Owner-operator organizes fuel protest Monday near Pittsburgh

Cybergal · Mar 21, 2008

Owner-operator organizes fuel protest Monday near Pittsburgh
3/20/08

Owner-operator Don Waltenbaugh of Pennsylvania has organized a daylong event to demonstrate just how bad its getting out there for truckers struggling with high fuel prices.

Waltenbaugh, an OOIDA member from Vandergrift, PA, has organized a 24-hour protest a shutdown in his words scheduled for Monday, March 24, on his property on Alternate 66 between Vandergrift and Ford City, PA, northeast of Pittsburgh.

This is a one-day shutdown for solidarity, he told Land Line.
Waltenbaugh said he has parking for 60 trucks and would like to see people from multiple sectors of trucking and hauling.
I want people from all facets towing, dealerships, the excavation business. I want them there, he said.

Waltenbaugh has several issues he wants to draw attention to, with fuel prices being the driving force behind the event. ProMiles listed the average retail pump price in Pennsylvania at $4.24 on Thursday, March 20.
The event organizer also wants to draw attention to unscrupulous brokering that goes on in the trucking industry. Waltenbaugh says hes tired of brokers who collect a fuel surcharge from customers and do not pass it on to the truckers.

There are some fantastic brokers that really try, but there are some that dont, he said. The brokerage side of trucking has gone rampant as of late. Everybody seems to be a broker.
A third idea that Waltenbaugh wants to get across is that truckers are people just like everybody else. They are patriotic Americans, they are consumers, and they are registered voters.
As truckers, we have high costs, low rates
and we still have to buy the same groceries as everybody else, he said.
If the cost of fuel puts too many truckers out of business, the average consumer will be hit hard, he said.
http://www.landlinemag.com/todays_news/Daily/2008/Mar08/031708/032008-02.htm
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Cybergal · Mar 21, 2008

Interstate Trucking May Come To Unscheduled Halt Over Holiday Weekend

3/21/08

The Easter weekend may see an unscheduled halt to interstate trucking in Pennsylvania.

A truck driver from the Harrisburg area wants truckers to protest skyrocketing diesel fuel prices.

If the proposed protest along Interstate 81 does not bring attention to the truckers' plight, he's calling on them to pull their vehicles off the road.

The cost of diesel fuel has gone up 18 cents a gallon over the past week and truckers say they're spending thousands to fill their tanks.
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http://www.wjactv.com/news/15664654/detail.html

Brickman · Mar 22, 2008

There must have been a lot of guys calling it a day yesterday. The friday truck traffic I'm used to seeing was SERIOUSLY lacking in the rocky mountain area I was in yesterday.

reilley · Mar 22, 2008

I hope something works , cause the prices are affecting everyone

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