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<blockquote data-quote="okiebryan" data-source="post: 2124328" data-attributes="member: 24457">Here&#039;s a little insight from someone who 1)lived in Colorado for 5 years, and 2)has a lot of experience in the truck transportation industry.Not much is manufactured in Colorado.&nbsp; They definitely have become a consumer state, rather than a producer state.&nbsp; Why does this matter?&nbsp; Freight rates for truckload freight (especially flatbed freight) are inflated on every load going to Colorado, because you can&#039;t get a load back out. The only real exception is the steel mill at Pueblo.&nbsp; Trucks have to deadhead to another state to get moving again, and this extra cost is figured into the load going to Colorado.&nbsp; Really, there isn&#039;t much refrigerated freight coming out either, save Coors beer.&nbsp; Dry van freight is a little better, but there is still an imbalance.&nbsp; This makes costs higher for any Coloradoan who buys stuff.&nbsp; It makes building materials for homes cost more.&nbsp; About the only thing it doesn&#039;t affect is the cost of fuel, since that is mostly produced locally using pipelined crude oil. The point is that Colorado can ill afford to run off legitimate manufacturing jobs.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="okiebryan, post: 2124328, member: 24457"] Here's a little insight from someone who 1)lived in Colorado for 5 years, and 2)has a lot of experience in the truck transportation industry. Not much is manufactured in Colorado. They definitely have become a consumer state, rather than a producer state. Why does this matter? Freight rates for truckload freight (especially flatbed freight) are inflated on every load going to Colorado, because you can't get a load back out. The only real exception is the steel mill at Pueblo. Trucks have to deadhead to another state to get moving again, and this extra cost is figured into the load going to Colorado. Really, there isn't much refrigerated freight coming out either, save Coors beer. Dry van freight is a little better, but there is still an imbalance. This makes costs higher for any Coloradoan who buys stuff. It makes building materials for homes cost more. About the only thing it doesn't affect is the cost of fuel, since that is mostly produced locally using pipelined crude oil. The point is that Colorado can ill afford to run off legitimate manufacturing jobs. [/QUOTE]

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