Re: Gas prices

["Mark Leuck" <mleuck@xxxxxxxxx>]

"Robert L Bass" <RobertLBass@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Mark Leuck" wrote:
>>
>>> Stevens missed the point.  Sure, gas prices are up.  But that's such a
>>> small portion of the overall budget of an alarm company as make it
>>> trivial. Suppose the average installer gets only 20 mpg in the company
>>> van and the average job is within 20 miles of the office.  That means he
>>> uses 2 gallons or less per day driving from the office to the jobsite.
>>
>> Lets see the flaws in the above statement
>>
>> 1. 20 mpg in a company van, yea sure if your company "van" is a Geo Metro
>
> Several of my guys used Toyota pickups with tool tops.  I drove a 4Runner.
> We averaged better than 20mpg.
>
>> 2. Lets say the average job IS within 20 miles of the office, you seem to
>> assume he's only going to do 1 job per day...
>
> Sorry, I forgot.  You did lick'n'stick jobs that only took an hour to
> complete.  We installed comprehensive protection.  That usually took
> several days to complete.

I never did lick n stick jobs, takeovers and service

>
>> I did 4 to 6 and it was common to put 150 to 200 miles per day within a
>> 20 to 25 mile circle.
>
> Sounds like you have no idea how to plan your work.

Sounds like you did very little work