Has anyone ever heard of a fleet owner charging all his drivers a weekly fee for having a generator on the truck?
Yes, and he has ever right to charge a fee for a $9500.00 APU that is saving you money not him.
Bruno, correct me if I'm wrong, but, doesn't having a functional apu on a truck automatically save a fleet owner money?
Reduced idle time on the "big engine". Resulting in reduced wear and tear, fewer oil changes and less run time on engine components. When you compare the cost of repairing/maintaining the truck engine vs the fuel savings for a driver I would say the greater potential savings falls to the fleet owner.
IMHO I see the apu mutually beneficial from the beginning. Yes the fleet owner takes the initial hit on the cost but he/she does on the truck also. If the owner insists on the diver having a vested intrest in the apu have them pay for the oil changes on the unit and nothing more.
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I have shown that so called IRS info to my audit lady who I might add did the Wesley Snipes tax fraud case and she says you owners are reading that wrong. There is nothing that says anything in that paperwork that the owners have to pass that onto the drivers. Also Bruno we have always paid for the fuel taxes when doing the 60%. I really don't apprec your attitude on that part. And I wouldn't mind paying the fee on the generator if the truck was running and making money. But when the truck is in the shop all the time the generator is all that works it doesn't get you down the road. 21 days in the shop any normal team would have left then! But we have NEVER in 18 years of being in expediting had to pay a fee for a generator. Just sayin