i'm thinking about buying a van
- Thread starter Desperado
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chefdennis
Veteran Expediter
The hightop nissan is too short for this business IF you plan on staying out on the road and running your tail off...if you want to run locals, id stay go for it but not OTR...as far as who is putting vans on, more and more companies are moving away from them...now thats not to say they are gone, its just getting harder to find anyone taking new people on in vans...try Anne at Bolt...or the smaller to mid size carriers.....
chefdennis
Veteran Expediter
100,000 mile warranty is pretty much std in the industry now...even my chev has it....
You just heard from one of the best Company owners in the business...take him at face value...not only is the Nissan not there yet, CV's as a whole are not getting the freight they once were from the bigger carriers.....its going to bigger units....5 loads this week, 2 of them would have gone in a CV....and that is not abnormal anymore...Talk to Guido here on EO..ask him why his CV is sitting and for sale and he is now in a bigger unit...Ask Fallgator why he is now running as a team in a ST while his CV is sitting...and his CV isn't paid for....but it is sitting....
I really believe that from here on out, the CV is not going to make it as it has in the past...
Oh and yea I still own a CV and have a driver in it....its not doing even what I was doing in it just 3 months ago...but I am kicking az in the new Bigger Cargo Max....that can be bought for dang near the same price as the Nissan....
You just heard from one of the best Company owners in the business...take him at face value...not only is the Nissan not there yet, CV's as a whole are not getting the freight they once were from the bigger carriers.....its going to bigger units....5 loads this week, 2 of them would have gone in a CV....and that is not abnormal anymore...Talk to Guido here on EO..ask him why his CV is sitting and for sale and he is now in a bigger unit...Ask Fallgator why he is now running as a team in a ST while his CV is sitting...and his CV isn't paid for....but it is sitting....
I really believe that from here on out, the CV is not going to make it as it has in the past...
Oh and yea I still own a CV and have a driver in it....its not doing even what I was doing in it just 3 months ago...but I am kicking az in the new Bigger Cargo Max....that can be bought for dang near the same price as the Nissan....
chefdennis
Veteran Expediter
Enjoy.....But I have to ask, if you are already doing good with what you have (you must be if you are going to invest in a brand new van) why are you in the "recuriter forum" and what did you ask this for?
Desperado wrote:
That seems to indicate you are looking for a carrier that is BEST FOR VANS....Seems you are looking for something else..and you asked for advise...you got it, but it doesn;t fit what you wanted to hear....
Enjoy....
Desperado wrote:
That seems to indicate you are looking for a carrier that is BEST FOR VANS....Seems you are looking for something else..and you asked for advise...you got it, but it doesn;t fit what you wanted to hear....
Enjoy....
purgoose10
Veteran Expediter
If I did not have my other C/Van on a regular run I don't know what it would be doing right now.
Todays market calls for larger vehicle's that are still under the 10K mode of operation. Cargo Max or Sprinter types. If your going to be in this business and want to succeed you ether keep up or get out.
Todays market calls for larger vehicle's that are still under the 10K mode of operation. Cargo Max or Sprinter types. If your going to be in this business and want to succeed you ether keep up or get out.
LisaLouHoo
Expert Expediter
PM your way...have I got the deal of a lifetime for YOU. Really.
"Bruises fade and bones will mend-but a psyche can be ruined FOREVER" : LisaLouHoo, c. 2008
