$3.00 a Gallon for Diesel in California

Here in the upper Midwest diesel cost is a bit less but still having a costly effect on the trucking industry. Yes, some of the cost can be passed on to shippers as surcharges but most trucks do some "deadheading" or running empty to pick up the next load. This deadheading is costing about fifty dollars more this year than last year per 300 empty miles. If trucks deadhead an average of 600 miles per week then deadheading is now costing each truck about $100 more in fuel costs per week over a year ago. Survival of the trucking industry is becoming difficult.