[Moving Mountains] Delivery van mileage

[Lori Ayre]

Bruce Smith of South Central Library System would be a very good resource on
this.  I don't remember what he said in terms of mileage for his trucks but
he did say that you should be using the largest trucks you can and reducing
the driver to items ratio.  He also recommended diesel over gas vehicles
because they hold up better and have better mileage.

Lori Ayre

On 7/26/07, Hutchinson, Judy <judyh at palsnet.info> wrote:
>
>
> Rosario,
>
> Within the Prairie Area Library System (www.palsnet.info), we operate 10
> library delivery routes, carried 2.1 million items our last fiscal year,
> and drive nearly 450,000 miles a year to deliver materials for our
> members.
>
> We go out for bid for our delivery vans, but have also purchased Ford
> Econoline extended cab vans in the last few years (since they've
> consistently won the bid).  We buy on average two new delivery vans each
> year. We try to get at least 200,000 miles on the vans before we trade
> them.  We do, in fact, have two vans that are over 200,000 miles right
> now and they are still going strong!  The engines are fine, although the
> bodies are starting to show some wear. We are still able to get decent
> trade-ins on the older vans because of the many companies interested in
> purchased used delivery vehicles.
>
> Hope this helps, or let me know if I can be of any further assistance.
>
> Judy
>
> Judy Hutchinson
> Administrative Services Manager
> Prairie Area Library System
> 220 W. 23rd Ave, PO Box 125
> Coal Valley, IL  61240
>
> judyh at palsnet.info
> 309-799-3155, x 3150
> 877-LIB-PALS
>
> www.palsnet.info
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Downing, Mary [mailto:MDowning at ILSOS.NET]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2007 3:54 PM
> To: Bob Towner (E-mail); Roman, Brenda; Charm Ruhnke (E-mail); Chris
> Janvrin (E-mail); Claudia Sheets (E-mail); Faith Jones (E-mail); Frank
> Gorchos (E-mail); Jim Holt (E-mail); Hutchinson, Judy; Larry Krenos
> (E-mail); Len Morris (E-mail); Ehrhart, Marie; Janssen, Marilyn; Pat
> Boze (E-mail); Phil Evans (E-mail); Randy Patka (E-mail); Rich Crema
> (E-mail); Sherry Highley (E-mail); Grasty, Shirley; Steve Johnson
> (E-mail)
> Subject: FW: [Moving Mountains] Delivery van mileage
>
> Hi Folks,
> This person attended a meeting in Denver about delivery last September
> that some of us from Illinois attended and after that, they set up a
> listserv. I thought that all of you could add your two cents to this
> question.
>
> Mary Downing
> Specialized Services Consultant
> Illinois State Library
> Gwendolyn Brooks Building
> 300 S. Second St.
> Springfield, IL 62701
> Phone: 217-782-5506
> E-mail mdowning at ilsos.net <mailto:mdowning at ilsos.net>
> Fax: 217-782-1877
>
> Jesse White, Secretary of State and State Librarian
>
> "I'm of a fearsome mind to throw my arms around every living librarian
> who crosses my path, on behalf of the souls they never knew they saved."
> Barbara Kingsolver
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: movingmountains-bounces at swonlibraries.org
> [mailto:movingmountains-bounces at swonlibraries.org]On Behalf Of Rosario
> Garza
> Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2007 3:43 PM
> To: movingmountains at swonlibraries.org
> Subject: [Moving Mountains] Delivery van mileage
>
>
> Folks:
>
> If you own your delivery vans, how many miles do you typically put on
> your vans before you start to consider trading them in? We currently own
> 2 Ford Econoline vans, one purchased in Jan. 2005 and the other one
> acquired in June 2006. We put about 150 miles/day on each, or about 750
> miles/week (in LA/Orange County traffic). The older van has
> approximately 92,000 miles on it right now. In the past, we've started
> thinking new van at around 100,000 miles.
>
> Do you keep your vans for longer mileage? Thanks for any and all
> rsponses.
>
> Rosario Garza
> Executive Director
> MCLS
> 3675 E. Huntington Dr., Ste 100
> Pasadena, CA 91107
> http://www.mcls.org   /   rgarza at mcls.org
> 626-683-8244    /    FAX: 626-683-8097
>
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Lori Bowen Ayre
The Galecia Group
lori.ayre at galecia.com
(707) 763-6869
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