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QUESTION:

FILEASE discuss the economics of f- (1) Driver unloading; (2) Ride-along helper to help unload; (3) warehouse or store employee unloading.

ANSWER:

For illustration purposes, presume that drivers, helpers, warehouse and store employees are all compensated at the same hourly rate and work a 50 hour week. The truck being used is a 2Vz ton flat bed dump. The basic wage is $6 hourly. Personnel costs are listed in chart.

Each year, in a public relations offering, the Hertz Co. publishes operating costs for the several commercial vehicles in their fleet. These costs are not rental rates, but "costs to operate and maintain ownership." An operator's salary is not included in the figures and their per mile cost of $1.20 (approx.) is based upon driving 15,000 miles annually. This information, combined with personnel costs developed above, is shownastotal delivery costs for aTVz ton delivery truck. Essentially, from wherever an addi-