Posts Tagged ‘costs’
As fuel costs rise to record highs, independent truckers said they are watching their incomes shrink, KMBC’s Dion Lim reported. Julie Michaels and her husband said filling up the gas tank on their rig costs them 00. Michaels said they have no savings and no retirement. “Life has changed. I’m wearing a hat now because I can’t afford to dye my hair. I haven’t gotten a haircut in six months,” Julie Michaels said. Three years ago, the couple invested their money in a big rig. “We thought we …

