Yeah but what is your response when one of your good customers call you with a ASAP pick up and you are 300 miles away. How do you maintain these customers if you canot always respond to their needs.
I would talk to their safety department.One policy that FedxCC has cast in stone is that they will change a policy if it suits their needs and they want to keep you happy.
Ifyou owned the van you would proibably do OK in the Chicago area. But usually splitting van revenue with the owner is not worth it. You say you want to run hard as no logbooks are required but in spite of that some of the expediting companys look at your last delivery as too how many hours you...
I know a guy who used to be a neighbor and moved went to Costa Rica. He comes back every so often for a vist and has told me you can live like a King for about $1000 a month.