Re: Truck Dispute

["deano" <dsma@pigpond.com>]

I think you're pretty much spot on here. I remember in the 80's some of the
owner drivers were making a killing
whilst the rest did pretty well too. Funny how now that the going has got
tough, the tough want govt regulation.
Rod Young <freight_man@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> You know in the '60's Rail was hauling the bulk of Melbourne to Sydney
> freight, and despite rail putting the SG "tru in 62", rapidly lost ground.
> About 80% down to 12% [I think was posted recently]
> All those truckies are heading for financial ruin, and probably more
quickly
> than anyone can see at this moment.
> One serious problem they have now, is that Banks and Finance Houses are
> closing down on them rapidly. They are having great difficulty getting
loans
> for New Equipment.
> Another problem is a recent doubling of Insurance Premiums, as these
> Companies are less likely to carry the risks now associated with Owner
> Drivers cutting things so close to the line, to try and survive.
> Already some Truckies are changing their rigs to short haul city friendly
> machines, and making good money connecting the rail heads with the
> customers, and as a bonus, sleeping in their own beds at night, with lower
> Loans, and much more money in their pockets.
> Hard nosed truckies like those holding the Hume Highway at Wodonga to
> ransom, will have their day in Court [bankrupt] whilst their thinking
mates
> pluck up all the cream in Sydney and Melbourne.
> Large operations like Finnemores, who have shares in their own Railway
> Companies [so I am led to believe] will continue to ply the Highways, and
> their absolute buying power will add further nails to the coffins of the
> soon to be extinct 'owner driver'
> Wonder if you could call Paul Moore a Railway 'owner driver'
> Rod рс
> deano <dsma@pigpond.com> wrote in message
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> > I've been on a few backshifts lately and notice that there seems to be a
> lot
> > of large freighters going Melbourne/Sydney/Brisbane.
> > With the truckies blocking the Hume at Wodonga wanting the guvmint to
set
> > standard rates I was wondering. Is this pinch
> > on road freight a direct result of what appears to be the large amount I
> see
> > passing by the platform. I mean some of those trains must be carting the
> > loads of a hundred semis. Does anyone know what the figures for rail
> > transport overall are for say the last ten years for freight??
> >
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