Need some Insight on my situation !!!

I guess the moral to my last post about rates was STABILITY . I think it will be there no matter where rates tank down to ..

 

No I'm not going with Bill ..

 

Here's what I been told :

The union approved UPS to hire its own contractors exclusively leased to UPS . By doing this they will weed out outside carriers as they lease on more O/O and get more lanes assigned to the O/O division . The O/O division is non union but approved by the union ( if that makes since ) to pull the UPS lanes with no return legs and go round robin so to. Speak going term to term .

I think that this will be a good opportunity for me ..

 

I did call Mercer today just to see what they were about .. Spoke to GW in recruiting very nice guy and very helpful . Told me all the ends and outs of Mercer - Trailers - Equip - Training etc . I told hhim I was Looking at UPS and was leaning that way .. We talked about Mercer pulling UPS stuff when it gets slow on flats etc ... We looked at a few loads on the phone well he looked and told me about it .

We talked about expenses
Trailer $600.00
Equipment $ 3250.00
plate $ 2150.00
trailer ins 2.5 % ( I think )
Escrow
trailer balloon

The 2500.00 bonus is paid out over 10 months at 500 up front then 200 a month afterwards

Then we spoke about UPS and the terminal to terminal stuff and how they pull for them too and he basically told me in not so many words .. We will train you flats , We would love to have you but not sure we can beat what they offer as far as Miles and money - said some weeks we can - some weeks we can't .. UPS is offering a good deal to you he said ..

Again very nice folks .. Great conversation ..

 

Mercer - was awesome to talk to but he was honest with me up front which I appreciated . It will cost me some upfront money to go to mercer if I choose to but like he said .
" I don't know if you'd be any better off with what UPS is offering "
" the best thing I can tell you is we offer you the ability to go home when you want and pick your
lanes "

Ive got the $ 1,600 they want to get started but I think I'll put it on the back burner for now cause with a perfect CSA / PSP ( in today's trucking matrix ) I can write my own destiny just as long as you keep it clean ..

But I can not say a bad word about mercer at all . The man shot me strait and told me the truth . That's hard to get out of recruiters today that's for sure . he said my avg rate would be around 1.60-1.70 and I micro managed that down some after I figure the ..Trailer - plate - trailer ins - trailer escrow - etc ...

I will say this :

If I were debt free or a 1,500 less expenditure a month it sounds like a great deal at Mercer ..

 

I've spoke to a few guys at UPS and I got to clarify I'm speaking of UPS Freight and not UPS Ground
the freight side is the old Over Nite ..

Just wanted to clarify I am speaking in reference to UPS Freight