RV Delivery

I see a lot of truck drivers looking like that so you truly are clueless and judgemental. Sounds like you have axe to grind

 

Probably 95 % of the RV haulers are retired and have never held a CDL. They do not normally have a deck trailer. Just pull one travel trlr or drive one MH. They DO not have a back haul. Thus their income is half of what it should be. The few exceptions are like one who replied in this thread. He has a trailer and connections for loads. The other drivers do not. If you stopped one of these cult fellows you would quickly see that there is no chance of making a decent wage. Here is one comment from a hauler:
"In many cases you had to buy their hitch even if yours had a higher rating. Your pickup truck had to be within 10 years old and nothing larger than a F-450/4500. You log miles professionally and positively cannot sleep in the units you are hauling. If you add a sleeper to your truck, in some states the weight gain required a Class A CDL instead of a B. They pay you mileage + a fuel surcharge, you buy all of your own fuel round trip at your own expense. A lot of guys were illegally covering their DOT numbers so they didn't have to log on the way back home to Indiana (sleeping in your truck until another unit is ready to pickup) to pickup a new unit even sooner than the time logging limitations present. In the end I put a HUGE amount of miles on my truck and when it came to tax time was able to record a very nice loss due to this depreciation and my IRS refund came from the last three years as a result. One positive, I did see 36 states and 2 provinces, gosh I wish I could have remembered them more as working 11-14 hour days (hitching, changing tires, fueling up in subzero weather) The guys making money where the ones driving certain specialty trucks, showering at free Turnpike Rest Stops, then sleeping on Amtrak on the way back. They lived with their parents but only came home on holidays .... and they dressed like they were homeless. As a married couple we decided it wasn't for us. I had a friend who drove out Class C rental trucks to the Seattle, then drove his Geo Metro tow car with 360K miles to Oregon where he picked up a Class A to drive to Ohio, then drove his Geo back to Indiana to pickup another Class C ... he did confirm that a Walmart Greeter made more money than him, but he liked working outside!!!"


"I did this from Feb 2011 until May 2011. I put approx 30k miles on in that time. Half paid the other half in my tow car. The pay sucks you have to sleep in the RV or in your tow car just to break even. You are not allowed to sleep in the RV's but many do it. You are not allowed to put Propane in and use the heat but many do it. You must put on 500-600 miles per day as they have time limits to get the units delivered. You must wash the units at the end of the trip. Any damage is on you and if the damage was done prior to you getting the unit and you missed it you paid for that damage also. I figure I earned about $60 per day minus the damage to my tow car. I was a drive away transporter delivered maninly Class A and C motorhomes. Most were repo's and were so filthy you would not sleep in them even if you could. It took me 2 days to get one unit started due to very dead batteries. The dealer could not help me start the rig and they would not move the rigs next to it so I could jump start it. So I had to connect a couple of sets of jumpers (about a 20' run) and a charger to get enough juice to turn the rig over. Many times they were out of fuel and unless you like driving with an empty tank a fuel you will deliver the unit with more fuel in it then you started with (another source of lost revenue)."

I enjoyed every minute (I really did) but if you are doing it to see the country good luck 11 hours per day at 60mph you don't see much but a white line. If you are doing it to earn money good luck.


"For a driver doing 1222 miles over 3 days they show a gross after one way fuel of $945. That figure sounds very good but do a little calculating Subtract return fuel of about $350.00. Tolls? You have to wash the vehicle before it is delivered. Showers (if you think hygiene is important). Cell phone. You are not eating at home so food will be more expensive at the choke and pukes. Your insurance costs will be higher as this is now a commercial vehicle. I will let someone else calculate the repair and maintenance costs( tires, oil changes, breakdowns, etc.) Your Coach Net is not valid with a commercial vehicle. I doubt you could earn $75.00 a day. Driving 1200 miles a week plus 1200 return miles would put 120,000 miles on your truck in one year. If you started with a new or one year old truck it would be worthless in 2 years.

 

More comments from X haulers:

"Mostly everything has been said about this business, I especially liked the comment about not seeing much of the country at 60 mph except a white line. If you run all night, all day, 5 days, you will make about $350. If you're retired, you'll be taking work from people who live in the "white-hot center of the economic meltdown". The DOT requires motel receipts, but you won't get paid to sleep in motels. While it's true that many delivery drivers can be pretty scruffy, it's because THEY'RE NOT GETTING PAID ENOUGH to have new clothes, stay in motels, eat decent food, and if not for the SCAB retirees, the companies would be forced to pay a decent wage. Motorhomes are dangerous to drive. RV dealers are anti-driver- have made a rip-off business of the WASH FEE, will waste your time on purpose. I would bill them for excessive detention time as an independent contractor after 2 hrs., but most drivers just accept the abuse. "


As you can see unless you are an exception there is no money to be made. I have no ax to grind just don't want to seee some innocent guy waste his time

 

Once again you're so far off the mark! You failed in what you did and now you blame everyone else. You by your words you are attacking hard working folks who many of them are Class A CDL holder that's needed to move the heaver 5th when the GVWR is over 26,000 lbs. The one thing you fail to note is we run under the same ruels and regulation that 18 wheels do, and all the C/P your are doing is just so much negative .

 

I am not sure he ever did it.

I think he is just passing on comments from losers who could not manage themselves. Otherwise, he is probably going to be one of the many failures we see in trucking since it all he can see.

After all, most of the guys I know are not even close to retirement. Have done it many years. If they were not making it, why stay at it?

His knowledge on this is worthless.

 

Um yeah..... Brucesmith seems to be very disgruntled!!

I've heard nothing but good things about delivering new RV's/Trailers. I've got a few friends that have done this type of work out of Indiana, western OR and the southeast area. They said they loved it and paid decent (certainly better than a Walmart greeter, so get your facts straight!)

The only thing I didn't want to take a chance at was paying for any possible road damage (cracked windshield, paint chipped front ends, blown tires, etc) to the new vehicles upon delivery at the dealer.

 

I did not even read Brucesmith's last two post's. Not worth my time!!

 

What part of English do you not understand. Those previous posts were not mine! They are cut and pastes from others in the industry. Read this:
"The truck will earn 99 to 107 cents per loaded mile (plus Safety Bonus). There are variables, known in advance, which will affect the rate of pay. An example is trailers over 40 feet in length, which usually pay at a higher rate, and there may be special circumstances where the mileage pay is greater"

That is from one of the carriers. If you can make money being paid 49.5 to 53.5 cpm and it is your truck and your fuel go for it. Of course I have never hauled these for a living. You can make almost that much in long haul and it is not your truck!!!

 

There are companies that pay the driver on percentage to haul tank loads. You might make .27 per loaded mile and then find the back haul pays nothing to bring the truck home. Sure make lots that way.


My truck gets paid higher than what you quote.

The figures I posted as profit, since you lack the ability to comprehend. Profit is after all expense for the load. Includes fuel and other costs out and back.

 

My run to Grande Prairie AB Canada this weekend pays very well.