Cargo Vans With Panther Expedited Good Idea??

The rate on cargo vans is too low to make decent money driving for someone else . What is the pay arrangement ? With most it is a 60/40 split . You get 60% of the revenue to the truck but you buy the fuel . You need to find van drivers that have driven for fleet owners but there aren't many . You could ask van O/O's what they are making then deduct the 40% you'd give the owner .

 

thanks Rick. seems like this is a losing proposition. maybe i should keep looking in my own area. joe

 

Vans are called bottom feeders for a reason. I can take a van load in my st8, but a van can't get my load.....

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thanks for the info. 400-600 a week is enough to keep me going as all my major bills have been paid. ill see what the recruitor has to say. and how much upfront cost is involved.

 

Is there room with Panther for a crew cab dually pulling a cargo trailer that would hold 6-10 pallets? I would have to add a roller floor to ease loading and unloading.

I want to do something with my truck. Wither van or flat...doesn't' matter to me, but I think there is more money in flats.

Pulling a cargo van would allow me to add a popup camper in the bed of my truck. This would be the most comfortable way to roll. Or I could have living quarters in the trailer, but I guess I would have to log "off duty" as sleepers are not allowed to be on the trailer.

 

yes thats correct i was outa service i was i moving to a new home and some how it showed i was in service but i was not i have been out a week and yes i refused because i was not on there time

 

You have to remember you only get paid for loaded miles . You move empty a lot to get out of dead areas . Then you are buying fuel and not getting FSC which is only paid on loaded miles .

 

I have a friend who lives in the same town as me just outside of Chicago. He has a new Sprinter van and leased with Fed-Ex Custom Critical and is making almost as much as I do in a Class 8 truclk a week. He runs Chicago to Canada, Toledo and Detroit. He loves it and wishes he'd have made the switch from big rigs years ago. I can't blame him seeing the cost of a van is 1/3 that of a new rig...... something to think about.

Never heard anything good about Panther as all the one's I've spoke with had just switched over to Fed-Ex or their "owner" was changing over. I see a lot of the old Panther trucks with Fed-Ex logo's now.

 

Yes , an O/O can make decent money but what about a driver giving the owner 40% ?