I think King B has it rite
We have owned our own transport business in the past and I can tell you nothing sucks money up like a truck.
The thing is there is more involved behind the scene in owning a business as the whole sale price the shop owner pays for a lets say tube is only just a small part of the actual cost of the product there’s also shop rent and this varies greatly depending on the area , power, phone,wages, super,workerscomp, theft, freight, public liability and the list goes on before they put on their profit as that’s the bit that keeps business owners in business.
It used to give me the shits when people say ” oh you got your own company you must be rich”.
Now before I get shot down in flames I’m not defending every shop owner out thre because I’m sure there is people out there that just rip off the public.
The thing is and I learnt this a long time ago especially with tyres as I was changing out 62 of the bastards up to 3 times a year, if you want to save money do it your self otherwise pay someone else to do it But remember you are asking someone else to do your dirty work for you regardless of the reason and just cop it in the pocket.
Also To fit a truck tire back then was about 30 to 50 bucks and I recon they aren’t as hard as a bike just shit loads more of them
My2c worth
