Operating Costs of Trucks in Canada, 1986

Download or read book Operating Costs of Trucks in Canada, 1986 written by Trimac Consulting Services and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1986 edition of a study to determine the motor carrier operating costs foreach of the provinces and territorial regions in Canada, with the MaritimeProvinces grouped together. The study relates operating costs to vehicleconfiguration, commodity characteristics, hauling distance, degree of utilizastion, regional area of operation, right-of-way conditions, and driverexpertise and attitude. The base case cost analysis used was explained inearlier editions, but variations remain as much the same as possible. Otherfactors taken into account are wage scales, payload types, equipment configurations, traffic conditions, topography and climate. Analyses werealso done for seasonality, interrelationship of costs to payload and interrelationship of costs to trip length. Issues addressed include fuelconservation technology, lease operator operation, and use oftrailer-on-flat-car technology.