RV Transport Drivers

Lots of things don't pass the sniff test here . Right off the bat I knew this had to be a newbie hauler . Experienced RV haulers don't buy Fords . So I looked at all Hatya's posts . Asking about trucks in December , hauling part time in March . Return hauls at Jet are few , 1 in a month . Clear 70K ? That must be quoting a Jet recruiter . RV transport business on fire ? I'm on the road daily and rarely see a Hoosier , Bennett , Jet or Horizon . I see more small fly by night transport companies .

 

My take on his comments are that everybody figures their expenses a different way. For instance, when I was OTR and a driver from another company would inevietably ask what I made a mile I would tell him, and then of course he would tell me that he made x number of cpm more.

Then I would say, how many loaded miles did you "RUN" last week and what was the "ACTUAL" dollar number on your pay check.

They would always hedge and then I would say, just take loaded miles RUN and divide into DOLLARS paid. 99% of the time, drivers,if honest with themselves, found out they never really made the cpm that they were told they did.

Most of those companies always had some kind of holdback, deduction,expense,fee,dues,etc. I always paid my drivers a straight percentage of line haul, and we paid HUB miles, not that over the dale and thru the woods mileage that everybody does.

Just depends how you want to look at it.

 

By the way Rick G, don't be hatin on the Ford's at least not the 7.3 we had MANY that ran well over the 750,000 mark. In fact there is a fellow that was one of my top drivers and has been with SF every since I closed our RV div.

He has a 2000 ford with 1.2 million on the original unrebuilt block, if you don't believe me, pm me and I will give you his name and you can look him up.

Truth is we had guys that ran all makes, and depending on how they were cared for there wasn't a nickels worth of difference in expense between them.

 

I'm familiar with the 7.3 . I was a supervisor for MPW Industrial Services . All the supervisors had 7.3 crewcabs and crew were transported in vans with 7.3's . Except for problems with glow plugs .....
Note I said experienced haulers wouldn't buy a NEW Ford . IMO the new Ford engine hasn't been tested enough to consider it reliable .

 

Not unusual for that motor. However, mine died at 262,000 and the second motor was having issues at 507,000 on the odometer. I think it might have been cured, but the cost was getting ridiculous.

As far as the 6.0 and the 6.4 they are not good.

I have seen one of the new 6.7 fords and what a mess of a motor to work on. Not enough history on it for decisions yet.

 

Agree on both counts,

Stan

 

What company do you haul travel trailers for ???

 

My entire cost of operating per mile empty and loaded is only .44 and includes payment, insurance, maintenance and fuel.

 

That's pretty good but if you have to deadhead back that's $.88 a mile off what the rate per paid mile was . I know I didn't word that right .

 

It is the total operating expense.

If you are getting a rate, then the cost to haul it out is .44. The return is the same.

These are averages. I calculate the entire cost of the operation. The empty miles are not anywhere near the average cost.

It sure is not like the other poster is claiming.

The same happens when you are a tanker. Loaded out and empty back.