CWRV Delivery

I have just recently considered doing RV hauling. I see so many locally on the interstate here in IL and really like driving. I already have a full time job but I work nights (4 days) and would do it during the daytime if possible and/or my off days. I was hoping that I could do the shorter runs that maybe the full timers wouldn't want and live about 1 1/2 from Elkhart if that is where the loads originate. My only limitation is I would be using a F250 SRW with a short bed and see many companies prefer long beds but the ones that don't just require a slider hitch. Do companies have rules forbidding you from having passengers (family)?

fireball25 wrote:
I drive for Cwrv transport, i drive about 3 weeks out of the month and have been making $8000 including bounus a month after fuel. I have a diesel with a 98 gal. tank in bed, i get fuel mostly at walmarts they are giving .15 discount till end of sept.(my fuel is usally 3.50 a gallon). I get a room 2 times during the 3 weeks shower at flying j and sleep on sofa when hooked up my bank account is growing.

I feel your leaving major numbers out of the equation. #1 being the amount of mile driven in that 3 week time. #2 Starting Cost of the operation. #3 Maintenance and insurance.

CWRV hauls most all their loads out of Indiana. Some come out of Pendleton, OR.

Here's what I can say about CW, if I were to do transport for them, I'd have very few loads because not much comes up to Spokane, WA area where I live... and I can't be gone for multiple days at a time going to other states.

I'd look at other transport companies, because there will be a lot more deliveries to a lot more places.

PM me if you want, and I will give you my phone number for a more in depth conversation.

I deliver and don't need a CDL in WA state. Utah might be different, I don't know.

I have not been disallowed in the unit I am delivering - I go in it to inspect things and make sure the vents are closed, the cabinets are closed, the lights are off, etc.

Commercial insurance costs a fortune though. $200+ a month, but the cost is dependent on the value of your truck. You can get it through a "group policy" through some transport companies, but I don't know about CWRV.

I drive for Cwrv transport, i drive about 3 weeks out of the month and have been making $8000 including bounus a month after fuel. I have a diesel with a 98 gal. tank in bed, i get fuel mostly at walmarts they are giving .15 discount till end of sept.(my fuel is usally 3.50 a gallon). I get a room 2 times during the 3 weeks shower at flying j and sleep on sofa when hooked up my bank account is growing.

So what's interesting in all of this is that I recently interacted with 4 delivery drivers due to a botched factory return. Here's what I picked up from them:

1) All 4 had quad or crew cab trucks. All 4 had taken the back seat out and made it into a sleeping area.

2) I chatted 2 of the 4 up about licensing requirements. They said that *my* trailer required a CDL due to its size (GVWR 15,825) and they got a 10-cent per mile stipend for it. I got the impression that if you were pulling a smaller trailer, the CDL wasn't required.

3) All 4 spoke highly of the profession and said that they enjoyed it.

4) The comments above are accurate- they're only paid for miles with a trailer in tow. The return trip is on their own. In fact, many drivers dislike driving east from Indiana due to tolls.

5) The warranty manager for my brand said that the driver's aren't supposed to, but often times they'll sleep in the units.

Well there are people making a living doing this, BUT it is a JOB that you really need to WORK at!

Working for CW, might have advantages of between location transfers, but I would not count on.
If the contract with CW is exclusive, no way! You would need to be 100% independent with a good load broker that could keep your dead head miles to a minimum!!

There are those that say you just are not getting paid for Dead Head miles, I say every dead head mile is money LOST, as it requires fuel, time and maintenance. You as a CDL driver need to log those miles, and time!!

Sit down and figure what it cost you to drive a loaded and a unloaded mile, then start subtracting from the dollar per mile you get paid.
Unless you have a true sleeper cab on your truck you will have motel cost. Meals are another.

Groover wrote:
I checked into it a few weeks ago and could not figure out any way to make money but some depends on where you live. It is very advantageous to live close to the factory. If you don't you will have to drive a lot of miles with no cargo and no pay. Even if you live next to the factory and and only make return trips for free you will still barely make enough to cover expenses.

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Walmart would pay you better stocking shelves. The dead head mileage back to factory will kill you money wise.
If you don't have a really good middle man or broker for back hauls, you'll go broke.
You can't "dead head" in this business. There are some sites regarding "hot shot " type of work also.
If your working both ways, you might make it. One way you'll fail.

ABTW a DRW truck will make you more.

I checked into it a few weeks ago and could not figure out any way to make money but some depends on where you live. It is very advantageous to live close to the factory. If you don't you will have to drive a lot of miles with no cargo and no pay. Even if you live next to the factory and and only make return trips for free you will still barely make enough to cover expenses.

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