Industry Standard Rates

Try to kindly explain inflation, and todays equipment costs (if you havent already). A new truck and tank can cost around $230,000 plus fet taxes plus additional equipment. You can not run a 1/4 million dollar set of equipment down the road for the same price as say 10 years ago. I am sure they charge more for thier products than they did 10 years ago due to inflation. Explain how the economy and inflation affect us all. Hopefully they can be reasoned with on an honest down to earth level. Not to mention fuel prices as well. I am sure they want to pay less for more profit as every business does, and they may be playing a game . who knows.... good luck