Like I said you boys just don't get it. Fact...if you have never been on that side of the table, you're not in a position to pass judgement.
i worked for a unionized trucking company.........to me, the unions bleed the companies dry.. we have labor laws in this country, that can protect the workers, up to a certain point. the unions let scumbag employee's keep thier jobs, when they should have been fired.
so uh...yeah...I CAN pass judgement.
furthermore, the costs of the new trucks is more than outrageous, especially when after about 3 years...they start rot away....or how about just fall apart, case in point, the Chevy 4 door cabs at the roof line, cracking..??????
please do tell me what F-ing truck is worth over $100,000 grand brand new, and rots away after 3 years..??
also, one cannot compare the workmanship of a carpenter, cabinet maker, plumber, electrician, stone/brick mason, who are more often than not, SKILLED craftsmen.........over an overly paid factory worker building CRAP, on an assembly line.........???
assembly line workers do not deserve such high wages.
when the produce crap.
1 more thing, that old saying, "never buy a vehicle made on a friday or monday" was absolutely TRUE.
i hauled for a trucking company, on the GM..JIT (just-in-time), dispatch board for the GM plants in MI, & OH, including thier vendors.......i cannot tell you the number of times, i pulled into ANY GM factory lot, and in the rear of the building were DOZENS of cars, in need of...hoods, fenders, doors, trunks.......why...???? the factory workers STOPPED working, and went home.
come on a monday night when i pulled in..??
the lots were EMPTY of all those cars, that needed to go bACK INSIDE....and GET BUILT...
go cry on someone's shoulder that gives a F about auto workers............