Carryfast:
kr79:
I’ve never done boxes but always been of the impression unless your on direct for shipping lines rates are very low and lots of waiting about and there’s always more willing victims to have there pants pulled down to say they have there own lorryIf it’s all short haul work that can only mean a much higher proportion of waiting/loading/tipping time taken out of a working day of the truck.With little chance of the customer wanting to pay for it in the form of an hourly rate,or a much higher mileage rate,for local work.
Surprised that anyone ‘owning their own lorry’ would accept such work and guessing that hauling directly for the shipping lines by definition means being able to turn down too many local runs and obviously having nothing whatsoever to do with short haul inter modal road rail operations ?.
Don’t be surprised. It can be extremely profitable.