Time to renew registration, $$$ ouch!
Just got the bill to renew the registration on my 06 F-150, $175 ouch! Seems high for a 7 year old truck but guess I just forgot the amount from last year. Got me to thinking, since most of the regi...
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wintersun wrote:
We are all heavily subsidizing the trucking industry that beat up the highways on a daily basis. The cost per mile to build a mile of freeway is also 12x as great to accommodate the heavy axle loads of trucks. It is the worst in West Virginia which is the poorest state in the USA based on per capita income but spends the most per mile to maintain its highways for the benefit of the coal mines' trucks.
No, that's wrong. The highest cost per mile is Jersey, followed by Massachusetts. Also note: you would CRY if you saw what trucks pay for tags! The box truck I drive is $500+ per year. The single-axle tractors at work are $1100, I recall our twin-screw tractor is $1400.
