It Strikes Me Funny!

When I started trucking in the late 70's the average cost of the top of the line highway tractor was $50.000 and i do have ads to prove this.Now your average cost is between $137.000 to $160.000,fuel was around $1.00 a gallon compared to todays prices of $119.00 PER LITRE.Tuck drivers where paid 21 cents per mile now around 40 cents per mile owner operators where paid a $1.00 a mile back then we still have owner operators gettin paid$1.20 per mile and are happy about it.Costs have tripled in the 35 years since I first drove a truck yet we have people workin their collective behinds off for a 1/4 percent raise in pay "DOES THIS MAKE SENSE!"Some will claim I'm whining here but any other industry wages go up with inflation not in the trucking industry.I see all these people going to truck driving schools in droves to get that prized truck driving licence paying big dollars either by government funding or out of their own pockets I just shake my head.Only the drivers and owner operators can change the monetary rewards for this thankless career choice,but we choose to sit on our usless behinds and do nothing,"JUST BECAUSE WE FEEL WE CAN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE,WRONG IF EVERY TRUCK IN NORTH AMERICA STOPPED FOR THREE DAYS THERE WOULD BE A BIG CHANGE."But I waste my time typing this because all truck drivers are happy with their pay.

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