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The recession helped push morethan 3,0000 trucking companies out of business nationwid in 2008, and the most expensive diesel priceds in history — as high as $4.75 per gallon didn’t help, either. Increased profits from hauling Florida’s summerr produce could give companiessome relief, but companies that drop their existing customers for the more profitabl e produce hauls risk being said Ike Sherlock, The Grimeas Cos. vice president. The prospect of earning $3.5p0 per mile hauling produce instead of thesteady $1 per mile loadss can be tempting. “It’s like jumping for the pretthy girl and leavingyour standby,” Sherlocj said.
“But many times your old lady won’t take you back.” Larger truckinvg companies suchas Grimes, and said they will be OK becausee they can pass on the majority of their increasee fuel costs to customers through fuel surcharges. Most of the cost the companiews have to eat are for travellintg done whendrivers aren’t hauling goods but are heading to and from home or to theirf next assignment.
Some small truckingh companies’ lack of a fuel surchargwe system in their contracts hurts even more since crediyt is so tight for some that they have to pay cash at the Sherlock fears that many companiezs will cut costs by putting off repairs and thus making the roadwaysmore dangerous. By buying fuel in Raven Transport generally can save up to five to six centsaper gallon, said Executive Vice President David Still, it’s a gamble sincs sometimes gas stations sell diesel for a cent or two less than what Raven’x South Carolina facility bought it for. 65 mph.
Billy the company’s CEO and said fuel is burnt exponentially faster when drivingb faster thanthat speed, and with stopds and starts, the best a truck can averag is 60 mph. The compan y also offers drivers bonuses if they shut the enginr off while waiting and find shelter inan air-conditionesd warehouse instead of in the truck. “I’d ratherd pay the driver than the guy selling Hart said. Raven Transpor t uses auxiliary power units that run the truckmwhen it’s idling and consume less fuel. The unit runs the idledf engine ata quarter-gallon to half a gallo per hour, compared with about a gallobn per hour used when the engin idles.
Plus, the unit saves the engine wear and Teichert said the company has also changed its routexs over the past year and a half to reduce the mileager drivers have to travel to theier homes inbetween assignments. Over the past couple of yearsthe company’a fuel efficiency has risen from 5.8 milese per gallon to 6.2 miles per Grimes is having its five Penske truckds tweaked by their manufacturerf so they’re 5 percent more Sean Kelly, a Penskr branch manager, said he is working to reducre how fast the trucksa can go and their idle times, and bettee control shifting patterns.