dont feel like the lone ranger. over at r&l, they have doing the same for several years. i ran team for over 10 years, and we used to get new tractors on a regular basis.the last couple of years they have been using junk. they bought old penske tractors that had sat for a year,you know how that worked out. the line haul drivers have it even worse. we had a large group(400) of old 1998-99 or older L model fords that sat at wilmington for several years, and they started rebuilding these trucks for line haul and city work, mostly by taking 2 or three trucks to fix one. real junk. so i guess it is a trend. tho repair costs are ridiculous, and driver downtime(which r&l almost will not pay) is very bad.cant deliver freight if you are sitting on the side of the road waiting for a wrecker.