000 the owner has to pay for his truck, fuel, insurance and maintenance and AFTER those expenses, the leftovers become his income.

Also talked about looking at truck on ebay,

The point is this... if you see 50 used expeditor trucks coming onto the market at once, what do you think is the most probable cause?
A. Someone stole them.
B. They were confiscated by the DEA.
C. Business got slow, overcrowded and unprofitable for this sector of the trucking industry.

along with "C" trucks getting 25 mpg,

My mistake... I should have said "A"

[quote/"D" trucks getting 14 mpg, [/quote]

I researched several sources. What mpg do they get?

and making $2.97 per hour.

That was someone else.

Please tell me that you don't work for the DOT, IRS, ATF, or a trucking company?

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In reply to your question I feel having run a D unit, a C unit, a DR unit and a CR unit, it all comes down to who you are hauling for as an example, if you are in FDCC White Glove I see no real difference in CR and DR loads but expenses are lower in CR, only 6 wheels on ground, lower registration cost (33000# vs. 47000#) lower tolls. But with that said if you are not in White Glove then you want to go with the biggest baddest D unit you can manufacture because you want to be able to haul anything that comes across the board. I would never saddle myself with a C unit in Surface Expedite.