MrCarrier take STFXG and MrFedex's advice, if I was you and still considering look at settlements and see how many days he ran three vans(look in fuel supplement part), HD freight varies from day to day, for instance right now we are blown out tues and wed light Thurs and Fri heavy sat that seems to be the trend for now. Also check out tax returns and maintenance forms he has on file(the required dot forms) he has to turn in to FedEx, if vans are paid see how well they were maintained. The routes sound like midrange routes not enough stops for city and to many for a rural route so the vans can get in pocket fast, look at how many hours it takes to run them and how long the drivers have been on routes. Talk to the drivers and find out what they think about routes as they are the most valuable part of business. That should get you started. And last but not least negotiate price.