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<p>[QUOTE="BigBadBill, post: 2031283, member: 50378"]<font size="3"><font face="Calibri">Economy is sinking?!? Are you kidding? Sure, politicians hate a responsible recovery. But a slow grow back is what is needed and is the best things for trucking. Booms are followed by busts. </font></font></p><p><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"> If you have the money this is probably one of the best times to get into being an independent O/O. Summer Slump? That is so '07. When the economy turned companies shrank inventories and implemented more Just in Time freight. The slump would be demand down 10%. Now it is estimated to be off less than 3% in most areas. </font></font></p><p><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">Ready manufacturing and logistics news and you will see that one of the issues facing these companies is what was once a 4-5 day shipping window has shrunk to less than 24-hours. That is great news for the trucking industry. And they are screaming louder than truckers about the proposed HOS rule changes. </font></font></p><p><font face="Calibri"><font size="3">But the same rules apply now as before. If you don't have the capital to run a trucking business then you are going to find heart ache and despair no matter what the outlook is.</font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="BigBadBill, post: 2031283, member: 50378"][SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri]Economy is sinking?!? Are you kidding? Sure, politicians hate a responsible recovery. But a slow grow back is what is needed and is the best things for trucking. Booms are followed by busts. [/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri] If you have the money this is probably one of the best times to get into being an independent O/O. Summer Slump? That is so '07. When the economy turned companies shrank inventories and implemented more Just in Time freight. The slump would be demand down 10%. Now it is estimated to be off less than 3% in most areas. [/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri]Ready manufacturing and logistics news and you will see that one of the issues facing these companies is what was once a 4-5 day shipping window has shrunk to less than 24-hours. That is great news for the trucking industry. And they are screaming louder than truckers about the proposed HOS rule changes. [/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3]But the same rules apply now as before. If you don't have the capital to run a trucking business then you are going to find heart ache and despair no matter what the outlook is.[/SIZE][/FONT][/QUOTE]
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