went past a gas station we use regularly... went by 3 hours later up 3 cents.. this blows. i really want to not be a company driver anymore and this is getting discouraging.

Don't be too discouraged: fuel surcharge rates raise too. We had 35 cpm, now it's over 40. It helps a little bit.

Actually, when you factor in everything, higher fuel prices only mean more take home. If the fuel surcharge is based on, say, 6 mpg and you are getting better mpg than that, then the higher the fuel goes, the more you actually keep in your pocket. Sounds, goofy, I know. But that is the advantage of keeping real good records on costs. And, of course, having a realistic fuel surcharge schedule that changes at least weekly to reflect that average price rises.

I hate fuel going up, because it will hurt the overall economy, including freight eventually. But purely from a selfish standpoint, I could really care less if fuel goes to $10 a gallon. Heck, when it goes over $5 a gallon, the fuel surcharge will cover all my fuel costs since I consistently get over 7 mpg average year round.

However, once fuel gets over $5 a gallon, then the economy will take a real hard beating again. And that would be a harder thing to deal with overall.

This weeks fsc at Quality is .50cpm and I get that for the round trip of 2700 miles. It's not bad, but I know the price of unleaded has my friends hurting.