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Note 3 - Supplier Concentration
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2017
Notes to Financial Statements  
Concentration Risk Disclosure [Text Block]
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SUPPLIER CONCENTRATION
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Major Suppliers and Dealership Agreements
 
The Company has entered into dealership agreements with various
manufacturers of commercial vehicles and buses (“Manufacturers”). These agreements are nonexclusive agreements that allow the Company to stock, sell at retail and service commercial vehicles and sell parts from the Manufacturers in the Company’s defined market. The agreements allow the Company to use the Manufacturers’ names, trade symbols and intellectual property and expire as follows:
 
Manufacturer
 
Expiration Dates
Peterbilt
 
June 2018
through 
March 2019
International
 
July 2018
through
May 2023
Isuzu
 
Indefinite
Hino
 
Indefinite
Ford
 
Indefinite
Blue Bird
 
August
2018
IC Bus
 
May 2020
through
December 2022
 
These agreements, as well as agreements with various other
Manufacturers, impose a number of restrictions and obligations on the Company, including restrictions on a change in control of the Company and the maintenance of certain required levels of working capital. Violation of these restrictions could result in the loss of the Company’s right to purchase the Manufacturers’ products and use the Manufacturers’ trademarks.
 
The Company purchases its new Peterbilt vehicles
from Peterbilt and most of the parts sold at its Peterbilt dealerships from PACCAR, Inc, the parent company of Peterbilt, at prevailing prices charged to all franchised dealers. Sales of new Peterbilt trucks accounted for approximately
65.2%
of the Company’s new vehicle sales for the year ended
December 31, 2017,
61.0%
of the Company’s new vehicle sales for the year ended
December 
31,
2016,
and
59.6%
of the Company’s new vehicle sales for the year ended
December 
31,
2015.
 
Primary Lenders
 
The Company purchases its new and used
commercial vehicle inventories with the assistance of floor plan financing programs as described in Note
7
to these Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. The Company’s floor plan financing agreements provide that the occurrence of certain events will be considered events of default. In the event that the Company’s floor plan financing becomes insufficient, or its relationship with any of its current primary lenders terminates, the Company would need to obtain similar financing from other sources. Management believes it can obtain additional floor plan financing or alternative financing if necessary.
 
The Company also acquires lease and rental vehicles with the assistance of financing agreements
with PACCAR Leasing Company, Bank of America and Wells Fargo. The financing agreements are secured by a lien on the acquired vehicle. The terms of the financing agreements are similar to the corresponding lease agreements with the Company’s customers.
 
Concentrations of Credit Risks
 
Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to significant concentrations of credit risk consist principally of cash and cash equivalents and accounts receivable.
The Company places its cash and cash equivalents with what it considers to be quality financial institutions based on periodic assessments of such institutions. The Company’s cash and cash equivalents
may
be uninsured or in deposit accounts that exceed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation insurance limit.
 
The Company controls credit risk through credit approvals and by selling a majority of its trade receivables
, other than vehicle accounts receivable, without recourse. Concentrations of credit risk with respect to trade receivables are reduced because a large number of geographically diverse customers make up the Company’s customer base; however, substantially all of the Company’s business is concentrated in the United States commercial vehicle markets and related aftermarkets.
 
The Company generally sells finance
contracts it enters into with customers to finance the purchase of commercial vehicles to
third
parties. These finance contracts are sold by the Company both with and without recourse. A majority of the Company’s finance contracts are sold without recourse. The Company provides an allowance for doubtful receivables and a reserve for repossession losses related to finance contracts sold with recourse. Historically, the Company’s allowances and reserves have covered losses inherent in these receivables.