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Question: Is now a good time to buy a FedEx Ground Route?
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<blockquote data-quote="bbsam" data-source="post: 579174" data-attributes="member: 22662"><p>Yes, sph decrease in rural areas. Part of the reason for Core Zone pay.</p><p> </p><p>Maintenance costs. I see it this way. First six years of truck ownership are under initial lease. Maintenance is generally fairly low. After the six year lease, the contractor has the option to replace the vehicle and keep a truck payment or I prefer to use the previous lease money for maintenance. There is a point when maintenance costs deem that the vehicle should be scrapped. Personally I have found the late 90's Internationals to be among the best value. Also the Ford 5.4L used by Home Delivery have been nothing short of amazing. Not uncommon to see 400-500 thousand miles before replacing the engine. </p><p> </p><p>Over all, I think the dollar amount is closer to $30/hr but I don't have the contract with me to find documentation for the actual numbers.</p><p> </p><p>The matching money for the service account was put in place near the beginning of RPS as an incentive for contractors to save money for maintenance. </p><p> </p><p>There also is the quarterly bonus of 2 1/4% of gross settlement. That number can be rather substantive expecially when fuel prices and thus fuel surplus are in the $4.00/gallon range.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bbsam, post: 579174, member: 22662"] Yes, sph decrease in rural areas. Part of the reason for Core Zone pay. Maintenance costs. I see it this way. First six years of truck ownership are under initial lease. Maintenance is generally fairly low. After the six year lease, the contractor has the option to replace the vehicle and keep a truck payment or I prefer to use the previous lease money for maintenance. There is a point when maintenance costs deem that the vehicle should be scrapped. Personally I have found the late 90's Internationals to be among the best value. Also the Ford 5.4L used by Home Delivery have been nothing short of amazing. Not uncommon to see 400-500 thousand miles before replacing the engine. Over all, I think the dollar amount is closer to $30/hr but I don't have the contract with me to find documentation for the actual numbers. The matching money for the service account was put in place near the beginning of RPS as an incentive for contractors to save money for maintenance. There also is the quarterly bonus of 2 1/4% of gross settlement. That number can be rather substantive expecially when fuel prices and thus fuel surplus are in the $4.00/gallon range. [/QUOTE]
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