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SMALL TRUCKING Cos. CRISIS * USA - Independent, owner-operator truck drivers are feeling the sting of higher diesel costs even more
Louisville,NC,USA -Bizjournals.com (Charlotte,NC)/Business First of Louisville, by Cary Stemle -August 5, 2008: -- As fuel prices continue to rise with no end in sight, independent truckers such as John Whittington and Eli Wesley are tightening their belts so they can keep on truckin’... Whittington was in the Army for 20 years and worked for five years in management with Frito-Lay before he and his wife, Kimberly, became empty nesters and took up driving three years ago... They are attached to FedEx’s Custom Critical rapid response team out of Ohio, delivering goods in 48 states and Canada to customers who keep sparse inventory and order on-demand... Wesley, 61, also is an independent owner-operator with 28 trucks. Most of them are leased to Mercer Transportation Co. Inc. in Louisville... By Business First: ¡This article is for Paid Print Subscribers ONLY.! (Picture from John Simpson/Business First - Eli Wesley sits in the cab of one of the 28 trucks he leases to Mercer Transportation)Labels: small trucking industry crisis
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