CWRV Delivery

It's a great way to go broke in a hurry. You are not allowed to go inside delivery trailers, cannot use the toilet, or sleep in them. Per DOT rules, which you now would fall under you are only allowed XX hours behind the wheel a day. Then you must be off the road for XX continuous hours. So meals, motels, fuel, maintenance of your vehicle all come off the top. Add log books, all the towing equipment you must buy and it winds up to a big startup cost before you ever turn a dime.

I haven't done much research on the subject, but have read a couple of internet sites and it appears to me that you will be doing well to break even.

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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.