Salem’s truckers, agencies hit by recordhigh diesel prices
Sep 18, 2026
With a fleet of seven trucks to fuel up, Salem business owner Jake Buckendorf checks diesel prices each day using an app on his phone.In recent weeks, the prices have been the highest he – or anyone – have ever seen in the U.S.“I want to cry,” Buckendorf, owner of Salem-based Truckendorf Tru
cking said. “We started feeling it three weeks ago. At the time, fuel went up 75 cents in one week.”
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