Diesel Drivers Paying the Most at the Pump
GOLETA, Calif. (KEYT) – Semis, work trucks, sprinter vans, along with some cars and SUVs that use diesel are paying the most at the pumps this week.
Diesel drivers filling up at the 76 on Winchester Canyon and other stations are noticing the difference.
She joins us from the 76 stations off Winchester Canyon.
"Honestly, I haven't fulled up in the last week and it has exploded even in the last week, but we use diesel for machines, our work trucks – so building, how it is going to affect building in the area, everywhere is going to be astounding," said Justin Resch of Terra Firma Drilling out of Carpinteria and Ventura.
Some trucks are too big to go the front side of the station so they come the diesel pump back.
Some drivers have prepaid cards but they are still noticing diesel is the highest priced fuel.
But for heavy equipment, like farm trucks, it is more fuel efficient.
"Diesel fluctuates as does gas and right now we are little more expensive, diesel also give this truck about 30-40 percent more economy than unleaded will, so a mile per mile," said Tom Jones of Atascadero. "That is why big trucks still use it a lot more torque and I can pull a lot more so diesel is still a better value if you do heavy things with the truck."
"Diesel has pretty much doubled its price in the last three weeks," says delivery driver, Joshua Pinedo.
Nationwide it has jumped 28 percent since the start of the conflict in Iran.
Pinedo said driving is part of his job, so he has been watching the uptick.
AAA is keeping tracks and report the average for a gallon of diesel is $6.15 in California. Most firetrucks and ships use diesel, too.
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