Tom Forseth
Tom Forseth
adding close deserve entering fargo labor might route slow small start thinking time until vest
I think the Billings to Fargo route might deserve another route, but I'm going to play it pretty close to the vest right now. After all, this is a small company. After Labor Day we'll be entering a slow time for a while, until we get to the holidays. Then I might start thinking about adding another bus.
buses cents continue costs dividing fuel gallon hold might miles per prices seven six though ticket tried
The way things are going I might have to do something, though we've always tried to hold off as long as we can. Our buses get about six to seven miles per gallon. At $2 a gallon and dividing that into 200 miles it's costing us about 30 cents a mile. At $2.80 a gallon it costs us 40 cents a mile. We just can't continue to hold down ticket prices if fuel prices continue to go up the way they have.
coming customers east smaller surprised traffic west
We've got more customers going east than we do west from Bismarck. I've been surprised by the traffic that's been coming out of the smaller towns.
charter money regularly
We have some charter business, but most of our money is made through the regularly scheduled runs.