Million Truck March on Washington

[guest]

Here's my proposal to get the oil reserves released so that the diesel prices come back down to a reasonable price per gallon - a Million Truck March on Washington, DC! Think of it - rigs from all parts of the country, all makes and sizes, clogging traffic, bringing business as usual in our nations' capital to a standstill until we are recognized as a force to be reckoned with. We demand that we be allowed to make a decent living in this industry, something we can't do if diesel is going for upwards of $2 a gallon! I say we band together and bring traffic to a standstill in Washington, WE WILL NOT BE IGNORED!!!!

 

[guest]

I couldn't agree with your idea more. Problem is getting people to band together to do it. I listen on the CB everyday, to everyone complaining about the prices. But no one wants to do anything about it. Something has got to happen. These fuel prices are a bunch of crap.... If you get it organized let me know I'll be there...

 

[guest]

I also agree on this subject, but, you will never get the people to band togeather on this. for some reason the people keep letting the goverment run all over them.and all they do is complain, like you said, we must do something about this, i am willing to do my part.so now that makes three of us.not very many out of all these people huh?

 

[guest]

I would love to support you, however, if we can't get along on the internet or the CB, how do you think we could ban together as an industry? There is always someone chasing that $, and while we were striking to benefit all of us, they would be running our loads to "get ahead". But just in case we could get it together, shouldn't we bring along our 4 wheeler also, unleaded fuel is heading up almost as fast as diesel, although for the first time in forever fuel costs actually went down in Ft Wayne IN. Saturday the Meijer gas station had diesel (auto) $1.69 - tonight it was $1.45. Thank Goodness.

 

[guest]

YEA ITS FINALLY CUMMIN DOWN NOTICED IT HERE IT WAS GETTIN SCARY THERE FOR A WHILE.

 

[guest]

How About Not Running Loads for 1 Week? RE: Million Truck March on Washington

How about this idea....

Instead of fighting the battle yourself,force those corporate company
types to get involved. You know, the ones who have no trucks, no diesel
expense to worry about, have nothing to lose by sitting still and watching
the truck owners turn purple colors.

Everybody REFUSE to load for a week. Pay yourself to take a paid vacation.
Stiop what your doing, and DO NOTHING....just like the do-nothing types in
the company offices. That's easy enough to do...nothing.

Then watch the truck company types turn purple colors <for a change>.
They start getting REAL INTERESTED fast when they don't have **YOUR**
trucks to use < emphasis on U.S.E.>, to make their customers happy, to make
them send money to them. Sure, you could lose your "job", but hey,
you are a *business owner*, right? RIGHT? Not an employee. You
work your schedule, take loads you want, when you want, right???

Shut down for a week, take it easy, take money from your IRA if you have to.
Watch what happens when nobody takes the shipper's loads for a week.

Go fishing or something. Then go back to the screaming types at the company
offices, and start dictating terms to them on how you operate your business,
when you do it, where you do it, and how you do it...and for HOW MUCH <===.

Pass on your diesel costs to the company you work "for", <should be "with">.
Make them pass that cost onto their <not your> customer. Make the paying
customer pay the diesel costs. Then maybe those paying customers, some of
which are HUGE HUGE corporations, will start shouting at CLINTON.

If Clinton's not to busy with MONICA, he's sure to listen to those HUGE HUGE
corporations shouting at him, more than he'll listen to a "trucker"

Face it...that's all we are looked at as: a "trucker". You can be called
all the nice shiny name tags in the world by these companies, but you're
looked at <or down on> as a..trucker.

One letter from a CAR MANUFACTURER corporate office to CLINTON has more effect
than 1000's of diesel trucks. Sorry, true fact.

Pass on your added costs and aggravation down to the paying customer.