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Most americans are gasping at gas prices, truckers are dealing with diesel. >> $815 to fill up the truck. >> reporter: what costs less than $4 per gallon last month, has jumped to a record high above $5, slamming small transport companies. >> pricing stay this way, a lot of people will be out of business. >> reporter: william lytle says profits have vaccinated. this man recently purchased a second truck which he now can't afford. the steep pr prices are tricklig down through the economy. more than 70% of freight is transported via truck. now fuel surcharges are increasingly affecting the price...

>> 75 gallons so far, almost $300. what's this doing to your wallet? >> killing me. killing my wallet. it's ridiculous. prices go up every day. not coming down. >> reporter: what's happening to you in your business? >> i'm betting it's going to fold. >> reporter: and, of course, many truckers work for big fleets, and they don't directly bear the cost of rising fuel costs on themselves. it quos to the fleets. but they as well as anybody understand the effect this has on the economy. >> you know, when fuel goes up, the cost of fuel goes up, the cost of what we deliver goes up because we have to ...