I don’t know, but I’d guess you’d be right cav 
. If somewhere has got land and you can consolidate everything into less yards, you have some nice land to sell off along with the economies of scale that us small fry hauliers cannot hope to achieve.
But tbh, money isn’t all of the issue; it’s the change from a business where like as not the boss knew each driver and vice versa and there was a feeling for how the business was doing, an intangible connection to your customers, staff and trucks. You don’t get that with a spreadsheet, you get another soulless corporation where everything is built around KPIs and driving down costs. 