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<blockquote data-quote="dmac1" data-source="post: 4757687" data-attributes="member: 60252">And fedex with thousands of vehicles will someday easily undercut you.And it was people like me that made fedex change, and at the time, the 30% limit was strict, and you could not own both ground and HD, and could NOT operate out of multiple terminal, if that evenwould have made financial sense. When I left, two of the three contractors who took over my areas were terminated for failure to service, and they ended up with a whole terminal full of unhappy contractors when the other 12 contractor all had workload added that I had been taking. Even&nbsp; 4 trucks covering 3 routes&nbsp; and taking workload off other contractors offered some economy of scale, that was lost when I left. I was able to have been taking part of many of the other contractors service areas to make my routes profitable. According to fedex&#039;s management plan, terminal volume didn&#039;t justify more contacted routes and fedex fired the manager and at least 4 contractors over the next year, when I quit following what was going on in that terminal..With me gone, the other contractors had to each cover more area, and the supplemental truck I was making at least break even, was not profitable for a single route contractor without as much flexibility that comes from just covering more square miles. The terminal manager even got fired - whether for having a completely disgruntled workforce, or for the terminal&#039;s service failure rate more than tripling after I left, I don&#039;t know. But you saying that people who are unhappy with fedex are failures is just idiotic. And someone who makes idiotic statements seems like an idiot a lot of the time.The two closest terminals in my case were 170 miles in one direction, and 110 in the opposite. That alone makes operating in multiple terminals almost impossible, even if with enough volume, it might be possible.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="dmac1, post: 4757687, member: 60252"] And fedex with thousands of vehicles will someday easily undercut you. And it was people like me that made fedex change, and at the time, the 30% limit was strict, and you could not own both ground and HD, and could NOT operate out of multiple terminal, if that evenwould have made financial sense. When I left, two of the three contractors who took over my areas were terminated for failure to service, and they ended up with a whole terminal full of unhappy contractors when the other 12 contractor all had workload added that I had been taking. Even 4 trucks covering 3 routes and taking workload off other contractors offered some economy of scale, that was lost when I left. I was able to have been taking part of many of the other contractors service areas to make my routes profitable. According to fedex's management plan, terminal volume didn't justify more contacted routes and fedex fired the manager and at least 4 contractors over the next year, when I quit following what was going on in that terminal.. With me gone, the other contractors had to each cover more area, and the supplemental truck I was making at least break even, was not profitable for a single route contractor without as much flexibility that comes from just covering more square miles. The terminal manager even got fired - whether for having a completely disgruntled workforce, or for the terminal's service failure rate more than tripling after I left, I don't know. But you saying that people who are unhappy with fedex are failures is just idiotic. And someone who makes idiotic statements seems like an idiot a lot of the time. The two closest terminals in my case were 170 miles in one direction, and 110 in the opposite. That alone makes operating in multiple terminals almost impossible, even if with enough volume, it might be possible. [/QUOTE]

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