Note 9 - Leases

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2024

Notes to Financial Statements

Leases of Lessee and Lessor Disclosure [Text Block]

9 – Leases

Lease of Vehicles as Lessor

The Company primarily leases commercial vehicles that the Company owns to customers primarily over periods of one to ten years. The Company does not separate lease and nonlease components. Nonlease components typically consist of maintenance and licensing for the commercial vehicle. The variable nonlease components are generally based on mileage. Some leases contain an option for the lessee to purchase the commercial vehicle at the end of the lease term.

The Company’s policy is to depreciate its lease and rental fleet using a straight-line method over each customer’s contractual lease term. The lease unit is depreciated to a residual value that approximates fair value at the expiration of the lease term. This policy results in the Company realizing reasonable gross margins while the unit is in service and a corresponding gain or loss on sale when the unit is sold at the end of the lease term.

Lease and rental income during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 and September 30, 2023 consisted of the following (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2024		2023		2024		2023
Minimum rental payments	$	77,729	$	77,685	$	230,958	$	229,276
Nonlease payments		11,400		11,781		33,738		35,405
Total	$	89,129	$	89,466	$	264,696	$	264,681