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What are most of you using for delivery vehicles? We do mostly repair parts, with a rare body shop order (usually one of our own vehicles). Currently we're running an 11 year old Equinox.

2010 Sierra

2016 SILVERADO

Toyota dealer with a 2010 Ford Van

2015 Chevy City Express (Nissan) in disguise. We also have a shop truck we use if we have parts that won't fit. Gas expense has decreased dramatically from our old G20 van we were running.

I have seen and have monitored an idea that I got from a huge wholesaler in Wisconsin who used to have 7-8 delivery trucks. The still use their own trucks for only the very large sheet metal items. Instead, they went to the local taxi companies and entered into a contract for them to use their taxi's, at a flat rate per delivery, on a time available basis. the savings was rather large; given that now they were not having to cover the costs of drivers, benefits, etc; 90% of the delivery s were made on demand and on time. The company is still doing this after about 15 years of the process.
Mike www.partsconsulting.com

Chevy dealer, we have 4 full size silverados that we us as well as a tiltmaster and another full size Silverado to deliver parts to our body shop that is across the dealership from us

G-van Savana and a GMC Envoy as a backup runner. We don't do a lot of collision sales but need the van for picking up tires. We stock 150+ but they always seem to sell the other ones due to price-match or rebates etc.

2015 sierra,2012 sierra,2003 sierra, 3 collision accts,mech repair shops

Mike Nicholes wrote:I have seen and have monitored an idea that I got from a huge wholesaler in Wisconsin who used to have 7-8 delivery trucks. The still use their own trucks for only the very large sheet metal items. Instead, they went to the local taxi companies and entered into a contract for them to use their taxi's, at a flat rate per delivery, on a time available basis. the savings was rather large; given that now they were not having to cover the costs of drivers, benefits, etc; 90% of the delivery s were made on demand and on time. The company is still doing this after about 15 years of the process.
Mike

we used a company called "SuperStat" in Phoenix for all deliveries. They were great. A few of the drivers were stoners but they did a great job. Prices depended on how far they were going but we used them all the time. Even to pick up parts at other dealers. Before that they used taxis to pick up at other dealers but not for deliveries. They just didn't deliver, weren't much into wholesale at the time. The taxis were expensive but SuperStat was much cheaper.