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drvrtech77 · Mar 7, 2026

Light load going to Vegas..

radioshark · Mar 7, 2026

Long FLD said: ↑

Companies negotiate with the chains for their pricing, but there are multiple reasons why a chain would use higher discounts to direct traffic to one store over another.

They all have to use suppliers to get their product. Sometimes they’ll have product on contract and sometimes they’ll do “best available pricing” and that could be any of the suppliers they use. Other factors can play into location discounts other than contracts and pricing also.

The Flying J in Rapid City was going through a remodel last year. The fuel for the Pilot on the west side of town comes out of Sioux Falls because nobody likes the fuel from Newcastle WY. To try and keep up the Pilot trucks were hauling from Sioux Falls like normal and we were hauling fuel up from North Platte. Pilot was running higher than normal discounts at the Murdo location to drive traffic there because the Pilot trucks from Sioux Falls could run there and they also had some of their Tartan trucks running up out of North Platte.

Anyway, a lot of rambling to say there’s can be a lot that goes into the what’s and why’s of discounts at certain locations over another.
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Also in Rapid City the pilot dealer on the east side is always cheaper for the pump price. Dealer 4.22 vs the corp on the west side is 4.99 today

Long FLD · Mar 7, 2026

radioshark said: ↑

Also in Rapid City the pilot dealer on the east side is always cheaper for the pump price. Dealer 4.22 vs the corp on the west side is 4.99 today
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Not sure how many trucks Pilot runs out of Rapid City. I know they run one out of Murdo. And I don’t know how many they have in Sioux Falls. I also don’t know how many independent companies haul for them up there. But it’s a touch over 700 miles to Sioux Falls and back. I would be that most days the discount is better in Sioux Falls than it is in Rapid because it’s easier to supply that store and they’d want to push fleet fueling to that location.

supersnackbar · Mar 7, 2026

I see they haven't gotten the fuel solution for the reefers sorted out. I am a live load (and have 3/4+ tank on the reefer)

aramil248 · Mar 8, 2026

supersnackbar said: ↑

View attachment 585536 I see they haven't gotten the fuel solution for the reefers sorted out. I am a live load (and have 3/4+ tank on the reefer)
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Probably bad trackers or whatever. I remember once they wanted me to check the fuel of a trailer at Holland MA drop yard and take it to get fueled if low.
Which I wonder if they still use that yard? Once had to get road service to come to lift a trailer that sunk in the ground a bit. Also my GPS always wanting me to turn right out of there. Because it reads the 35 ton straight truck limit instead of the 40 tractor trailer limit.

supersnackbar · Mar 9, 2026

aramil248 said: ↑

Probably bad trackers or whatever. I remember once they wanted me to check the fuel of a trailer at Holland MA drop yard and take it to get fueled if low.
Which I wonder if they still use that yard? Once had to get road service to come to lift a trailer that sunk in the ground a bit. Also my GPS always wanting me to turn right out of there. Because it reads the 35 ton straight truck limit instead of the 40 tractor trailer limit.
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They still use that yard in Holland. Right after the blizzard a couple weeks ago I spent the night there between my 2 Mass deliveries. (2 stops on 2 different days and neither had overnight parking)

The fuel solution on this load was almost as dumb. Emptied out at Lineage in Murfreesboro, picked up at Interstate in Murfreesboro. When I emptied out, my original fuel stop was New Baden, IL, tractor - fill. After I did my load call (almost new trailer with 3/4+ fuel level) it changed to the Rump Ranger in Marion, tractor - fill, reefer 10 gal. (This was less than 20 min later). When I slid my cards to turn on the pump at the Ranger, the display said "authorized for 46 gal" on the tractor, kinda like when they unlock your card when the fuel solution system can't give you a location because you're too low on fuel.

mstrchf117 · Mar 9, 2026

I feel like the fuel solutions are about to become wildly stupid/inconvenient for the drivers and theyre going to be strict.

Gearjammin' Penguin · Mar 9, 2026

supersnackbar said: ↑

...when the fuel solution system can't give you a location because you're too low on fuel.
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What kind of nonsense is that? What else is the fuel solution good for?

supersnackbar · Mar 9, 2026

Gearjammin' Penguin said: ↑

What kind of nonsense is that? What else is the fuel solution good for?
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Anything under 1/4 tank confuses it...even if you're sitting at a fuel stop that's in the company network...but you have to remember, our IT department employees are most likely U of NE graduates, so unless it's farming, football or cow tipping, it's a confusing foreign subject.

azheavyduty · Mar 9, 2026

supersnackbar said: ↑

Anything under 1/4 tank confuses it...even if you're sitting at a fuel stop that's in the company network...but you have to remember, our IT department employees are most likely U of NE graduates, so unless it's farming, football or cow tipping, it's a confusing foreign subject.
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