Truckers plan convoy to state Capitol (Independents to Park Rigs Tuesday?)

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/news/Stock%20News/1273435/

Saturday, March 29, 2008; Posted: 03:59 PM

"I'm a third-generation truck driver," he said Friday. "I'm addicted to trucks. This is more than a job for me. It's a way of life."

But his livelihood -- and the national economy, he says -- is being threatened by the high cost of diesel fuel, which on Friday was $4.17 per gallon.

"At $4 a gallon, I just manage to break even," he said. "But if gas keeps going up, I just don't know how long I can continue to pass the cost along to customers."

Bender, 37, will add to the more than 1 million miles on his 1998 Freighliner rig when he drives to Harrisburg Monday to participate in a truckers' protest at the Capitol at 9 a.m.

Truckers will start lining up at 6 a.m. at Exit 77, Route 81, just outside Harrisburg.

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