High Fuel Costs Threaten Bankruptcy for Truckers
At $1,000 a fill-up, independent drivers suffer, and costs to consumers rise
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TRUCKING INDUSTRY
I WAS IN THE TRUCKING INDUSTRY FOR TWENTY YEARS (CAME OUT ALL RIGHT) I HAD FIVE TRUCKS OVER THE ROAD MY PROBLEM WAS FINDING
HONEST DRIVERS. YOU CAN PAY A DRIVER A PERCENTAGE THEN ADD ANOTHER 10 PERCENT THAT HE WILL STEAL OFF OF YOU OR THE CO.NOT ALL BUT A GREAT MAJORITY. MY ADVICE IS TRUCKERS IF YOU CAN'T STAND HEAT GET OUT OF THE FIRE. THERE ARE PLENTY OF OCCUPATIONS OUT THERE THAT DOES NOT INVOLVE RUNNING UP AND DOWN THE BIG ROADS. (FIND ONE)
diesel fuel
I am an independent trucker and I am doing just fine thank you. I know what I have to charge to charge to make a profit and I know what it costs me to move my truck each mile. This is going to be survival of the fittest. If you other "owner-operators" do not get your head into the business end of trucking, you will not survive. If you are not willing to slow down to save fuel, and to stop idling to save fuel, and to search to best places to buy fuel, then you will probably not survive. Knowing how to operate the truck is not the trick here. It is knowing how to run a business and being willing to do what is necessary to remain profitable. The cause and solution to your problems are in the mirror in front of you.
truckers say i cant shut down.
brouthers if we dont do it our selfs now.on our own and fight for our wrights ,we could be forced out of a job.then we have no choice,then our familys do without.
this country is goin to fold very soon,just because of greed.those men that r runnin those oil companies need to be ousted from there jobs,cause there part of the problem,an the goverment,need to get off there lazy butts an do the right thing an help the people that put them there in the first place.until then all truckers,owner oper. an company drivers need to park those trks,until we get what we need to take care of our familys. if we dont stick together this time an do this the right way,we may never get another chance.we need to prove to the goverment that we can stick together on this,all the big companies like werner,jb hunt,swift,etc. need to help out in this battle.
Domestic Fuel Terrorism Rampant In USA
Dear People,
You are my brothers and sisters, fellow Americans. We all have been touched by 911, the quote " war on terror ", watching our troops in Iraq die for God and country. I have stood idle, seemingly unable to act, to make a difference, crying as I hear my fellow country men have died after being sent to war over oil.
However my grief is not so much for our soldiers, as it is for my country. I grieve because of the greed of my fellow countrymen, men who pose as leaders, financiers, businessmen, Ceo's and Vip's and politicians who don't always tell the truth about our national realities.
A reality I speak of, has to do with the fact we have sent much of our manufacturing capability over seas to keep labor costs down.
Another reality I speak of is because we're not energy dependant, we risk to total annihilation of the USA as a nation. If fuel shuts down to our nation, the food supply stops, Wal-Mart, Kroger,IGA can no longer stock food.
Another reality I see could come to pass, is soon the "American Dream", the freedom to start your own business, and make a profit, having the privilege to improve ones social position and standing conceiveably could be gone. Why? Because the average American could soon not have the deep pockets it will take to go into business.
But at this time all the above are possibilities....
However one possibility I see becoming a probability.
The energy problem of this nation, which has been brought upon ourselves by our own laziness and greed for profit, threatens to undo us all.
How so you ask? I have a simple answer.
We are at war in the middle east. Hearing the news stories about our US oil reserves lasting not even one month could conceiveably mean giving the right conditions, we all could be starving within less than 30-60 days from any point in time our oil is shut off from the middle east.
While this is a scenario, worst case at best, we need to seriously look at this scenario and understand that should we have a world war, we would stand to loose.
When Our manufacturing plants for our own military and domestic production and supply is over seas for profits sake and not for our national securities sake, we stand not only to loose the a serious conflict, but our own nation.
It's time for American people everywhere to wake up! Pay attention and wake up! The enemy is not outside the boundaries of our country. Our greatest enemy is within our country, within ourselves.
Greed is our enemy. It thwarts common sense and reasoned thought, making us as a people targets for the happenstances of our own mistakes. We must protect ourselves better.
fuel prices and the cost of living sucks
Yes i agree we should take stand and do something about those fat ass greedy oil companies along with the job markets can't find a damn job anymore or even afford to go to work because of fuel prices I'm with the US it's time to bring troops home Nuke Iraq and get on with our country work on getting the government off it's butt and bring back jobs, bring down fuel costs, living costs and food costs. Screw the towel heads over there in iraq. everyone forgot about america. we are the land of the free and thats how it should be. I would love to see the truckers go on strike and a day or two where nationwide all motorists stay home and not drive.
high oil prices
i work in a convenience store in VA all day long people ask us about the price of gas. How high is it going to go? Listen, we don't know!!!! We pay the same price for gas as everyone else does. only we don't make $15 or $20 per hour. We're lucky to make a little more than $7 per hour. But we all need to ban together as a nation and tell Washington and the Big oil companies enough is enough. A retired executive from one oil company make $6000. per hour for doing what? Ripping us off. i don't know about you but I really don't know any one that is deserving of that kind of salary. You want to know why gas is so high take a look around you. Food cost are out of sight. Car prices,well, let's stop there. Most cars now cost more than the house you grew up in did. The housing industry went out of sight. What can we expect. The more top executives make and white collar earns the more everyone pays. What is enough money to make you happy? I don't have much, a used car, a mortgage, but my family knows that money isn't everything. We live simply lives maybe if more American would stop competing with each other they would learn that to. Big Oil comapnies that directed to you. Let's hit them where it hurts take one weekend and don't buy gas or any type of fuel and see what happens. But we have to bann together not just a few COME ON AMERICA LET'S TO IT AGAIN. If not, pay their high fuel prices..
