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<p>Oh, yeah we had "triple digit" trucks. I had a Pete that loved to run....Wyoming, Nevada, Nebraska, Utah among others. Loaded with fresh eggs out of Salt Lake at 10:00 pm for a 7:00 am delivery in Reno and still wanting to stop and fuel/eat/shower?....no problem. Running grain or flour out of Salt Lake to L.A. ,The boss had a "Jesus" list -2 turns one week. 3 the next. That is about 16,000 miles a month. This way you were home every other day for a few hours.</p><p> I recently retired from 28 years on the road. I was an owner-operator a lot of that time. I ALSO was an owner of a company that ran LCV's. The real problem with them is the freight rate. Anymore the rate is almost the same as a regular truckload. In fact, the last few years we quit pulling both LCV's and Hazmat because of the insurance costs. We were hauling fuel and the customers got to the point that they would only pay the costs of hauling 7,000 gals of diesel, but wanted 11,500 gals delivered.</p><p> If you run the Intermountain West,(Nevada,Utah,Wyoming,Colorado,Idaho) you will see super tankers almost exclusively. They have to run them because all of the competition has to. The driver pay is only about .05 more per mile on the average, so the drivers really do not want to pull them. You can lobby for longer, heavier rigs, but that does not mean that the market will bear the costs.</p><p> The wear on the roads from LCV's is also much greater. However, to run LCV's, your drivers/eqiptment, and your company must pass very stringent audits from your state and insurance companies BEFORE you are granted the permits to even pull such rigs.</p><p> I now work for a Media Relations company in L.A. as a consultant on Railroad/ Trucking and LCV issues. I also still work for DETAILS WEST part time making detail parts.</p><p> </p><p> Keith Turley</p>
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