Updated: 6:56 PM CDT Mar 15, 2021
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Show Transcript LIVELIHOOD. The Reporter: JEFF CAR BIN HAS BEEN CHAINING VEHICLES ON TO HIS CORON COMPANY ARIZONA GAS GU TOW TRUCKS FOR YEARS. THEN THE PANDEMIC HIT. IT WAS GOOD FOR US GOOD FOR THE CONSUMER, YOU COULD KEEP YOUR PRICES SAME AND HELP THE CONSUMER. The Reporter: THEN IT STARTED SHIFTING. IT WENT UP 15 CENTS AND NEVER SLOWED DOWN. WE RE UP TO $1, $1.20 A GALLON MORE THAN IT WAS. The Reporter: CORBIN SAYS HIS FLEET OF 17 TRUCKS GUZZLE TWO GAL LOBS OF GAS EVERY WEEK AND WITH A PRICE OF GAS JUMPING ABOUT A DOLLAR SINCE LAST FALL, THAT S BETWEEN $8,000 AND $10,000 COMING OUT OF HIS POCKET EVERY MONTH. WE PUT A FUEL SURCHARGE ON AND HOPE IT LEVELS OUT OR GO UP IN OUR PRICING, IT S HARD TO FIGURE OUT BECAUSE WE DON T KNOW WHAT S GOING TO HAPPEN. > YOUR HONOR LIKE LARGER WRECKER SERVICES WITH HIGHER PROFIT MARGINS, COMPANIES LIKE COCORBIN S MUST WATCH HIS CLOSER TO KEEP HIS EMPLOYEES EMPLOYED. W