Even as business booms, truckers struggle with unprecedented costs 

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With fuel and other operating expenses rapidly rising and the wait for a new truck taking up to a year, Mills Murrey, CFO of Lard Oil Co., is closely monitoring production prices. (Don Kadair)

With diesel hovering near $6 a gallon or higher, topping off a 120- to 150-gallon tank can cost a trucker up to $1,000.


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