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Re: $950
[Re: jwalker77]
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03/17/22 07:50 PM
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TexasHuntress
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Our neighbor across the street has been a truck driver off and on all his adult life and used to do a lot of OTR driving operating as an owner/operator. He told us the other day that there are lots owner/operator types that are parked at the house because the increased fuel cost is enough that they cannot make any money.
If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day, so I never have to live without you.---Winnie the Pooh
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Re: $950
[Re: TexasHuntress]
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03/17/22 07:52 PM
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jaredhunts
Puts sugar in his cornbread!
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Our neighbor across the street has been a truck driver off and on all his adult life and used to do a lot of OTR driving operating as an owner/operator. He told us the other day that there are lots owner/operator types that are parked at the house because the increased fuel cost is enough that they cannot make any money. Everything will increase.
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Re: $950
[Re: jwalker77]
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03/17/22 08:18 PM
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eclipse829
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Well shucks, There goes the affordability factor huh. Apparently i can double my price and still be the cheapest around If you are providing equal service, you should be collecting equal$'s.
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Re: $950
[Re: eclipse829]
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03/17/22 08:22 PM
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jwalker77
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Well shucks, There goes the affordability factor huh. Apparently i can double my price and still be the cheapest around If you are providing equal service, you should be collecting equal$'s. I have a much lower overhead so i can operate cheaper, but i am coming around to your reasoning.
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Re: $950
[Re: jwalker77]
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03/17/22 08:48 PM
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Fattyfireplug
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Booner
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Increased our prices $25 per inspection. Had to. Fuel is killing us.
Character is not developed in moments of temptation and trial. That is when it is intended to be used.
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Re: $950
[Re: jwalker77]
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03/18/22 06:36 AM
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scrubbuck
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Guy in front of me at building supply was quoted $60 per sheet for 1/2 in OSB yesterday. Said costs have shot up past few weeks. Takes a lot of fuel to get wood products from standing tree to the store.
Last edited by scrubbuck; 03/18/22 06:37 AM.
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Re: $950
[Re: jwalker77]
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03/18/22 11:49 AM
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jb20
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Try running 6 pieces of big equipment n dump truck What does that cost per month? Don't know yet lol...we had 5k gallons right before the hike well kinda at 3.29... but it's been wet here lately I called this morning n it's down 1.30 from last week round 4.00 gallon off rd delivered
They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. Ben Franklin
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Re: $950
[Re: johndeere5036]
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03/18/22 11:50 AM
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jb20
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People I buy dirt and rock from that I haul with my dump truck have went up on me so I have to go up on the customer. It’s the only way I can make it.
We went up on our chert too
They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. Ben Franklin
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Re: $950
[Re: jwalker77]
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03/19/22 08:15 AM
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brushwhacker
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Last year our logging crew paid 225 for offroad fuel. Yesterday 433 almost 6k to for 1200 gals. We use that in 10 days.just one crew. Company i work for has 4 crews. 15 log trucks . Get a tanker load delivered to shop every week. In this business no way to pass along fuel cost. Mills will not pay more for logs or pulpwood. Tell you if u can t bring it to them they get someone else. Lumber prices been all time high for months but logging rates not changed. Loggers in my area already quitting because lack of labor an truck drivers.selling everything at auction an retiring. Odumer passed the omissions laws an now everything got have def fluid. Another cost increase from the democrats. I cannot for life of find anything the democrats have done to help the common working man just the opposite . When price of fertilizer an fuel is figure in for farmers this year you better be planting a garden if u want eat. Last year a bag fertilizer just plant garden $13 yesterday at feed store $23.
Brushwacker
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Re: $950
[Re: jwalker77]
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03/19/22 09:53 AM
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Posts: 39,449 Marshall County
FurFlyin
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Also talked to a general foreman for a local tree service close to here. He told me what they try to make per hour and its 4x what i charge. And i know im doing as much work, maybe more per hour than what youd get with them. If this persists, there will have to be some changes made in my business model. Being the cheapest is good but being the cheapest by more than half is leaving too much money on the table.
If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land. 2 Chronicles 7:14
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Re: $950
[Re: jwalker77]
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03/20/22 01:50 PM
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jbatey1
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Well shucks, There goes the affordability factor huh. Apparently i can double my price and still be the cheapest around If you’ve got people charging 4x what you charge and they do just as much work, you definitely need to adjust your pricing. Worse case scenario you could do 1/4 of the work you do now and make the same amount of money, best case you’ll finally make the amount of money you should have been making for a long time.
The fool tells me his reasons; the wise man persuades me with my own.
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Re: $950
[Re: jwalker77]
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03/21/22 06:38 AM
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Posts: 39,449 Marshall County
FurFlyin
Freak of Nature
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Freak of Nature
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Ive got it worked out so i can work three days a week untill lunch and make a living. If i work five days a week, i can save what i make those other two days. My overhead is low so i charge what i believe is fair. I have customers who have used me for 15yrs.they expect a certain price range and i do the best i can to stay there. Im starting my new customers off in a higher range, but still less than anybody out of the phone book. Now and then a jackleg will beat my price and i advise the customer to let them have it if they know what theyre doing and have insurance. They need to work, just like i do. Im not cutting my own throat just to get a job. Quite often, i let the customer set their own price, whatever they think is fair. Im not getting rich but im making a descent living the way i feel like it should be done. That means alot to me. Im not in it to grow a business or get bigger. I just want to make an honest living the way i want to do it. As a bonus, this has allowed me to spend more time with my children than most men get to as well as taking care of our orchard and hunting and fishing about any day i decide to. Its like the Lord looked deep inside of me and saw exactly what i needed to be satisfied with my life and he built that life for me. I shouldnt complain about the price of gas because i can afford it. It just ticks me off because it dont have to be that way. People who never worked a day in their life is making it that way so they can take from those less fortunate. That makes me very mad
If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land. 2 Chronicles 7:14
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