why dont you bring BC BUDS to USA? problem solved
"The new guy" wrote in message
news:sijsb.29599$HoK.8477@news01.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com...
> I have a trucking company and everyone that i talk to that is in this line
> of bussines is not happy. We have to deal with a ton of rules and
> regulations (DOT, MTO, 48 States, 10 Provinces each one with their own
> rules), stupid overpaid drivers (making $13-15 hundreed per week in their
> pocket), wrecking your equipment, frying loads or tipping over trailer,
> insurance companies ripping our shirts off (I pay about 15'000.00 per
truck
> per year, that's like 12-13 hundreed per month! and if you have a claim
you
> get kicked out! I'm a small company (5 trucks), the company is worth
about
> $600'000.00, with this kind of dough invested i make enough to pay all the
> leaches out there (ripoff repairs-last year an engine cost me 22'000.00$;
> tires at 300-600$ a pop; loans; insurance $6300.00 per month;
> drivers-$24'000.00) so every month i make what? like $90'000.00, this is
> ninety thousand dollars per month!!!, Now, I don't drink, I don't do
drugs,
> I don't drive a fancy car, I have 6 other people helping me with the
> operations of the company, they don't steal from me (I know for sure as I
> get paid with cheques and the accounting is independent-ha! another gi a
> month! f....ing leach!).
> My credit cards are maxed out all the time (I have an outstanding credit,
> but f...ing stressfull), my bank account is constantly dry: 90 in 90
out...
> What is that I am doing wrong?
> I have my own mechanic (it saves me around 10 gis a month in road repairs
as
> oposed to previous years, and I have a good maintenace program)
> Got my own warehouse (pays for itself) but I lease (can't come up with the
> fricking down payment!)
> I fired 4 employees last year to cut on salaries (now, the ones that are
> left have more to do, so they have a full 8 hr days, so what?!, pay them
> more...still saves me couple of gi's a week)
> So why I can't get out of debt ( $400'000.00 and counting)?
> If I sell my equipment I will pay off only part of what I owe and probably
> end up with a debt of 50-60 grand (because the equipment is already
> depreciated), at least now I have some cash flow...
> Does anybody know what is there to do? Any good busines ideas, I don't
> know...like a restaurant or a massage parlour...anything, just something.
>
> The New Guy
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