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<blockquote data-quote="bacha29" data-source="post: 2706703" data-attributes="member: 58386"><p>Good job &gt;Those rentals just ate you up especially Uhauls. Oh sure they plaster all over their rentals cheap rates but when you factored in the hidden charges it came out to a buck or more per mile. And Budget charged 70 bucks delivery charge. Although I was a single route whenever I got a new ride I kept the old one around. Last fall when peak season rolled around I said to the ctr&#039;s the 3 or 4 who remained...&quot;look truck dealerships are overflowing with inventory cutting prices and interest rates will never again be this low. get some new equipment now&quot;. Then again I was just a 23 year day 1 ctr was there 12 years before the first of the remaining ctrs arrived so I didn&#039;t know anything in their estimation. So low and behold the Fed comes out last week and said that there could be as many as 4 rate increases this year alone. Running 6 days a week? I ran 6 days year round never missed a day for nearly 6 years because they were short at least 2 HD ctrs.&nbsp; No question it was a contributing factor to in the end having to have both hip joints replaced. That extra truck around was always a relief to have. In my area getting a rental on the spur of the moment nearly impossible. Extra manpower. With so many boomers going into retirement not as well situated as they would like but don&#039;t need immediate full time family sustaining employment may provide you with a pool of call out drivers looking for some walk around cash. There may be some gray on their heads but still in good enough shape still able to deliver a decent day&#039;s work and won&#039;t demand top dollar.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="bacha29, post: 2706703, member: 58386"] Good job >Those rentals just ate you up especially Uhauls. Oh sure they plaster all over their rentals cheap rates but when you factored in the hidden charges it came out to a buck or more per mile. And Budget charged 70 bucks delivery charge. Although I was a single route whenever I got a new ride I kept the old one around. Last fall when peak season rolled around I said to the ctr's the 3 or 4 who remained..."look truck dealerships are overflowing with inventory cutting prices and interest rates will never again be this low. get some new equipment now". Then again I was just a 23 year day 1 ctr was there 12 years before the first of the remaining ctrs arrived so I didn't know anything in their estimation. So low and behold the Fed comes out last week and said that there could be as many as 4 rate increases this year alone. Running 6 days a week? I ran 6 days year round never missed a day for nearly 6 years because they were short at least 2 HD ctrs. No question it was a contributing factor to in the end having to have both hip joints replaced. That extra truck around was always a relief to have. In my area getting a rental on the spur of the moment nearly impossible. Extra manpower. With so many boomers going into retirement not as well situated as they would like but don't need immediate full time family sustaining employment may provide you with a pool of call out drivers looking for some walk around cash. There may be some gray on their heads but still in good enough shape still able to deliver a decent day's work and won't demand top dollar. [/QUOTE]

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