Note 4 - Related Party Transactions

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2020

Notes to Financial Statements

Related Party Transactions Disclosure [Text Block]

(4) Related Party Transactions

We purchase fuel and tires and obtain related services from Bauer Built, Inc., or BBI. Jerry M. Bauer, the chairman of the board, chief executive officer and the principal stockholder of BBI, is one of our directors. We paid BBI $124,000 in the first six months of 2020 and $201,000 in the first six months of 2019 for fuel, tires and related services. In addition, we paid $1.2 million in the first six months of 2020 and $571,000 in the first six months of 2019 to tire manufacturers for tires that were provided by BBI. BBI received commissions from the tire manufacturers related to these purchases.

We provided transportation services to MW Logistics, LLC, or MWL, a 45% owned affiliate through October 31, 2019, as described in Note 9.