Tolls: Even More Expensive Than You Might Have Thought!

Tolls cost in more ways than you might think

It might be time to rethink raising tolls. Originally I was just worried that it would just raise the cost of goods and services...and it will. I never even took into account the impact it would have on off road businesses along the highway.

Well, according to The Trucker, tolls are going to have a huge 'toll' on roadside businesses. The I-95 tolls will charge truckers money just to exit the highway and even more money to get back on. On top of that, there is the cost of the toll to be on the road.

So now your $6 McLunch is going to run you something more like $10 or more. The tolls are there to raise revenue but tax revenue losses will increase because of all the businesses that will be starved of customers.

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Preparing for 2013

Weathering The Storm As A Truck driver, Tower, or Cottrell Owner

Many of the articles that get posted in this blog and others come from news sources all across the country. I pull articles from regional magazines, newspapers, blog feeds, etc.. I saw an article recently that featured a trucking business about 5 miles from our office here in Portsmouth.

The trucking business is Frank's truck stop up the street. This is a popular stop that has been around for over 70 years. Generations of truckers have come through this stop in and out of the port of Virginia. Many of the truckers, Cottrell owners, towers, and other transportation professionals that visit us, go here.

The article caught my eye, not just because they are local, but because it talks about what this business is going today to prepare for 2013. Post election, there are a lot of questions as to which way the economy is going to go. Is 2013 going to be a turbulent year economically, or are we leaving the worst part of the recession behind?

Why take a chance?

Franks truck stop has a possible solution. That solution is to reserve your cash and prepare for a rainy day. This, obviously, is not what the government or Frank's would like to do but this is what they have to do. Think about it. 

You have had five years of slowing economy activity and political gridlock There is no real plan on the books to solve things. There is no guarantee that gridlock wont be the status quo for the next two years. Having cash on hand may be the only insurance policy that a company has anymore...

 http://www.hispanicbusiness.com/2012/11/12/businesses_stockpiling_cash_amid_cloudy_future.htm

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Finding Nuggets of Good Economic News In Transportation

Sometimes You Have To Search For The Silver Lining In Economic News...But you can find it

Finding good economic news has not alway been the easiest in the last four years. In fact, not just do you have to search for it, but you have to wade through a lot of ‘fluff’ articles about an improving economy that just don’t feel that credible. Don't get me wrong, I want to believe. I want every trucker, car hauler, tower, or Cottrell owner to believe them.

It is just the proof is not always there....

Thus, a story with sound numbers and logics about economic improvement stands out and I think I found one. According to Today’s Trucking, October showed the largest number of truck class 8 truck orders and class 5-7 truck orders since the beginning of the year. So here are the numbers.

• Over 23,000 class 8 trucks sold in October
• Over 18,000 class 5- 7 trucks sold in November

This seems to be a solid provable point. For those trucks a number of economic gears had to go in motion

• Customers had to have credit
• Banks had to loan the money
• A Cottrell transport had to haul the cars to the dealer
• and probably lots more...

Hopefully this is a start of good things to come?

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Of Note in Carhauling and Trucking

Gordon Trucking uses their trucks to advertise missing children. Incredible benefit to the community and to them. A win win all they. Now there is no way to put this on a carhauler trailer but your fleet might have vans, or tractor trailers that can.

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Any Cottrell Owner Knows...Time is Money



I doubt any Cottrell owner or Carhauler would argue that time is money but this is definitely an example of how much "time" is worth.

 

Save Time and Save Money

According to Truckinginfo.com Travel Centers of America, truckers or carhaulers can reserve spaces at their facilities.

 

The reasoning behind the new service is that time they are spending looking for a parking space is significant. Before I finished reading the article I pictured truckers looking for maybe 5 or 10 minutes for a spot. Did it really seem neccessary. All that changed with the next statistic.

 

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Cottrell Owner Beware: More Crooks Trying To Scam You

For the most part I do not hear of many Cottrell owners or car haulers falling prey to many of the scams that plague the general trucking sector.

Nevertheless I dont want to start hearing them so here is a warning for all Cottrell Owners, Carhaulers, Autohaulers, truckers, fleet managers etc.

A fake D.O.T. Letter is circulating asking for banking information. It is a counterfeit masterpiece, with official names, seals, and layout. But do not be fooled..it is a fraud.

Any request for personal information should be followed by a call to the agency to verify that you are not about to get ripped off.