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2008-06-23 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

Screwing at the pumps is hurting other forms of screwing

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Posted by USN, Ret. 2008-06-23 13:45|| || Front Page|| [11132 views ] Top

#1 Offer a free BJ with every fill-up (25 gal. or more, some restrictions apply).

And hope the rest of the country is as big a reprobate as me.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2008-06-23 18:07|| 2008-06-23 18:07|| Front Page Top

#2 I still remember seeing a placecard in a windshield when I was a kid (60? 70's?):

"Grass, Gas, or Ass, nobody rides for free!"

Posted by CrazyFool 2008-06-23 18:49|| 2008-06-23 18:49|| Front Page Top

#3 I"m sorry, this sounds like crap; All fleet drivers (drivers who drive for a company), use a gas card to pay for gas that is paid for by the trucking company.

This makes it sound like the poor truckers are having to pay fuel costs... Unless you're an independent you'll never see the bill...

Posted by Zebulon Phineck6810 2008-06-23 19:17|| 2008-06-23 19:17|| Front Page Top

#4 Not true of owner ops. Especially if they fill on their dime and get reimbursed later. Takes up to $1K to fill a big rig. That's a lot of money to float and there are a lot of oo/id's out the float.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2008-06-23 19:32|| 2008-06-23 19:32|| Front Page Top

#5 9-10% of the truckers in the US are owner-operators according to the Dept. of Labor. But that includes local and short haul/regional drivers, who are much more likely to be employees than independents or OOs. So the percentage of long haul drivers who are OOs is well over 10%, which will indeed cut into the business at the truck stops.

Posted by lotp 2008-06-23 19:49|| 2008-06-23 19:49|| Front Page Top

#6 Full Service is too expensive compared to the handy alternative?

Posted by Bin thinking again 2008-06-23 20:04|| 2008-06-23 20:04|| Front Page Top

#7 IIRC NET > Twasn't the MSM-TV-celeb BUNNY RANCH officially closed down years ago - I'm sure I'd seen on the Net indics that its still in operation???

Posted by JosephMendiola 2008-06-23 20:44|| 2008-06-23 20:44|| Front Page Top

#8 OK, thanks for the lessons on OO trucks; I stand corrected (#5), and didn't realize some guys have to fill up on their dime. My uncle is a driver for a large fleet, and I assumed it was like that for most drivers..

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