DannyD
Veteran Expediter
I talked to John from UPS. He was friendly & informative. I mainly got the air cargo info & not so much in terms of expedite info. They have what seems like a pretty similar set up to EGL in terms of how they run things. They have operations out of the bigger airports but not so much the regional ones.
Drivers are paid .90/mile plus 100% of fsc.
Workmans Crock Insurance is $125/month. If ya can find it cheaper elsewhere you're allowed to do so.
QC is $15/week. Satellite via cell phones may/may not be coming in the future. Right now he said there's no plans for it, but ya never know.
Vans must be 1997 or newer.
DH miles are .10/mile from wherever you're at. I'm not sure if that means even if ya have to go a short distance to pick up. The example that was used for me was if I was in Flint & had to pick up from Grand Rapids (about 100 miles away) for a delivery to Detroit, I'd get paid .10/mile from Flint.
If you get 2 or more runs on your truck, you're paid to the furthest point & anything on the way is paid a drop off charge. He said in a van it's usually about $50.
You're on your own for van insurance. They don't have a company group policy or anything of that nature.
NLM runs pay less, but they ask you if you'll take it before they bid on it. This way you're not in the position of them having the run & needing someone to take it.
No dedicated routes for Cargo Vans/Airport cargo. This would make sense. I didn't really expect any but figured I'd ask him anyway.
Business is about 50% auto freight. I didn't ask if this was for air cargo or expedite. My guess is expedite & that it's somewhat less for air cargo.
My take on it was that it's similar to EGL. Being at EGL I wouldn't switch to UPS, which is fine w/ them cuz they don't need any drivers in the Detroit area anyway. =) I will look into it again later on when I'll have to get a newer van to stay at EGL.
If you're tired of sitting in your truck day after day & wanna get more local, I'd look into either EGL or UPS. Ya kinda have to be near a major airport to make it work for ya. Otherwise there will be a lot of dead local miles. Still, my take on it is I'd trade a few extra dead miles for not having to sit in your truck for 2 days in some city 400 miles from home. I think Dayton is about as small as either of those companies are in.
Good luck to ya,
Danny
Drivers are paid .90/mile plus 100% of fsc.
Workmans Crock Insurance is $125/month. If ya can find it cheaper elsewhere you're allowed to do so.
QC is $15/week. Satellite via cell phones may/may not be coming in the future. Right now he said there's no plans for it, but ya never know.
Vans must be 1997 or newer.
DH miles are .10/mile from wherever you're at. I'm not sure if that means even if ya have to go a short distance to pick up. The example that was used for me was if I was in Flint & had to pick up from Grand Rapids (about 100 miles away) for a delivery to Detroit, I'd get paid .10/mile from Flint.
If you get 2 or more runs on your truck, you're paid to the furthest point & anything on the way is paid a drop off charge. He said in a van it's usually about $50.
You're on your own for van insurance. They don't have a company group policy or anything of that nature.
NLM runs pay less, but they ask you if you'll take it before they bid on it. This way you're not in the position of them having the run & needing someone to take it.
No dedicated routes for Cargo Vans/Airport cargo. This would make sense. I didn't really expect any but figured I'd ask him anyway.
Business is about 50% auto freight. I didn't ask if this was for air cargo or expedite. My guess is expedite & that it's somewhat less for air cargo.
My take on it was that it's similar to EGL. Being at EGL I wouldn't switch to UPS, which is fine w/ them cuz they don't need any drivers in the Detroit area anyway. =) I will look into it again later on when I'll have to get a newer van to stay at EGL.
If you're tired of sitting in your truck day after day & wanna get more local, I'd look into either EGL or UPS. Ya kinda have to be near a major airport to make it work for ya. Otherwise there will be a lot of dead local miles. Still, my take on it is I'd trade a few extra dead miles for not having to sit in your truck for 2 days in some city 400 miles from home. I think Dayton is about as small as either of those companies are in.
Good luck to ya,
Danny
p.s. For Illinois, the Chicago area is the hot spot, and Ohio, anything north of columbus....