dvalleyjim
Well-Known Member
I would not own rural routes!
This sounds like the route I used to drive. I'd driven other challenging rural routes and thought I could make it work but with fixed rate/no OT pay there's really no incentive to run myself down like that. I was clocking 10-12 hour days every day and it never seemed to get better. I like doing RD but not enough to be working for free.Your right! Today I covered a 240 mile route with 72 stops. I told them it will take 7 hours of delivery, 1 1/2 hours to my first stop and back and an hour in the morning until they let me leave. That's an eleven hour day. How the hell is the guy who owns this making money? Oh, by the way, it was 96 packages. My L.A. routes did 100 plus delivery stops, 25 - 40 pickups with 350-650 pkgs picked up and 250-350 delivered. This would take 9-10 hours.
Could you go a little deeper into that?All you need is a rental agreement and they can run whatever vehicle they want to.
If your corporation is renting the vehicle from that person you can write up a rental agreement and run whatever vehicle you want to. There is no required equipment or vehicle size/type restrictions in the contract when it comes to rental vehicles. Only requirement is a rental agreement that you can provide to management upon request.Could you go a little deeper into that?
So a contractor could have an "unapproved" vehicle(s) in his own name and rent them to the corporation and not have them subject to the stupid quarterly inspections?If your corporation is renting the vehicle from that person you can write up a rental agreement and run whatever vehicle you want to. There is no required equipment or vehicle size/type restrictions in the contract when it comes to rental vehicles. Only requirement is a rental agreement that you can provide to management upon request.
There's still a 30 day limit on rentalsSo a contractor could have an "unapproved" vehicle(s) in his own name and rent them to the corporation and not have them subject to the stupid quarterly inspections?
Correct. You can rent your own vehicle to your corporation. You can get around the 30 day limit by adding it to your business insurance.So a contractor could have an "unapproved" vehicle(s) in his own name and rent them to the corporation and not have them subject to the stupid quarterly inspections?
There's still a 30 day limit on rentals
Can you then rent a vehicle to yourself with another 30 day contract to or do you have to wait a certain amount of time? I've rented vehicles for months and months with nothing said.Correct. You can rent your own vehicle to your corporation. You can get around the 30 day limit by adding it to your business insurance.
you just do another rental agreement after 30 days.[/Q You could sign a new rental agreement even if it was with the same rental company but wouldn't it require that you switch to another vehicle with a different unit number. At my station you have as many "B's" and "E's" as you have actual designated X trademark and logo trucks and some rentals have been on designated assigned routes for more than 2 years.
The 30 day limit is an insurance thing. Our insurance only covers a rental for 30 days. You can run a rental as long as you want if you add it to your insurance and get it covered. Or just throw any approved truck on the primary route for a single day then carry on with the rental. Move the rental between routes. ISP may be a bit different than moving it between PSAs. You can always just pull it for a day and write up a new rental agreement.Can you then rent a vehicle to yourself with another 30 day contract to or do you have to wait a certain amount of time? I've rented vehicles for months and months with nothing said.
The 30 day limit is a DOT regulation. You can't run long term rentals if you operate under a DOT number. It would probably screw up the safety scores if operators were allowed to run rentals indefinitely.The 30 day limit is an insurance thing. Our insurance only covers a rental for 30 days. You can run a rental as long as you want if you add it to your insurance and get it covered. Or just throw any approved truck on the primary route for a single day then carry on with the rental. Move the rental between routes. ISP may be a bit different than moving it between PSAs. You can always just pull it for a day and write up a new rental agreement.
Rentals are have their own DOT numbers. That's why a Penske with an oil leak is not a concern for Fedex's FMCSA scoreThe 30 day limit is a DOT regulation. You can't run long term rentals if you operate under a DOT number. It would probably screw up the safety scores if operators were allowed to run rentals indefinitely.
That's why the DOT limits rentals to 30 days. A motor carrier needs to maintain its own fleet and demonstrate competence in that regards. They can't just rent trucks and use them long term.Rentals are have their own DOT numbers. That's why a Penske with an oil leak is not a concern for Fedex's FMCSA score
Well I do. But I have a fleet as well.That's why the DOT limits rentals to 30 days. A motor carrier needs to maintain its own fleet and demonstrate competence in that regards. They can't just rent trucks and use them long term.
I haven't rented a truck for more than couple days in years. It doesn't make economic sense to.Well I do. But I have a fleet as well.