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the article doesn't say that the profit is gross, net, a number he pulled out of a hat, or whatever else...It also doesn't mention what, if any health care expenses or maternity leave he pays.
but a net profit of 50K seems like a fairly low return on 35 trucks. Government at all levels has heavily subsidized trucking for many years. 90% of damage to interstates and federal highways is due to commercial trucking; which is a cost that is paid by all taxpayers, not just those who benefit from the goods being transported. As government budgets get tighter and the true environmental costs of transport begin to get factored into the cost of products sold, I imagine we will see a lot less of the cheap plastic crap that comes in through long beach or whatever port and gets put on trucks. People are going to be put out of business by increased environmental regulations and it's not always a bad thing at the macro level. Ron Faulkner might do fine with a dozen 2012 Volvos for his fleet...it's not like it's just him that's having to buy new trucks or have his current ones re-fitted. Maybe he’ll score some low cost financing from the government to help him come into compliance. |
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It is naturally assumed that if a trucking company has 35 trucks in its fleet...they are paying benefits and such. I have my commercial drivers license and I have been in the business for almost a decade. Who are you to say or anyone for that matter especially the government how Ron can run his business. He should be able to run 100 trucks if he wants to. I can also verify that if 50,000 was gross, he definatly would not be in business. That doesnt even cover cost of fuel for a year for one truck. You missed my point entirely. After EVERYTHING is paid at the end of the year....insurance, CHP certificates, licenses, driver physicals, tolls, and everyones salary...he puts 50,000 dollars into a bank account that the company has at its' desposal next year. I totaly agree with you that transportation is the most heavily regulated industry around...that is why it is so expensive to opperate the business.
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I don't think I missed your point. But obviously there is not enough information in that article to tell us what he is including/excluding in his profit number.
I didn't say that transportation is the most regulated industry around, nor would I. What I did say is that the government heavily subsidizes commercial trucking by paying for the infrastructure that is utilizes. Soon, government will have to "pay" for the environmental impacts of commercial trucking which is why they are starting to get tougher with emissions regulations. I wouldn't be surprised if the max weight/axle is decreased too in an effort to limit the damage to roads. |
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one way to jumpstart the economy.sounds like pelosi at work here!!
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Everything....
EVERYTHING you eat, wear, and use comes on a truck at some point.
Maybe you would be better served if you drove to CA for veggies, to Houston to fuel your car, etc.... trucks pay a LOT of taxes for roads. The roads are not built for what they are allowed to carry. They cause enormous damage to trucks that are serving you. Yes, lower weights would help the roads, but also increase the total number on the road. Putting hard working people out of work is not just stupid, it's "california stupid". The older trucks will be gone in a few years due to wearing out. These laws are just mean.
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Environmental Gestapo.
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And like everything else that happens like this, the pie-in-the-sky idealists will be happy because it sounds like a wonderful thing they've done, the large companies who can afford the expense of this thing will be unhappy but they will survive, and countless un-voiced little men who were just trying to "get by" and can't afford truck replacement or retrofit will get run over without a thought.
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most industries seem to be able to shift their increased costs on to the consumer. I don't see why trucking can't do the same.
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That works until you "shift" so much cost that the little-guy consumers can't afford to buy it anymore either. |
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Sounds remarkably like another tax.....
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more like charging something closer to the true cost of a product.
Next up will be use taxes or increased material costs to cover the full lifecycle of a product. All that cheap plastic crap from china doesn't just disappear for free once it's broken and discarded. |
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Sounds remarkably like another tax......
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What the truck companies have to do is try and optimize the price based on the demand curve. Yes, the price they charge goes up, but it can only do so to a point before the demand drops off enough that they lose money again. While the revenue is higher, the profit from that new price point is lower than the old one, which means they don't net as much profit as they used to. I will say, as boneheaded as I think the emissions rule CARB has implemented is, I do applaud them for the rule they're simultaneously applying about tires and fairings. That, at least, is a step in the right direction. |
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