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<blockquote data-quote="FedGT" data-source="post: 3606368" data-attributes="member: 58838">How big was the operation you ran at Ground?? Anyone being so quick to virtually say an idiot can manage 80 drivers flawlessly and easily sounds like someone who had 1-3 routes. you would be in for a rude awakening. Also many vehicle leases are not year to year, they are 3 year leases. I don’t know how familiar you are with commercial leases but since I am finally out of one that I had to take over on my new business till last month I will enlighten you. As I was vetting the P&amp;L of this business I saw a truck lease for $1400 per month. I figured they had a new 24’ box truck but no........it was a 2012 Mercedes Sprinter. Lease included maintenance, and insurance but also fluctuated with mileage between $1350-1750 per month!!!!! Now if they make you lease 40 vans for 1 year at a cost of $800 per month (probably a low number) that is $384,000 but more than likely it would be 3 so you would be on the hook of $1,152,000 just in regards to the vehicles to lease. Which is much more than an ISP that would make you close to $300k per year with a contract much easier to lose from what I have read.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="FedGT, post: 3606368, member: 58838"] How big was the operation you ran at Ground?? Anyone being so quick to virtually say an idiot can manage 80 drivers flawlessly and easily sounds like someone who had 1-3 routes. you would be in for a rude awakening. Also many vehicle leases are not year to year, they are 3 year leases. I don’t know how familiar you are with commercial leases but since I am finally out of one that I had to take over on my new business till last month I will enlighten you. As I was vetting the P&L of this business I saw a truck lease for $1400 per month. I figured they had a new 24’ box truck but no........it was a 2012 Mercedes Sprinter. Lease included maintenance, and insurance but also fluctuated with mileage between $1350-1750 per month!!!!! Now if they make you lease 40 vans for 1 year at a cost of $800 per month (probably a low number) that is $384,000 but more than likely it would be 3 so you would be on the hook of $1,152,000 just in regards to the vehicles to lease. Which is much more than an ISP that would make you close to $300k per year with a contract much easier to lose from what I have read. [/QUOTE]

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