Geez it adds up quick !

Sometimes it just doesn't even seem fair at all, does it?

 

You spend 2 grand in a blink of an eye when you own a truck and trailer. My trailer tires cost 400 and up a piece.

 

Tires have become so ridiclous it give me a head ache to think about it. Put new tires on my pick up to day, just the stock size 285/75/16 and for a 50,000 mile tire they soaked me $300 apiece. doesn't seem to add up. I see car tires cost as much as semi tires for some of the higher mileage ones and I'm not even talking about the low profile performance ones. just a good quality pssenger car tire.

 

There should be a tire surcharge right along with the fuel surcharge, it's all related to the impact of oil pricing.

 

I am putting 14 cpm aside just for maintenance needs and it seems short some days.

 

Mn driver, That's a good start.
Some guys think they will be ok and never put money aside for major issues.
Then have a problem and wonder what to do.
When I first bought my trk., I put back .10 cents a mile. Then raised it to .30 cents a mile now as it's older and I am just banking it up.
Last month in the shop, I ended up spending over 5,000.00, When I figured for around 2,000.00
Found a few surprises when started the repairs. Plus a/c crapped out.

 

Wow, deja vu, Just came off tires wiping out the fund and the oil pump goes south. That's going to wipe out the fund again and put me back in bed with my carrier for a few weeks..........don't think I could take another hit this year, ship would probably sink on the next torpedo.

And I agree on WTF with tires. I put 4 Michelin green X on mama's ride, 17's, and they were $600 all in before rebate. That I had to fight for !!! Butt heads !! Took me 90 days to get my money.......

But anyway, my point: I like to listen to the financial radio, follow trends etc. The guru's say there is a big wall of inflation, pent up , just waiting for better times to get loose. The claim is that no one can really raise prices right now because of competitive pressure, mfg's claim to be eating rising costs and depending on whom gets elected........

Really? 3 grand for 8 tires from China? 5 grand for 8 Jap tires? $4.00 fuel and $5.00 milk? $53,000 for a new F-150 ? $145,000 for a new class 8 tractor and they are holding the line and eating rising costs?

Remember the 80's? 18% car and home loans ? You thought that was good stuff and it was for the times? Some paid mid 20% APR for cars?

Lets hope, not again , right?

 

Some people with poor credit are still paying mid 20's APR on cars.

 

I think there is a lot more price fixing going on between the big guys than we realize or people want to admit. That I believe is the reason for all the high prices. You know if one of them would drop their price considerably there sales would go through the roof and they still would make more money just with a smaller margin per item sold. I guess it is just easier to figure out a price between them and just screw the customer.