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For a four year old article this sure went the mile on posts!
Wow.
Wow.
The urine smell...did I miss anything???
Do you really think they only leased equipment this one time 4 years ago. This may be the only time we know of. It may have been going on for years before and has happened many times or continuously ever since this article quoted James Welch.. This sort of stuff is usually kept pretty hush - hush. They really don't want the employees to know what the leased equipment ratio is to owned equipment and how much that ratio is changing from owned to leased. To know that may show a pattern of things to come.For a four year old article this sure went the mile on posts!
Wow.
I'm sure it's not.Do you really think they only leased equipment this one time 4 years ago. This may be the only time we know of. It may have been going on for years before and has happened many times or continuously ever since this article quoted James Welch.. This sort of stuff is usually kept pretty hush - hush. They really don't want the employees to know what the leased equipment ratio is to owned equipment and how much that ratio is changing from owned to leased. To know that may show a pattern of things to come.
Besides the more holes the better for the fuel mileage. The air passes through the unit better with more holes, creating less drag, thus better fuel mileage. In winter months, toilet paper and duct tape can be used to plug up the holes.
Yep & they are still Leasing ,but can't tell these Bullheads on here that !Do you really think they only leased equipment this one time 4 years ago. This may be the only time we know of. It may have been going on for years before and has happened many times or continuously ever since this article quoted James Welch.. This sort of stuff is usually kept pretty hush - hush. They really don't want the employees to know what the leased equipment ratio is to owned equipment and how much that ratio is changing from owned to leased. To know that may show a pattern of things to come.
Stop it!!! Stop making sense!!!If they outright purchased their new equipment, it would mean that they own something of value. Not to mention it's unlikely YRC can afford the down payment for all of the equipment they're currently leasing.
They desperately need new equipment. They're too broke to buy outright. And the numbers they're currently getting in is still not enough to update the fleet in anything resembling a reasonable time.
I don't think YRC wants to go broke. But I do think that they're working with the IBT to ensure the "greedy union workers" take the blame if they do. After all, lots of people still think the Teamsters took down Consolidated Freightways because that's the picture that was painted.
And undoubtedly Mr. James Hoffa Jr. himself will stand up and say how unfair it is.
One Driver carved out in the liner a circle so that his big cowboy hat would fit in the truck while on his headYup, then holes would already be there.
Your second paragraph,CF, is what many cannot understand. Leasing, is, less money to come up with all at once...If they outright purchased their new equipment, it would mean that they own something of value. Not to mention it's unlikely YRC can afford the down payment for all of the equipment they're currently leasing.
They desperately need new equipment. They're too broke to buy outright. And the numbers they're currently getting in is still not enough to update the fleet in anything resembling a reasonable time.
I don't think YRC wants to go broke. But I do think that they're working with the IBT to ensure the "greedy union workers" take the blame if they do. After all, lots of people still think the Teamsters took down Consolidated Freightways because that's the picture that was painted.
And undoubtedly Mr. James Hoffa Jr. himself will stand up and say how unfair it is.
If they outright purchased their new equipment, it would mean that they own something of value. Not to mention it's unlikely YRC can afford the down payment for all of the equipment they're currently leasing.
They desperately need new equipment. They're too broke to buy outright. And the numbers they're currently getting in is still not enough to update the fleet in anything resembling a reasonable time.
I don't think YRC wants to go broke. But I do think that they're working with the IBT to ensure the "greedy union workers" take the blame if they do. After all, lots of people still think the Teamsters took down Consolidated Freightways because that's the picture that was painted.
And undoubtedly Mr. James Hoffa Jr. himself will stand up and say how unfair it is.
Wow! I DO believe it. Pretty much the same thing happened at Holland with a wannabe cowboy.One Driver carved out in the liner a circle so that his big cowboy hat would fit in the truck while on his head
The questions that keeps popping up in my mind is "Do they also own the leasing company (or companies) as a separate entity?"Your second paragraph,CF, is what many cannot understand. Leasing, is, less money to come up with all at once...
Ya know what Forest said, stupid is as stupid does. Must be related. von.Wow! I DO believe it. Pretty much the same thing happened at Holland with a wannabe cowboy.
That reminds me of another "dim lightbulb" driver at Holland that had an assigned tractor he drove every night. He wanted to put his custom-made radio box up at eye level just like the super truckers, so he went to his terminal on a weekend and drilled holes all the way through the cab roof and bolted his radio box to the inside of the roof on those bolts.. About a week or so later, he wrote up his tractor for a "leaking roof" when it rained. The shop crew found the leak problem. In exchange for not being fired, he agreed to pay for the body shop repairs out of his paychecks. I won't name him or his terminal, but any Holland drivers that were working back then will remember. You can't fix stupid.
I vaguely recall the leasing company being based in Hawaii or something. I can check the ownership of the next new Holland van I see to find out. I don't think YRC owns a stake in them. It'd have to be declared, and all of that information is publicly available.The questions that keeps popping up in my mind is "Do they also own the leasing company (or companies) as a separate entity?"
And IF the company does indeed fold, "Will all that leased equipment and leased property be subject to bankruptcy court "assets" to be sold?"
I think I already know the answer to question #2
The acrid cigar/cigarette/road flare (what the **** are some of you guys SMOKING?) smell.The urine smell
Have looked a quite a few registrations on trailers. The Stroutons trailers are the only leased trailers I've found and they show Strouton Leasing as the owners. All of the newer Walbash trailers show YRC Inc as the owner.I vaguely recall the leasing company being based in Hawaii or something. I can check the ownership of the next new Holland van I see to find out. I don't think YRC owns a stake in them. It'd have to be declared, and all of that information is publicly available.
And leased equipment, in a bankruptcy, would be returned to the leasing company for them to deal with. The leasing company would either have to find another lessee or a buyer.
YRCW did have a leasing company.I recall seeing a Volvo tractor and flatbed Trailer with a steel company logo on the tractor and lo and behold YRC leasing stickers on both tractor and flatbed.This was right around the time we were being solicited for concessions.I saw this rig on irving Blvd near the old 509irving terminal.Have looked a quite a few registrations on trailers. The Stroutons trailers are the only leased trailers I've found and they show Strouton Leasing as the owners. All of the newer Walbash trailers show YRC Inc as the owner.
The Wabash units, I believe, were bought by Roadway pre-merger. I haven't seen one newer than 2007 myself. I'm also reasonably sure that there's a sprinkling of Great Dane and Stoughton units in there too. Those trailers all have tighter post spacing than the newer lease trailers.Have looked a quite a few registrations on trailers. The Stroutons trailers are the only leased trailers I've found and they show Strouton Leasing as the owners. All of the newer Walbash trailers show YRC Inc as the owner.