Few industries touch every aspect of the economy more than trucking. “Everything you are looking at right now, essentially, was on a truck at some point,” said Bill Wettstein, president of Nussbaum Transportation Services in rural Hudson, north of Normal. Nussbaum is one of the biggest transportation companies in Illinois. Its big semis are all over the country. They travel about 1 million miles per week, mostly delivering supplies to manufacturers. Rivian and Caterpillar are among Nussbaum's biggest clients. Trucking, flying and farming are among the many industries all trying to ride out the current gas price spikes as its impacts ripple throughout the economy.

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