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I saw a wind tunnel test someone did on them or the other brand and it was terrible..... If you know anything about aerodynamics then you know there is no way these things can clean up the airflow. I don't know about stability but usually that would come at a cost and the aerodynamics would be the victim.
Its like those guys who put the big ol' wings on top of their flat top trucks pulling a van or reefer and think that it's actually improving their aerodynamics...

And the company store had a turbo 3000 D in the display case last year LOL

 

I'm sick and tired of guys on the side of the road... I'm about to the point that if you ain't got triangles out, I ain't moving over. Its beyond ridiculous.

 

Lol. I know it. Seems like lots of them are taking a 10 roadside nowadays

 

I dont know about you guys but where I come from this isn't a half slab of ribs. This is more like a half of a half slab of ribs. So for what you see plus the ice tea that is partially pictured cost $25.37. LOL. Plus tip... That's at Bosslemans in Nebraska

 

What is the maximum break even you would consider? How long do you expect to keep a given truck? Does your break even analysis change for things that can be transferred to the next truck?

 

You guys have recently mentioned rates dropping as well as freight availabily. As for the rates, has your profit margin dropped too? Just wondering if lower fuel prices could be a factor since your surcharge is part of your rate. Fuel prices don’t appear to be much lower to me though. I’m just curious. Could be that since the freight might be slowing down as someone mentioned, then the rates would follow since there would be higher demand for the lower freight availability.

 

Fuel is going up not down.

 

It seems about the same to me. I just thought someone here a few days ago said it went down. Maybe I imagined it. Anyway, it just made me wonder if you guys compare your profit margins to changes in rates. I think fuel is the only operating cost that would cause them to not change in the same direction or at the same magnitude.

 

If my math was correct , I think they said you save .003 percent of fuel per mile , I figured about 3 yrs to save the $1800 they cost. To me , right now it’s not worth it. Maybe in the future

 

A 1/2 rack is 6 ribs, but looking at that they did you a favor by shorting you.