I've never driven anything smaller than a D. I consider anything smaller than a C a "Van." If you take all cv,sprinters,cube vans,cargo maxes,etc wouldn't you say that segment has over capacity ?
Yes, IF you lump them all together...but if you read the post, he is concerned with the CV...and while they are still here, they are a falling number...more and more of the mid size on up carriers are not signing them...take a look at the big "expediter" TS's...lookk at the "front" parking lots, they are populated with "sprinters", cubes and those types of units....
This business is all about knowing what you are doing, making smart decisions and doing it with they right carrier more then anything....I personally could add another Cargo Max type unit with Load 1 and that truck would run real good numbers...but i wouldn't touch a CV..the competition doesn't bother me 1 way or the other, i'll be here long after most of them have quit..I have already proven that in just 5 yrs...and not bragging a bit, but i was told that i was getting into this business at the worse time, no freight, cheap freight, too many CV's...welll iam here to say, I do pretty good out here..LOL, id match my numbers with alot of solo ST's...but again, i wouldnt touch a CV , even as their numbers drop...
The OP was asking about CV's...as he stated, he owns one and it is ready to go...he isn't going to get "sprinter" freight...and as the number of CV's go down, he will me in a "make or break" situation...Even talking to the smaller carriers like "Blizzard" here on EO...he is getting out of that market segment all together...in the not to distant future, you are going to need to be with the right carrier and be running a larger than a CV unit...
