American Truckers At War

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At Up to $1,200 a Fill-Up, Truckers to Strike Over Record Diesel Prices

MEDFORD, Ore. —  Some independent U.S. truckers are planning to stop hauling freight on April 1 in protest of record-high diesel prices that are cutting into profit margins.

Independent truckers, who constitute 90 percent of the nation’s trucking fleet, are caught paying the high diesel price without any increase in their rates, according to a trade organization.

“Diesel used to be 30 to 40 cents cheaper than regular gasoline; now it’s 30 to 40 cents more,” said independent truck driver Gordon Gravely, of Helena, Mont., who stopped at the Phoenix Petro Truck Stop on his way to Roseburg, Oregon.  More from FoxNews

At least the concerns of the American trucker are getting through to the mainstream media - now to make our voices heard in Washington…  There isn’t much more that needs to be said here.  I’ll be calling Senator Blanche Lincoln (D-AR), Senator Mark Pryor (D-AR) and Rep. Mike Ross (D-AR) tomorrow, as well as Gov. Beebe (D-AR)….

RTaylor

April 1, 2008 - Posted by rtaylor83305 | economy, trucking | , , | 2 Comments

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  1. God Speed to ALL the drivers and O/O’s, be careful and stay safe, these things can get nasty if you’re out there on the road…

    Comment by TexasFred | April 1, 2008

  2. My name is Amy Merritt, I am a wife of Craig Merritt, an Owner Operater truck driver. We are with you in this fuel strike. In Douglas Georgia, we have six trucker with there trucks park and signs about the strike. We will be in the Douglas news paper. I have sent out piles of e-mails and called everyone that I could think of including the White House Comments, every e-mail that I have received back says that they cannot recieve the e-mails because of over limed e-mails.

    Comment by Amy Merritt | April 3, 2008

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