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Posted by Mike in Md on September 12, 2003 at 17:54:42 from (205.188.209.105):
In Reply to: Hauling posted by WayneB on September 12, 2003 at 04:51:33:
I think alot of people are just plain cheap and/or have no clue whatsoever about hauling. Look at some of the posts: Can I haul a M Farmall on a 3500# trailer ..... Let one of them get stopped by the scale guys or DOT.Those of us that do haul, either for ourselves or others (legally)know what it costs to try and do it right. You can't even cover expenses empty @ .50/mile at todays fuel costs,not to mention insurance and wear and tear on a 1 ton truck and gooseneck much less a rollback or tractor trailer. Let them go rent a U haul car trailer(and hope the U haul equipment spotters don't see them) and pull it behind their S-10. When they have to pay for damages to the trailer,or a trans or clutch in their truck, maybe $1.00-$1.25/mile won't seem so bad.
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