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Discussion in 'Ask An Owner Operator' started by 1Moose1, Mar 6, 2020.

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  1. Mar 6, 2020 #1
    1Moose1

    1Moose1 Bobtail Member

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    I've met with one road block after another, my last ditch effort is to put the car to work and start doing courier work.

    Where do I find small packages needed fast delivery across country ?
    What do I charge ?
    I'm willing to drive night and day to get it there ASAP.
    Deliver it, pick up some other package, drive somewhere else.

    So the question is how do I find small loads that will fit in my car and what do I charge ?
    Can I expect say $1 a mile ?
    Do people pay upfront ?
    Paid on Delivery ?
    What's the standard so I can at least be in the ballpark
    Thanks
    Moose.
     
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  3. Mar 6, 2020 #2
    fishonron

    fishonron Medium Load Member

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    So you want to compete with Fed Ex, UPS, DHL and the USPS using your car.

    Good luck with that....
     
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  4. Mar 6, 2020 #3
    Long FLD

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    Small packages that need to get across the country ASAP usually ride in an airplane.
     
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  5. Mar 6, 2020 #3
    Mid-May Trucker

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    Move to big city and use app like uber that does small pacmage delivery.
     
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  6. Mar 6, 2020 #4
    booley

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    I hope your car is older than a 1999, so it's ELD exempt
     
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  8. Mar 6, 2020 #5
    1Moose1

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    I saw a couple of those, but I'm not sure which one, Citizen Driver got horrible reviews, so did Courier Brokers. So I thought I'd just ask.
     
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  9. Mar 6, 2020 #6
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    There’s some company called cartel. You never hear much about them. They must have a great retirement plan.
     
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  10. Mar 6, 2020 #7
    danny23tx

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    My son was delivering auto parts with his pickup but the money wasn't that good for the amount of fuel and mileage he put on his truck .
     
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  11. Mar 7, 2020 #8
    fortycalglock

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    Only desperate people try to do this, so of course everyone takes advantage of them.
     
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  12. Mar 7, 2020 #9
    1Moose1

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    That pretty much covers my situation. My last contracting job went south when the customer wanted to double the amount of work involved and then acted all outraged when I doubled the price. Said we couldn't work together, I of course suggested that's not working together, thats just taking advantage of someone.

    Needless to say that was the end of that, and now I'm in a bind. Which is better than paying someone to work for them I suppose.
     
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  13. Mar 7, 2020 #10
    TallJoe

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    Still. I admire OP's enthusiasm and drive for ideas.
    You never know.
    Some of them, for some of them naive kids, as we older pricks want to see them, will work.
     
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