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<blockquote data-quote="bacha29" data-source="post: 4757729" data-attributes="member: 58386"><p>Pal over a 23 year period I had a total of 5 days off. 1 for a funeral 1 for an out patient procedure 1 for being out of hours and I couldn't cheat my way out of it 1 when we didn't even have enough volume to send a 3 of us out and 1 where the terminal manager said "i want you to take the day off to get some rest. You're out to late at night". And of those 23 years nearly 6 were spent running 6 days a week year round. Once again pal, I wouldn't stoop to sending somebody else out to do a job I wouldn't do myself. </p><p></p><p>What I cannot seem to get through your thick head is that in areas serviced by a rural terminal not every sector in that geographical area is profitable territory .</p><p></p><p>Yes, we know all about the economy of scale but what you don't understand is that while you could put on more trucks you are basing your contention of the dumb assumption that every one of those additional trucks will be profitably operated. That's not the case in rural areas. Not even close. In addition due to the high mileage and harsh operating conditions where most of that mileage is incurred running on dirt unpaved surfaces comprised mostly of field stone they're junk in 3 years. </p><p></p><p>And as for expanding into other terminals. I my area the nearest one was a nearly 2 hour drive along with a 99.99% probability of what was available would be more of the same.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bacha29, post: 4757729, member: 58386"] Pal over a 23 year period I had a total of 5 days off. 1 for a funeral 1 for an out patient procedure 1 for being out of hours and I couldn't cheat my way out of it 1 when we didn't even have enough volume to send a 3 of us out and 1 where the terminal manager said "i want you to take the day off to get some rest. You're out to late at night". And of those 23 years nearly 6 were spent running 6 days a week year round. Once again pal, I wouldn't stoop to sending somebody else out to do a job I wouldn't do myself. What I cannot seem to get through your thick head is that in areas serviced by a rural terminal not every sector in that geographical area is profitable territory . Yes, we know all about the economy of scale but what you don't understand is that while you could put on more trucks you are basing your contention of the dumb assumption that every one of those additional trucks will be profitably operated. That's not the case in rural areas. Not even close. In addition due to the high mileage and harsh operating conditions where most of that mileage is incurred running on dirt unpaved surfaces comprised mostly of field stone they're junk in 3 years. And as for expanding into other terminals. I my area the nearest one was a nearly 2 hour drive along with a 99.99% probability of what was available would be more of the same. [/QUOTE]
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