Looks similar to the place I worked for a couple years ago. Different company but same business model. They ran everything from company owned dry...
Annndddd just to add some humor to my day yesterday, get a call from said company, wanting to know if I wanted to go back to work for them, they...
Yeah, on some local delivery gigs the driving isn't the main difficulty. Had a courier gig that had a dedicated route for an electrical supply...
DFO congratulations on your new path, best of luck. Been following your adventures since you started as company driver, I was looking at starting...
Yeah, this one's going in the recycle bin, place was a bit dodgy anyway, other stories about goings on there, that shall remain unsaid. Any IC...
I think I'm in the right forum but if not, mods please feel free to move it to a more appropriate place. So a couple years ago I was working as...
Only places I know offering trainging in STL are MTC in Earth City, Premiere in Granite City, and Kaskaskia College, I think they have a location...
"Making Money" is a relative term. Checks were usually gross about 750 to 800 a week, My goal after paying the van, Fuel, maint etc was to net no...
It's been a while since I studied this, but there's two numbers on the door plaque. One is GVW or Gross Vehicle weight, the total amount of...
Wound up not doing either, spend the tuition $$$ on a cargo van and went to local delivery/courier work. Local delivery was a PITA, had a good...
Towne air in our area mostly provides air freight transportation. when I worked for a courier company, Town (and Forward air) would bring...
Different Zipp Express then, don't believe the two are connected.
Is this Zipp Express out of St. Louis? Drove a cargo van for them for about 2 months. What will you be driving? Company driver or O/O Straight...
Check to see if there's any local courier companies, many of those do LTL/local delivery with straight trucks also. Place I worked at ran...
Seems that some states require the chauffeurs license to driver any for-hire vehicle. I remember in Missouri per-CDL days you could drive any...
As you look at each company, it will be different. Even same company and different geographic areas. This spring was talking to the company with...
Figured that was B4 expenses, but just wanted to make sure. Couldn't use my CV for expediting, too old, would have to upgrade anyway, for sure...
So I got the nomenclature right, GROSS is B4 fuel, maintenance etc? If things hold out I'm on line to be somewhere in between those figures...
Actually, I've been trying to sort out the income potential of expediting in cargo van or sprinter, on the AVERAGE per mile side. Considering the...
OH yeah, forgot about restaurants/bars. Delivered some frozen seafood to a hotel, manager had a hissy fit because it was a 20lb box of frozen...