So many companies are close run things. Then, along comes the government and says, “That truck doesn’t meet environmental standards. You have to spend $100,000 on a new one.” That’s it, you’re out of business.
My son is a trucker for a landscape supplier. His main ride is a 2007 Peterbilt semi.
His employer was just purchased by a much larger company. He’s worried that they might make them buy newer rigs with all the emission stuff on them.
A few months ago, I was driving along minding my own business when some idiot in a semi hit the Jake brake right next to me.
A bit later I got a phone call from my son asking if I liked his engine brake. Little twerp.