[freespool]

Currently it cost @ 3 times as much to ship by truck as it is by rail.
A large percentage of long haul trucking could be switched to rail.
If trucking paid their fare share of road damage, the high price would cause a huge shift in shipping means.
This is another example of the power of special interests, who the Supreme Court said were people, and their money was free speech.

 

[cutplugherring]

Currently it cost @ 3 times as much to ship by truck as it is by rail.
A large percentage of long haul trucking could be switched to rail.
If trucking paid their fare share of road damage, the high price would cause a huge shift in shipping means.
This is another example of the power of special interests, who the Supreme Court said were people, and their money was free speech.

No matter how much is shipped by rail you still have to move freight from the rail yard to the consumer

 

[freespool]

Not saying get rid of all trucks, just lower the number on the interstates.

 

[Gern Blanston]

Just filled up at my local Freddies. $3.99/gal.
So weird. Just the new unmovable price.

 

[Mallrdkiller2]

Just filled up at my local Freddies. $3.99/gal.
So weird. Just the new unmovable price.

Here. Yep.

 

[joeer77]

I'm driving around central Florida coast this week on vacation and seeing $2.82 per gallon at 7-Eleven. $2.72 at Costco.

Oregon just likes to kick itself in the nuts is all you can say.

 

[gideeyup]

Agreed. We were Boise area earlier this summer. While it was 3.99 here it was 2.81 there. Our state and local gas taxes (not sure what theirs is) doesn’t make up for the $+1.00 more a gallon here. We’re getting…. [insert expletive].

You're right. We're being inserted for sure.

 

[Spinitrode]

I lived in Nevada for quite awhile. I rarely bought the 85 and would generally pay the extra dime of so for 87. The 85 ran fine in all of my vehicles, but, I did notice a drop in mileage in each of them. The decrease was enough that the extra dime was worth it.

Ive noticed same w/ 89 vs 87 here, the efficiency gain pays for itself by saving roughly a gallon per tank on avg.

 

[joeer77]

So summer is over and now we are over $4 per gallon? You suck Oregon.

 

[Snopro]

It should go back down in a week or two.

 

[Fair Chase]

So summer is over and now we are over $4 per gallon? You suck Oregon.

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So be happy your daily driver isn't a diesel at another 50¢/gal.

 

[fishinpox]

So summer is over and now we are over $4 per gallon? You suck Oregon.

OC fred meyer is up .30 this week

 

[SturgeonKing50]

Best part is “they“want to add more to the gas tax. What complete nonsense. 🇺🇲

 

[HeavyIron]

 

[Fair Chase]

BS part is “they“ did add 6¢ more to the gas tax. What complete nonsense. 🇺🇲

Fixed it for you.

 

[Bill Rogue V.]

It is dynamic here in New Mexico. Edging back up to $2.79-$3.09.

 

[Lucky Guy]

Here's a tip that will save you money on gas in Sisters. Keep on driving another 20 minutes to Bend or Redmond.

Sisters gas - 4.29
Bend, Redmond gas - 3.69

That's it on a small scale and big scale - whatever they think they can get.

 

[SturgeonKing50]

Here's a tip that will save you money on gas in Sisters. Keep on driving another 20 minutes to Bend or Redmond.

Sisters gas - 4.29
Bend, Redmond gas - 3.69

That's it on a small scale and big scale - whatever they think they can get.

I think they call this price gouging. Bend the tourists over and get the locals at the same time. 🇺🇸

 

[Soulakala]

Oregons new fuel tax must of kicked in as yesterday Costco in Warrenton was at $4.09 a gallon. At least it's not like Washington that will soon have a payment plan at the pump when you fill up.
As for rail verse trucks remember all those rails to trail projects we now have that once transported product economically. We had spur lines to most small towns even Astoria and Seaside had rail. Then the subsides ended and those spur lines were scraped. You can now blame trucking for our roads but without trucks those overnight Amazon deliveries would be history. Raising the rate for trucks based on tonnage will only increase product prices that you and I will end up paying for. I look at this way our roads are going to hell and costing more to repair but is that not subsidizing trucking similar to what we did with rail transport. If you want to blame a segment of transportation, blame the huge money pit light rail has become. The users of light rail come nowhere close to paying for its operation much less expansion. It seems like our state highway maintenance doesn't even try to save on costs. Yesterday and many other days I've seen WDOT using automated signals for one way traffic around their work area. But if you start looking, you'll see a WDOT employee standing by each light doing nothing and sometimes a pilot car with driver parked nearby. I asked one employee why are you at the light when its automated. He said just in case someone drives around the light instead of stopping. So how is that employee going help in that situation as I can't see him running to catchup with the car. Its a joke but an expensive joke played on the taxpayer.

 

[Snopro]

As I said yesterday, prices should come down soon.

The blip in price (about .40 in HR) is "caused by refinery maintenance in Washington and California and the fact that the Olympic Pipeline, which carries fuel from Washington to Portland, is down."

Price drop could happen as early as next week. It probably won't go down to what it was this Summer because of the switchover to Winter blend.