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FACTS ABOUT THE BIG RIGS by Jefferson Woodward
This week, Tidbits offers a hearty 10-4 to those big rigs (and the folks who drive them). Thanks for hauling everything from livestock to office supplies across miles of highway to keep this great country of ours up and running! • According to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, 72 percent of all freight in the United States is transported by trucks. Between the Federal Heavy Vehicle Use Tax, the Federal Excise Fuel Tax, and the Federal Excise Tax on Tractors & Trailers (to name just a few), truck owners pay an average of $10,000 per year in taxes alone. The monies collected are put back into the system to help improve our federal highways. • If it seems to you that the larger trucks on the freeway drive a bit slower than they did only a few years ago, you’re not imagining it. For each mile-per-hour of speed below 65 mph, a truck saves about 1.5 percent in fuel consumption. With diesel fuel currently priced at more than $4 per gallon, the savings has proven to be enough of an incentive that some fleet owners have installed electronic regulators to monitor their drivers’ speed. • When we refer to an 18-wheeler as a “semi,â€? what we’re actually describing is the trailer that the truck is pulling. A semi-trailer only has wheels at the rear; the front end is supported by the towing vehicle. • Truck drivers often identify themselves by the vehicle they drive and/or the type of cargo they carry. For example, auto haulers are those very specialized two-deck trailers that transport new cars and trucks. Flatbed trucks pull unenclosed trailers that haul large bulky items such as steel coils, lumber, and machinery. “Reeferâ€? drivers drive refrigerated trucks that transport perishable goods. • Taxes and fuel costs aside, how much does it cost just to buy a big rig? Just like automobiles, the cab or “tractorâ€? portion of an 18- wheeler is available in the showroom with a number of different options. Expect to pay at least $80,000 for even a basic vehicle. • The trailer portion of a big rig is less expensive than the cab; it might set you back only $30 grand. If you’ve ever taken the time to read the various stickers on the 18-wheeler in front of you on the freeway, you might have noticed that some advertise jobs for drivers, while others indicate that the truck belongs to an owner/operator. An owner/operator is independent and owns the vehicle he is driving. It means he laid out a lot of cash for his rig, but he is his own boss. • A truck driver is limited to 11 hours of driving over a 14-hour period, after which 10 consecutive hours of rest is mandated by federal law. It’s intended to reduce driver fatigue, which in turn reduces the number of traffic accidents. If you pull into a truck stop or rest area and see several drivers sitting around seemingly doing nothing, they are most likely waiting out the remainder of the required 10 hour rest period. turn the page for more!
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THE BIG RIGS (continued): • To idle or not? The air conditioning, music system, and other accoutrements in today’s big rigs require ample electricity. Until recently, many drivers left their engine running, even while at a rest stop. But with diesel prices skyrocketing, more drivers are investing in an APU, or Alternate Power Unit. An APU is a small onboard diesel generator. Even at a sticker price of about $10,000, the unit quickly pays for itself in terms of fuel savings alone. • You’ve probably seen signs at the weigh stations on some interstates advising truck drivers to “follow in-cab signals.â€? These instructions are for drivers who use PrePass, which is a transponder installed inside their cab that electronically transmits all their pertinent data to the computer at the weigh station. Pre- Pass also allows the truck to use the WIM (weigh in motion) scale, meaning they can pass over a sensor in the pavement to measure their load, rather than having to pull off at the weigh station and stop. • In the United States, the federal legal maximum weight for a standard 18-wheeler (without any special permits for an oversized load) is 40 tons, or 80,000 pounds. Laws also specify how the weight of a truck’s load must be carefully distributed over each axle. • Most modern truckers no longer use the CB slang made famous in Smokey and the Bandit and “Convoy.â€? So much personnel turnover has occurred in the trucking industry in recent years that many drivers aren’t on the job long enough to learn a whole dictionary’s worth of clever catch phrases. Some of the terms have stuck around, however; a state trooper is still a “smokey,â€? a weigh station is known as a “chicken coop,â€? a mile marker is a “yardstick,â€? and drivers in a hurry are still said to be “putting the hammer down.â€? • Another curious road sign you might see along America’s highways reads “No Jake Braking Allowed.â€? You don’t have to worry about this particular regulation, though, unless you happen to be behind the wheel of an 18-wheeler. Most semis are equipped with compression release engine brakes, generically referred to by truckers as “Jake brakes.â€? (Jacobs Vehicles Systems, Inc., is a major manufacturer of this equipment.) The use of compression brakes causes less wear on the truck’s components, but it does make a very loud and distinctive staccato noise, which is why some areas prohibit them. • Does a career in heavy hauling appeal to you? Currently, the United States is experiencing a shortage of qualified truck drivers, so there are plenty of jobs to be had once you earn your Commercial Driver’s License. New drivers usually start out earning a rate of about 25 cents per mile, driving an average of 3,000 miles per week. Once you get some experience under your belt, the rate per mile (and the miles per week) will increase. • However, there is more to hauling than just driving. You’ll work with inexperienced dispatchers who might give the wrong directions and send you to an urban area. You’ll be expected to deliver on time, no matter the weather or traffic conditions. You’ll usually have to tarp and chain your loads yourself, which means climbing, crawling and lifting. • All of us who grouse and gripe at those big trucks holding up traffic should take a moment and remember that these behemoths are bringing fuel to our gas stations, pharmaceuticals to our local drugstores, mail to our post offices, and fresh produce to our grocery stores. It’s easy to complain that they’re taking up space on our roads, but we’d sure complain a lot more if they weren’t! The End.
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TidbitsÂŽ of Spokane Washington (relative needs help!) Dear Dave,
My uncle’s wife died last year. An attorney handled probate for him, but I don’t think it was an estate attorney. He doesn’t know if she had life insurance, and now he’s left with medical bills totaling about $8,000. There are also credit card bills of $11,000. The house is paid off, but he wants to get a loan and consolidate the bills. He currently receives about $3,000 a month income between pension and social security, and he’s a little confused about financial matters. What can we do? Sheila Dear Sheila, You’re right about one thing. A consolidation loan isn’t the answer to his problem. You need to sit down with your uncle and very clearly think through everything that’s going on right now. Whenever someone passes away, their estate - anything they owned - stands good for any bills owed. In this situation, her portion of the house has to stand against her bills that she owed. If her bills go unpaid, the companies owed - medical or credit card - could take a lien against the house. That means if he ever sells it, they’ll take what’s owed from the sale before he sees any money. But this is not a huge mess, and he can get out of it if he’ll make a plan and stick with it. You need to sit down with him and work out a really tight budget that he can live on. List all of his debts from smallest to largest and map out a game plan for how he’ll attack the debt every month. If he would live very frugally - on about $1,000 a month for a while - and use the balance to pay off debts, he could be debt-free in a year. If he’s lives a little higher on the hog it could take a year and a half. You’ve identified the biggest problem here, which is disorganization and no game plan. Creating a budget is setting out realistic mathematical goals, and as a loving family member it would be a good idea for you help him work this plan - at least for the first few months. Dave (two mistakes in one!) Dear Dave, I was dating someone that I expected to marry, and then we broke up. Before that, she was having car problems and I co-signed a lease with her. She still has the car, and so far she’s made one payment and I’ve made one. We have a forfeiture agreement on the car that states if she doesn’t make a payment by the end of the month, I come get the car. Now, her parents have offered to buy her another car and she wants to just give me the leased car. I’ve already got a leased truck, so what’s the best thing to do? Darrell
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Well, you’ve already done two of the biggest things I tell people not to do - you’ve leased a vehicle and you’ve cosigned. That two big no-no’s at once! If it were me, I wouldn’t take the car as fulfillment of the amount she owes. She needs to find out what the buyout amount is on the car, sell it and pay the difference to the lender. If she doesn’t have the money, her parents could pay the difference since they’re offering to buy her a car anyway.
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