Owner-Operator Costs of Hauling Fresh Fruits and Vegetables in Refrigerated Trucks (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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The first step was to define owner - operator for data collection and analysis. Owner-operator as defined in this study is a trucker who owns one or two trucks and is usually an active driver of one of the trucks.

Information on Operations and costs was obtained from eight owner-operators in Florida, North Carolina, Washington, California, and Texas. Most of these truckers owned only one truck, and all hauled fresh fruits and vegetables in interstate move ments.

The average annual mileage for the eight truckers was about miles per year. The average one-way trip length was about miles. While some truckers made short trips of about 500 miles and some made trips of about miles, most reported preferring to make trips from the to -mi1e range. Most of the truckers reported some seasonality in their operations but considered it necessary where they operated.

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