Truck maintenance

[Distributionguy]

Can anyone give me a ROUGH idea as to what amount of money should be set aside a week or month for truck repairs on home delivery vans?

 

[It will be fine]

Can anyone give me a ROUGH idea as to what amount of money should be set aside a week or month for truck repairs on home delivery vans?

$100/week/truck

 

[outtatime]

 

[Fred's Myth]

And make it a ROUGH million!

 

[bacha29]

Can anyone give me a ROUGH idea as to what amount of money should be set aside a week or month for truck repairs on home delivery vans?

It all depends on the operating environment and the number of miles driven per week.

 

[Fred's Myth]

There are no variables in rough estimates.

 

[SmithBarney]

Can anyone give me a ROUGH idea as to what amount of money should be set aside a week or month for truck repairs on home delivery vans?

According to the Express side of things, Spend as little as possible, and judging what I've seen on the road from Ground...Spend less than Express.

 

[Distributionguy]

25 miles from Distribution Center to City being delivered to. City is approximately 25000 people

 

[bbsam]

According to the Express side of things, Spend as little as possible, and judging what I've seen on the road from Ground...Spend less than Express.

Absolutely wrong around here.

 

[bacha29]

25 miles from Distribution Center to City being delivered to. City is approximately 25000 people

Hoe long have you been a contractor?

 

[barnyard]

Depends on the ages of your trucks. I would be doing it based on mileage.

 

[bacha29]

Depends on the ages of your trucks. I would be doing it based on mileage.

All you have to do is to check the Fedex Ground maintenance "suggestion" guide page 1 "Don't fix it when it's broke. Fix it when it quits running".

 

[Star B]

Absolutely wrong around here.

wasn't your SM a stickler though? Our ground trucks look like they just came from the factory, mostly primer. Some of them even say "FedEx"..... only the new contractors say "FedEx Ground".

 

[bbsam]

wasn't your SM a stickler though? Our ground trucks look like they just came from the factory, mostly primer. Some of them even say "FedEx"..... only the new contractors say "FedEx Ground".

Was and still is.

 

[FedGT]

If they are older internationals with miles on them $300 per week
Sprinters $150-200
Cargo $50-100
Freightliners $100-150
Workhorses $45,000 per week, you'll need to buy a different one every week to keep them going

 

[bacha29]

If they are older internationals with miles on them $300 per week
Sprinters $150-200
Cargo $50-100
Freightliners $100-150
Workhorses $45,000 per week, you'll need to buy a different one every week to keep them going

A growing problem contractors are having is being sent out overloaded, hauling that stolen motor freight on steps. cutaways and panel vans that are built on 3/4 and 1 ton chassis that are really nothing more than pickup truck undercarriages . X Ground doesn't care. It's not their truck but it's their specifications and that's the growing problem .....underspeced . Just too damn light