That's like asking all the truckers to get together and shut the country down for one week. The trucking industry has this country by the shorthairs if they could all get together and not have one truck roll for a whole week. It's all a pipedream because it will never happen.If only we can all get together and stop buying these expensive powders. Someone should get everyone on board and have a Union like force. The prices would turn around for the better. I can not and will not pay 200 hundred a pound.
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You'd have scabs trying to run not thinking of the greater good.That's like asking all the truckers to get together and shut the country down for one week. The trucking industry has this country by the shorthairs if they could all get together and not have one truck roll for a whole week. It's all a pipedream because it will never happen.
Scabs in trucking? 90 percent of the freight in this country is hauled by independent owner operators. LTL carriers make a very small percentage of overall freight. Believe it or not that's the way it is. Deregulation occurred quite a few years ago....independents run the majority of freight.You'd have scabs trying to run not thinking of the greater good.
How many truckers are democrats and would keep on trucking?You'd have scabs trying to run not thinking of the greater good.
My experience in trucking, only your union ltl carriers have a high percentage of liberals. I've been in the industry 35 years. Your independents are pretty conservative. Hoffa only lives in LTL.How many truckers are democrats and would keep on trucking?
or you could sell the house and buy some powder.yeah you could pay for the house ___ lol
true but not much these days. —lolor you could sell the house and buy some powder.
Mike your 90 percent is WAY OFF. It's more like 9 percent of Owner/Operators either have their own authority or are leased to big companies. Just look it up for yourself.Scabs in trucking? 90 percent of the freight in this country is hauled by independent owner operators. LTL carriers make a very small percentage of overall freight. Believe it or not that's the way it is. Deregulation occurred quite a few years ago....independents run the majority of freight.
Jim I agree, it will never happen. That doesn't change the fact we could shut down the big H if we ALL went fishing or played golf for a year and bought no powder. However the greed and arrogance of some will never allow this to happen. Hey, I found out shooting little group's or good scores with a Springer air rifle works for me just like powder burners, LETS all shoot only AIRGUNS for a year . I bet powder prices get REAL pretty quickly the following year.That's like asking all the truckers to get together and shut the country down for one week. The trucking industry has this country by the shorthairs if they could all get together and not have one truck roll for a whole week. It's all a pipedream because it will never happen.
Ya Dave it's a nice thought. With a war going on that we are involved with it wouldn't matter if every reloader stopped buying components for the rest of our lives because reloaders only account for about 15 percent of the total market sales of components. These companies don't care and why should they. They are in business to make a profit and ammo is where it's at not selling components to people who load their own stuff. Remember Rock Creek Barrels? When I first got into score shooting there were a lot of people using RC barrels. Then they got a Government contract an they stopped making certain 30 caliber barrels like 17 & 18 twist that score shooters use to buy. Now you rarely see one on the equipment list unless somebody had bought some blanks years ago like I did. Again RC is in business to make a profit.Jim I agree, it will never happen. That doesn't change the fact we could shut down the big H if we ALL went fishing or played golf for a year and bought no powder. However the greed and arrogance of some will never allow this to happen. Hey, I found out shooting little group's or good scores with a Springer air rifle works for me just like powder burners, LETS all shoot only AIRGUNS for a year . I bet powder prices get REAL pretty quickly the following year.
Independent owner operators leased to companies. How is my 90 percent way off? They are all 1099 employees.Mike your 90 percent is WAY OFF. It's more like 9 percent of Owner/Operators either have their own authority or are leased to big companies. Just look it up for yourself.
Jim,Did some research on this subject overnight. The avg percentage of freight hauled by owner/operators is roughly 70%. A little lower than you said but way higher that I thought it would be Mike. Things have really changed since I have been out of this industry.