Gas Prices Up Again…

Just drove by a gas station on my way back to work…$3.07 a gallon…Are we going to see $4 again by the end of the winter…

From a reliable source,
gas will hover about $3.50
diesel about $4.50

Hey………that Gulf clean-up wasn’t cheap!
Somebody needs to pay for it.

It doesn’t help that the administration just stopped all new drilling off of our coast. I’m sure the middle east loves this guy.

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It doesn’t help that the administration just stopped all new drilling off of our coast. I’m sure the middle east loves this guy.

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^^^^^This is correct!

To be fair, not the entire coast. I believe they are still giving permits for the Alaska coast.

Coop suggested I buy all the diesel I can now I saw $3.22 on the way home from a job site.

Happy Birthday Randy!

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Coop suggested I buy all the diesel I can now I saw $3.22 on the way home from a job site.

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I been paying $3.29 for a month or better. About ready to park the trucks for awhile.

Man, if there was one thing nice about the economy tanking, it was gas below $2.

Just filled up the truck this afternoon in Aitkin, MN and it was still $2.75.

Holiday @ Bayport was $3.04. Paid $2.95 at Fleet Farm in Hudson-what happened to WI paying more gas tax than MN? jerr

Jerr,
Bet it will be higher than 2.95 tomorrow at Fleet Farm in Hudson. It just takes us longer over here to figure out how to raise the prices.

$2.89 in Rochester.

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Jerr,

Bet it will be higher than 2.95 tomorrow at Fleet Farm in Hudson. It just takes us longer over here to figure out how to raise the prices.

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wierd- even Quik Trip in Hudson was cheaper than the one in Stillwater. Not the first time this happened- the word rip-off comes to mind jerr

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$2.89 in Rochester.

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Depends on where you are Steve, SA on 11th and Civic Center Dr was 3.04 earlier but dropped to 2.99 KT next door still at 2.89 at that time (about 6:30) Guess our Fuel Charge for Limos will be going up.

geuss its gonna be an expensive trip back home for the holidays!! still around $2.40 in wyoming

Diesel jumped from $3.25 to $3.39 yesterday afternoon here in Princeton. Don’t know what unleaded cost. I just know it’s much better to fill the car for less then $40 then the truck at $115 per fill.

Feeling bad for the semi owners. It’s going to be another long winter for them.

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Feeling bad for the semi owners. It’s going to be another long winter for them.

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Why? We end up paying for their fuel price increase in a fuel surcharge. It shows up on our invoices every day. They will be just fine. We will have to bear the brunt of it. I feel REALLY bad for the still unemployed who are actually out looking for work and having to pay these jacked prices. Fox Business News says it is because people are getting off their wallets and are investing in oil again driving prices up. It has nothing to do with supply and demand this time around.

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Feeling bad for the semi owners. It’s going to be another long winter for them.

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Why? We end up paying for their fuel price increase in a fuel surcharge. It shows up on our invoices every day. They will be just fine. We will have to bear the brunt of it. I feel REALLY bad for the still unemployed who are actually out looking for work and having to pay these jacked prices. Fox Business News says it is because people are getting off their wallets and are investing in oil again driving prices up. It has nothing to do with supply and demand this time around.

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You are right when you say they pass it on in a fuel charge. But at some point the bill to the consumers comes due. Consumers at some point back off spending thus creating less trucking opportunities. I know for myself if a load went from $700 to $1000 I will need to seriously look at doing the buy.

As they say, there is no free lunch. Everybody will pay for these increases sooner or later.

BTW, when I mentioned semi owners I was talking about the guys with one or two tractors not the guys with the fleets and national freight accounts

Chris I don’t want to be derogatory but it never did.