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<blockquote data-quote="crazy_bull" data-source="post: 6364036" data-attributes="member: 2059"><p>I was just going to write the exact same thing! When merchants and hauliers are missing business to competitors for literally 50p they cut their margins to a point that there is no point carrying on or they go bust.</p><p></p><p>Had a farmer customer who used to run 2-3 lorries come on at cereals on Wednesday and he said it got to a point he only hauled to a certain few local homes, (he hauled for a few merchants plus his own gear) his own OSR and beans he sold he let the merchant haul as they could do the haulage at £3-4/t less than he could realistically do it (long hauls). Then he found that he could even let the merchant haul his own wheat on the local hauls for less money than it cost him, what with running a small fleet. So he packed it in, multiply that up by 40-50 firms round the country and you are soon at over a hundred less lorries on the road, loose a few of the big players and it is easy to see how we are down something like 350 less grain lorries on the road compared to 5 years ago. Now of course rates aren't the only thing, increased legislation has made it tough for small firms and often large firms would rather haul stone or wood chip which is less likely to be rejected for what ever reason or not loaded because a last minute shoot invite came up, or the mills cancelled the bookings at the last minute etc etc</p><p></p><p>C B</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="crazy_bull, post: 6364036, member: 2059"] I was just going to write the exact same thing! When merchants and hauliers are missing business to competitors for literally 50p they cut their margins to a point that there is no point carrying on or they go bust. Had a farmer customer who used to run 2-3 lorries come on at cereals on Wednesday and he said it got to a point he only hauled to a certain few local homes, (he hauled for a few merchants plus his own gear) his own OSR and beans he sold he let the merchant haul as they could do the haulage at £3-4/t less than he could realistically do it (long hauls). Then he found that he could even let the merchant haul his own wheat on the local hauls for less money than it cost him, what with running a small fleet. So he packed it in, multiply that up by 40-50 firms round the country and you are soon at over a hundred less lorries on the road, loose a few of the big players and it is easy to see how we are down something like 350 less grain lorries on the road compared to 5 years ago. Now of course rates aren't the only thing, increased legislation has made it tough for small firms and often large firms would rather haul stone or wood chip which is less likely to be rejected for what ever reason or not loaded because a last minute shoot invite came up, or the mills cancelled the bookings at the last minute etc etc C B [/QUOTE]
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