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<blockquote data-quote="XEQaF" data-source="post: 4238159" data-attributes="member: 76117"><p>Yep I hear ya brother. I had a rural route within my contract that basically sucked the life out of my more "profitable" runs. It didn't matter how the core zones factored into the mileage this driver had to put in to deliver these items to the doorstep winter or summer. Burning more gas, more tire, oil, truck washes, regular maintenance, tow expenses in the snow, overtime pay, and she sometimes could only do 2 stops an hour because of the distance between stops.</p><p></p><p>My intown routes which produced more stops per hour had to cover the added expenses of running a single rural route in my area.</p><p>You can even see how unwanted rural routes are when you look at Canada's largest courier company Purolator looking to use the independent contractor model in some of the areas. Can you guess what areas they are looking to contract out? It's the rural areas. None of the high density areas within city centers are up for bid. They keep those for themselves. </p><p></p><p>So for those "successful" contracts on here that tow the company line, be grateful that your turnkey operations doesn't have some of the difficulties that other contractors have to face. It isn't all standard right across the board boys</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="XEQaF, post: 4238159, member: 76117"] Yep I hear ya brother. I had a rural route within my contract that basically sucked the life out of my more "profitable" runs. It didn't matter how the core zones factored into the mileage this driver had to put in to deliver these items to the doorstep winter or summer. Burning more gas, more tire, oil, truck washes, regular maintenance, tow expenses in the snow, overtime pay, and she sometimes could only do 2 stops an hour because of the distance between stops. My intown routes which produced more stops per hour had to cover the added expenses of running a single rural route in my area. You can even see how unwanted rural routes are when you look at Canada's largest courier company Purolator looking to use the independent contractor model in some of the areas. Can you guess what areas they are looking to contract out? It's the rural areas. None of the high density areas within city centers are up for bid. They keep those for themselves. So for those "successful" contracts on here that tow the company line, be grateful that your turnkey operations doesn't have some of the difficulties that other contractors have to face. It isn't all standard right across the board boys [/QUOTE]
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