Reply #17: I would suggest that there are United Styates tariffs [View All]

against importation of foreign Trucks such as Volvo, Mitsibishi, Japanese or Korean heavy trucks. However, the central american countries may not have these bars set up to prevent the sale of these vehicles. What is to prevent a company from owning say cheap VOLVOs versus a Peterbilt and running the truck on the Interstate Sysrtem.

They could also hire their own Nationality at a cheaper wage rate. Do these countries have to worry about Benefits or health insurance like Americans???

What is to prevent them from putting extra or larger fuel tanks on them trucks and buying fuel from Pemex or Chavez.Cheaper.

Most American Truck outfits have Geo Syncro...positioning systems to track where their trucks are at in real time. No reasn to have the company headquarters in a central place. An American Trucking concern could set up a mexican headquarters as effectively as in say Ohio. There is satellite access to the internet too. Yopu have a computer, you can know where to go.

And why could'nt this fellow buy up a failing American Company and relocate the darn thing to the Yucatan or Laredo, Texas border.
Shitcan the obsolete physical equipment and buy more efficient new trucks etc. Keep the essential Company expertise.

Beside, I am not here to construct a business plan for him. Just ideas.

NAFTA is going to screw up the Transportation industry and those who talk about it now can survive.