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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 11:58 PM Original message |
Independent truckers see end of the road |
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Double T (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 12:13 AM Response to Original message |
1. Simple Solution. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 12:23 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Apparently they're under contract to do the hauling at a set rate |
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Double T (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 04:45 PM Response to Reply #3 |
11. Fuel surcharge is ONLY fair way to go. NO ONE will work for NOTHING.......... |
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Lugnut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 01:29 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. My son is an owner/operator |
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Double T (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 04:42 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. It is the ONLY way drivers will survive. The fuel surcharge is a MUST......... |
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Lugnut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 01:43 AM Response to Reply #10 |
15. That's the problem. |
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rusty quoin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 12:18 AM Response to Original message |
2. "I wish Jimmy Hoffa were still around." |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 01:22 AM Response to Original message |
4. deregulation of the trucking industry is coming back |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 01:33 AM Response to Original message |
6. CNN on Wednesday had 4 actual truckers on (around 1 PM) |
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A HERETIC I AM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 05:48 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. Is it possible the "petrol" dealers was "Petro"...as in.. |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 09:05 AM Response to Reply #12 |
17. Thie owner had an accent a foreign accent |
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thunder rising (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 02:01 AM Response to Original message |
7. The trucking industry is unregulated. Nobody is forcing a pay scale. Either take the load offered |
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FormerOstrich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 04:36 AM Response to Original message |
8. I've been reading more and more about this... |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 01:58 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Exxon-Mobil-Texaco-BP-Shell n/t |
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taught_me_patience (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 02:59 AM Response to Reply #8 |
16. Me |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 12:50 AM Response to Original message |
13. Don't worry, the invisible hand of the unfettered Free Market will take care of it. |
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Contrary1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 01:37 AM Response to Original message |
14. What is the cost of diesel in Mexico? |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 08:45 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. Whatever it costs there, their trucks have to buy gas here |
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GoneOffShore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 09:27 AM Response to Original message |
18. We allowed the railroads to die |
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