DENVER  (MyFOXColorado.com) - Truckers across the country say they�re going on strike Tuesday to protest rising fuel costs.

It could mean anything from bricks to tissue paper won�t arrive at its destination on time.

Anything hauled by independent truckers - those who own their own trucks and pay for their own fuel - could be affected.

The average trucker is paying at least $4.00 per gallon for diesel fuel, so one who travels all over the country spends about $3,000 a week on fuel.

There are 350,000 independent drivers in the US. Approximately 3,000 of them are based in Colorado. But there's no way to tell how many of them will strike.

However, the National Independent Trucker Association says many of the drivers can't afford to strike. If they don't work, they don't get paid.

�It's hurting the consumer now because all good and services for the most part are brought by truck,� said truck driver Manual Holsey. �As prices rise the price of freight will rise too to the consumer. Everything is passed on to the consumer.�

�Something's gotta� happen,� said truck driver John Stitzel. �They're killing us out here. My boss has four trucks. He's struggling to make it. We can't do it. Even the big guys are starting to lay off drivers or cut back on trucks. $4.00 a gallon is ridiculous.�

The strike is expected to last for 3 days.