Fueling for the load vs. filling up??

The only reason you would just "fuel for the trip", is you are close on weight. 7-8 lbs./ gallon, 200 gallons, or 1500 lbs, can put you over. Like pallets too, that's 400 lbs. Figure pallets and full of fuel, that's almost a ton over. If you're 79,500 without fuel and pallets, you'll be "bringing it 'round back".

 

You buy the cheapest fuel you can. When you find it you fill your tanks up. To find the real price of fuel you have to subtract each state fuel tax. If you just want a free shower get 50 or 60 gallons

 

Fuel for the trip. I usually don’t run enough miles per load to get a shower with my fuel purchase

 

if you get paid by the weight you fuel by the trip. less fuel more revenue.

 

I fuel at the cheapest place in PA as much as possible, CT is another one, takes a bit off ifta at the quarter.

I fill up when I get to 1/4 of a tank, then usually top off on Friday’s before I park for the weekend, but I’m lazy and don’t drive much

 

Half tank vs full mean you could another 1000 pounds. When you get paid by weight you haul as close to 80 as you can get.

Still more trouble than its worth but some do as they do.

 

Dump trailer paid by the ton, but I can make the same if not more with a fridge with 20-30k in the box, most of the time heavy stuff is cheap (unless you get into low bed stuff), less fuel and less wear and tear hauling lighter, just personally why I don’t worry about weight when I fuel,