FedEx uses contractors? Interesting idea, wonder how well that pays...there's a 7.3 idi tow truck going cheap near me.
Yes. That's how Fed Ex works. The drivers that come to your house all work for the contractor, not directly for Fed Ex. As for pay, I have no idea on that. I do know that the driver's don't get paid as much as UPS drivers do, but UPS is all union. I used to have a dirt bike riding buddy who got a job driving for Fed EX. He was there for less than 1 1/2 years before he switched to UPS to get the better pay. Fed Ex works kind of like mail routes do. The drivers who take bulk mail from a regional Post Office to smaller, satellite Post Offices in smaller towns don't for for the USPS. They also work for a contractor. I know a guy who was doing the mail route work before he had a massive stroke at age 37. I went along with him one time when he had to go to our county Sherriff's office to get fingerprinted. When he and the deputy walked out to where I was waiting after it was all done, I told the deputy that something was wrong with that. Most people don't walk into the Sherriff's office and asked to be fingerprinted. That got a laugh from both him and my friend.
FedEx ground uses contractors, but FedEx express are actual FedEx employees. UPS is a union, and is miserable to work for ( I've officially worked for all 3) UPS and Express have to "own" their employees, that's why they pay incredible amounts of money to their employees. But at Ground, when you're done you go home, if you have a decent contractor (and I do) you can have a normal schedule and live a regular life. Ground pays peanuts, but I use it as my cover. You see, I run rural routes and I'm in everyone's back yard with a legitimate excuse. I know where cars and trucks are that would make your mouth water, but ultimately I get riding lawn mowers for free or really cheap, my 2 sons and I fix them a sell them on CL for crazy profit. Riding mowers are a necessity in north west Florida. And NOW I have a tow truck which will expand my profiteering!
There's something that I didn't know. Where I live, there's only Fed Ex Ground as far as I know.
Yes. I've heard that before too.
That's a good side hustle. I knew a guy who did the same thing with vacuum cleaners. He would get them for free or almost free, fix them, clean them up and resell them. He would take Kirby's and polish the metal part up to make it look almost new.
That's only good planning there.
I've noticed that. It's bad enough that I cringe when I see that something is being shipped by Fed Ex. I always assumed that Express costs more just because it's faster.
This rig is awesome!
