RV Transport Drivers

Are you talking about pulling a trailer with your own truck or driving an rv? I am also looking into transporting rv's. That seems more profitable than all that wear and tear on your own truck. I'm open for suggestions before I jump into this.

 

Wouldn't transporting RV's be more profitable than all that wear and tear on your own truck? I am also looking into transporting RV's but want to do more research before jumping into it. Any advice will help.

 

Some of those RV's weigh over 20,000 lbs. The hauler companies require a 20k 5th wheel . The big problem is unpaid miles . You are paid one way to deliver . Return loads are few .

 

Well, I have to back up Roadmedic here. I had a small business in Penna. that I had to close due to Government intervention, lost everything.

Moved to Kansas (because it was inexpensive living) with a grand in my pocket a pickup truck and a Uhaul.

Got into towing RV's for a living, I was 30 years old at the time. Within 5 years I bought my wife a nice home and paid for it, 5 years later I bought out the company I worked for.

I grew the company to 70 trucks and did have quite a few back hauls for those that wanted them. The company was called Peterson Transport and was originally based out of Boise ID. In 1999 I purchased to company and moved it to my home town in Kansas.

We were Sunnybrook RV's house carrier from 1994 to 2004 we also hauled Wells Cargo,Damon,Doubletree,Fleetwood.

Also had contracts to move industial equipment and containment trailers, at one time we had one of if not the highest backhaul percentages in the business.

In 2004 I got feed up when Starfleet came in a underbid me at SB, I found all of my drivers jobs and then closed the company for good, along the way I had already started Kansas Transit, we have run up to 10 T/T all over the country hauling specialized vehicles and continue to do so today.

Can you make a living at towing RV's with your pickup truck,,, it depends on you and what you are WILLING to sacrifice. It can be done, but I would like to think it used to be a lot easier than it is now.

I used to get paid 60 per mile loaded when I started, but remember fuel was cheap and a new diesel pickup was about 12,000 this would have been about 1991.

The problem is a lot of these so called RV company recruiters are just like recruiters in every other business, they lie, and if you believe them you will fail.

I can tell you many times that I had a guy walk into my office that wanted to haul RV's my first question to him was, do you have kids at home, do you have a wife that you want to spend a lot of time with.

Do you have a large home mortgage, and are you going to have finance your whole truck payment, if he answered yes to those questions I would tell him I would not hire him.

I believe you could still make a buck at it, but I do believe it is more difficult today than in the past. I did get to see the whole country towing RV's BUT it was all at 70 MPH. JMHO

Stan

 

I did both and the company I was contracted with required you to pay the fuel for the RV but they pay you back but only half what you spent.I also pulled 5th wheels and campers with I had my dully(boy I miss that truck)anyhow back loads where slim to none.I still do camper towing and towing boats,but I don't have a dully no more and my half ton Ram can only pull 5,000bls max but I don't pull more than 4,000bls.I find and book my own loads its a third party web site which I think some guys know who i'm talking about,only thing is lately they got more picky on how we transporters get paid so I kinda not doing that right now,but that's another time to tell.

 

I also pull rvs around with my F350, like Roadmedic. I have done this for 3 companies, the third which i am at now, is where i started making realistic money.

After I pay for fuel, hotel, food and tolls, I make between 52% and 55% of gross. Now you still have a truck and insurance to pay for. Its not life changing money by any means, but if i guy wants to work hard he should clear 70k before taxes.

But plan on driving 24 days a month to do this. In this crappy economy, its a decent pay. Trust me if i could find a better paying job I would take it instantly.

Now i live 30 miles from the plants in Middlebury IN, so Im home more often then a guy that drives in from montana to get loaded. If i didnt live here, i could not do this.

As for seeing all of the beautiful country, It all looks the same at 65 on the highway. Ya AZ UT are cool. But it gets old.

As for pay, Ive mentioned before I drive for JET, I dont get paid Tolls, but I get at least .20/mile more then every other company offers. Which more then compensates for the few times I have to pay tolls. I also get a bonus of 0.15/mile for all loaded miles once i reach 6k loaded for the month.
Hope this helps.

 

70 k? How much do you have to gross to clear this ? How many paid miles and how many additional unpaid miles can be expected ?