Fuel: Pounding The Trucking Industry

Even though the per-barrel price of crude oil has dropped to $124 as of this writing, American truckers still face a long and winding road ahead. That per-barrel crude oil figure means that diesel fuel costs $4.60 per gallon on average. The American Trucking Association (ATA) has estimated in the past that increasing the price of fuel a dime per gallon means that 1,000 fleets go out of business. That may have been a bit of inflated rhetoric even… Read more