[DonaldC]

Can big rigs be made out of plastic like cars to get this accomplished? LOL

[Vaquero]

None of my cars are nor will they be. Add of plastic. Nor are or will any of my firearms be made of plastic.

[Vaquero]

CORRECTION

None of my cars are nor will they be made of plastic. Nor are or will any of my firearms be made of plastic.

[Marcella]

“Can big rigs be made out of plastic like cars to get this accomplished? LOL”

I have a 2009 Hyundai and I call it my “plastic car”. I had a Jag before that for 16 years. That car was beautiful but now Jags look like a box just like every other ugly box car.

[Mich Patriot]

"Can big rigs be made out of plastic like cars to get this accomplished? LOL"

No silly...it's all the wieght they put INSIDE the trucks. Stop putting all that CARGO in there that just weighs the truck down. EMPTY TRUCKS GET BETTER MILEAGE! BAN CARGO!

Instead, just make everyone DRIVE to where the products are MADE to buy them! That would eliminate the need for gas-guzzling trucks altogether! Wooo HOOO, I think we've solved it! :)

[woodbutcher1963]

Plastic is not a material that can be used to support the stress/mass hauled on the trailer. Keep in mind the tractor(truck)is just there to pull the trailer with the load of material. I suppose they could build the truck and trailer out of Kevlar or graphite or titanium, but that might make them cost prohibitive.

For example, I sold a load of lumber about an hour ago. The lumber weighs 68,000 lbs. I am paying a trucking company to haul it from northern Idaho to the Boise area. I am paying them $1050 to go about 280 miles. That works out to about $3.65/mile. This is what is called a maxi load or tri axle flatbed truck. On a longer haul, say 500-600 miles I will pay closer to $2.50/mile. It costs about $2.00/mile or more to run these rigs based on the labor cost and diesel fuel. his company just bought a couple new Peterbuilts. They were $154K. The trailer is another $75. The trailers are almost all aluminum to lower weight.