How Do You Figure Fuel Surcharge?

ok great. so the actual base rate is $1.25 gallon.. this is good info because i want to charge the fuel surcharge, but was gonna use the base rate of $3 a gallon. i initially thought that because i am a newer company i should have used the cost of fuel when i first got in. this def helps, so its basically industry standard to use the $1.25 gallon, and i shouldnt have any push back when i use this as the base. thank you for helping out

 

I am confused on this myself. if fuel is $4 a gallon, you run 1000 miles @10mpg is 100 gallons of fuel which is gonna cost $400 at the pump.
load pays $5000 - 20% comission =$4000 so if the fuel surcharge comes in at .30 a mile, that = $300
so the way i figure is im gonna get $4000 for the load, and $300 fuel sc which= $4300. way diff than $4080. what am i missing?

 

still doesnt seem right to me. the way i understand it is. you should be paying $1 a gallon, but you are paying $4 a gallon. so the way i understand it is the shipper has to make up the difference which is $3 per gallon. so if you pay $400 at the pump and get 10 mpg then that is a $300 difference 80% of 5000 is 4000. $4000+$300 = 44300

 

LOL> believe it or not, i understood exactly what he was saying.

 

now i understand what you are saying. thank you