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11-16-2006, 09:15 PM
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ok, so what is the avg fuel surcharge? I pulled .30 out of my crapper.....is that a reasonable fsc?
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Each company, has it's own agreement with the shippers, as how to calculate a FSC.
So, it depends on a National average fuel price, and that agreement.
As of right now, $0.30cpm FSC, seems to be a bit high, but it goes up, when the fuel price is.
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11-17-2006, 02:33 AM
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Well I just read on truckflix that single O/Os only avg 2200 miles a week. Teams 4500.
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That sounds about right for when I was driving there (eariler this year). We ran a dedicated team run that was about 5300 miles a week (impossible to get as a new leased on O/O, everything at fdx works off of senority).
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11-17-2006, 03:34 AM
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Well I just read on truckflix that single O/Os only avg 2200 miles a week. Teams 4500.
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That sounds about right for when I was driving there (eariler this year). We ran a dedicated team run that was about 5300 miles a week (impossible to get as a new leased on O/O, everything at fdx works off of senority).
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So not a great company to lease on with?
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11-17-2006, 02:17 PM
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So not a great company to lease on with?
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Depends what you are looking for.
If you are lookihg for "easy", it's OK, but if you are looking for "better"...
definatly, not the case.
And i wouldn't even mention "great", in that sentence! :P
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11-17-2006, 05:20 PM
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So not a great company to lease on with?
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Depends what you are looking for.
If you are lookihg for "easy", it's OK, but if you are looking for "better"...
definatly, not the case.
And i wouldn't even mention "great", in that sentence! :P
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I'm not looking for easy at all :-) I was actually interested into getting into HHG but since I don't have any experience in HHG it looks like I can't do that.
Thanks for the input. I don't know what I'm going to do, I might just stay with my current company for another couple years.
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11-17-2006, 05:44 PM
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So not a great company to lease on with?
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Not saying that at all. Its all drop and hook and while I was there we only had one overnight layover ever, usually you show up at a terminal and are out of there within a hour. Its smooth running there. Want set fuel prices, there ya go. Miles for solo and teams are not super duper, but everyone I know who is leased on with them is working and making their truck payments and a reasonable living. They give you saftey bonus, yearly pay increases, maintance discounts, ect. My buddy runs 3 trucks with them, one is on a dedicated team run, one is running a dedicated morning run and also running as a local truck in the evenings and one is a floater (OTR) team truck. He's been there since the days of RPS and is happy running for them.
Downside - hard as heck to get drivers to work for you due to driver qualification standards and long waiting periods for applications to be approved (up to 2 mos, at least its that way at the Sacramento hub).
Best bet is to check em out for yourself in person (as with any company), and talk with other O/O's that are signed on at the hub you will be working out of. This will give you a clear picture if ground is right for you.
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11-17-2006, 06:00 PM
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Well I've never done the O/O thing so I would have to buy a truck. Just worried about doing so and then getting stuck holding the bag if ya know what I mean. Sounds like their fuel incentive is not as good as some other companies?
Here is another question, they say fuel is max $1.27 a gallon or something like that. Do they just reimburse you? Or do they give you a fuel card? Reason I ask, is if I could use my discover cash back bonus card for fuel, that would be kind of a good deal.
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Well I've never done the O/O thing so I would have to buy a truck. Just worried about doing so and then getting stuck holding the bag if ya know what I mean. Sounds like their fuel incentive is not as good as some other companies?
Here is another question, they say fuel is max $1.27 a gallon or something like that. Do they just reimburse you? Or do they give you a fuel card? Reason I ask, is if I could use my discover cash back bonus card for fuel, that would be kind of a good deal.
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They give you a fuel card (T check) to use and take the money out of your settlement as far as I know.
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11-18-2006, 08:19 PM
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wait let me guess
you drive a big blue dump truck with a trailer
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11-18-2006, 08:44 PM
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wait let me guess
you drive a big blue dump truck with a trailer
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Actually its a big blue transfer truck
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