HARMONY - A logging truck operator from Harmony plans to turn the repossession of three of his 10 registered tractors into a public protest against skyrocketing diesel fuel prices that he says are driving him out of business.

Donald Hayden, who plans to file for corporate bankruptcy, will meet with banking representatives Friday at the parking lot behind the State House in Augusta. Hayden says he'll be joined by others in the business who are also struggling to make payments and buy fuel.

The 58-year-old president of Donald Hayden and Son Logging says diesel fuel was $2.60 a gallon when he bought the three trucks in 2006. Now, he says, the price has reached more than $4.15 a gallon.