Panther vs Fedex Expedite

Roger B · Apr 26, 2016

Hi guys i am just wondering what is a better expedite company to go with for my company that i work for 70 some trucks. Is Panther premium or Fedex customer critical better or should i do both? Which pays more per mile and is overall better for rates and customer service? Since it is expedite they should be paying well over 1.70 per mile. Please let me know what you guys think and who has worked with these expedites.

ntimevan · Apr 26, 2016

Excuse me But .... you OWN 70 trucks and your asking our advice ...? Wouldn't you have the Money to research it better yourself ....? You are sending a Red Flag out .... imo

Roger B · Apr 26, 2016

Well maybe i should of said this before but we already run expedoted with other companies like xpo but its dead and we have dedicated lanes and whatnot. But im looking to expand my expedite drivers with more freight so that is why i ask.

ntimevan · Apr 26, 2016

Roger B said:
Well maybe i should of said this before but we already run expedoted with other companies like xpo but its dead and we have dedicated lanes and whatnot. But im looking to expand my expedite drivers with more freight so that is why i ask.

Ok..... but you joined this site 5 days ago and you are 23 years old and you live in Grand Rapids ... a very good area for expedite freight ... again you shouldn't need Our help ....

davekc · Apr 26, 2016

Not enough information to answer that kind of question. With 70 trucks, you would be better served to contact them directly. Rates could very well be different for 70 trucks verses one.

Roger B · Apr 26, 2016

All i came here was for advice for my boss to better his company.

ucfd608 · Apr 26, 2016

First it was your company now it is someone else's big red flag

Roger B · Apr 26, 2016

Red flag it up all you want man. Whats a red flag for asking a simple question to whats better panther or fedex expedite.... must be a red flag for you to answer my question..... 70 truck 2 trucks either way its the same answer unless they give you better rates if the company is bigger.

Bruno · Apr 26, 2016

Both are good companies, but you have to really see what each has to offer. If your boss has 70 trucks with plans to move them, put a few at each.

ucfd608 · Apr 26, 2016

Listen to Bruno he knows what he is talking about he has his trucks at fed ex an he was at panther.

Roger B · Apr 26, 2016

Thank you for actually saying something that i would like to hear rather than people attacking red flags and what not. We have xpo its slow so i signed us up with both and we start thursday working with them. I was just wondering to see which expedite company is better from peoples previous experiences.

Since the older posts are about 3-5 years old we all know trucking has changed a lot since than so that is why i ask this same question 5 years later.

Roger B · Apr 26, 2016

I seen a expedite load on panther today and there is a chat box there so i clicked it and i asked the panther guy in the chat what rates they normally get for bids and he says it covered so i say for how much and he tells me 2300 from holland mi to laredo. This rate is very low considering it is a expedite run for team.... i mean if this is panthers rates this might not work out. Has anyone else bidded on panthers website for expedited loads and what rates have guys ran most recently?

Turtle · Apr 27, 2016

It you want to make the best rates at either Panther or FedEx, the truck (however many you want) needs to be leased on with them (meaning not leased on with XPO) and not just a bargain basement bid board partner carrier.

In other words, you need to move trucks from XPO to the other carrier.

Bruno · Apr 27, 2016

ucfd608 said:
Listen to Bruno he knows what he is talking about he has his trucks at fed ex an he was at panther.

Thank you for your kind words, but I'm just your average driver/owner.

Roger B · Apr 27, 2016

Do you guys know any other expedites similar to XPO?

str8trk · Apr 27, 2016

Roger B said:
Hi guys i am just wondering what is a better expedite company to go with for my company that i work for 70 some trucks. Is Panther premium or Fedex customer critical better or should i do both? Which pays more per mile and is overall better for rates and customer service? Since it is expedite they should be paying well over 1.70 per mile. Please let me know what you guys think and who has worked with these expedites.

"Trucks" or vans .... huge difference

Roger B · Apr 27, 2016

Semi Trucks 53' Dry vans or reefers....

str8trk · Apr 27, 2016

"Partners" typically don't get access to the best loads from any of the expedite carriers ... Unless capacity is tight ... Which it isn't.

wimpy007 · Apr 27, 2016

Just an observation, with that many truck why limit yourself to jusr expediting. There are more avenues open for semi's in other area's.

Roger B · Apr 27, 2016

We are not limiting to just expediting we have a certain amount of trucks who only do expedite and than we have the other group of drivers who do other runs that are not expedite. i mainly just wanted to ask which from the two are better in terms for rates and what other expedite companies are there other than XPO.