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Note 4 - Related Party Transactions
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2025
Notes to Financial Statements  
Related Party Transactions Disclosure [Text Block]

(4) Related Party Transactions

 

We purchase tires and obtain related services from Bauer Built, Inc., or BBI. Jerry M. Bauer, the chairman of the board and chief executive officer of BBI, is one of our directors. We paid BBI $13,000 in the first six months of 2025 and $14,000 in the first six months of 2024 for tires and related services. In addition, we paid $613,000 in the first six months of 2025 and $1.2 million in the first six months of 2024 to tire manufacturers for tires that were provided by BBI. BBI received commissions from the tire manufacturers related to these purchases.

 

We paid Durand Builders Service, Inc. $7,000 in the first six months of 2024 for building repairs and had no transactions with that company in the first six months of 2025. Larry B. Hagness, one of our directors, is the chief executive officer and principal stockholder of Durand Builders Service, Inc.