Cutting fuel costs

Go to gasbuddy.com and search the areas you are going thru for diesel prices. Many times there's a Kroger or Walmart thats has fuel sometimes .30 cents cheaper than the truckstops. Check mapquest.com aireal (sp) view to make sure theres a safe area for you to drop your trailer, then bobtail on in. This takes extra time, but to save $30 to $60 at each fillup should help alot.

And of course, drive the truck easy like others have suggested!

 

just checked out gas buddy, went to effingham, il / they dont even have the murphy their listed.

 

Two of the easiest and least expensive ways to fight higher fuel prices.........slowdown, and don't idle as much. It's not rocket science.

 

Hey, I saw this and had to reply. I have heard about this stuff before. I used to ride a peterbilt 377 cummins. I tried so many additives to save some cash. I think I ended up just spending more money on additives than on fuel. Well one day I'm going to pick up a load and the some guy tells me to use this stuff and I tell him my horror story about additives. I tell him I'm done with them and refuse to buy it so he just tells me to take it for free. I was pretty shocked but hey if it's free I'm takin it. I read the label and it says 1 oz. Treats 40 gallons of fuel I'm thinkin yeaaaa right. Anyway I used it and I felt some change right off the bat but I think it was just because I wanted it to work. Anyway a few fillups later and I can tell some changing in my idleing less smoke and yes I noticed an MPG change.

Anyway I'm not saying its magic flying Finn but I've been reading these forums a lot and the additives they talk about with testimonials from Kirby on 3rd street I get why you brought that up. I went to the fpc site and they show me testimonials from actual trucking company's and they do have results listed if you look at the test that goes with the testimonial.

That's my 2 cents sorry for the rant.

 

They may also put lye in it and thet scrubs cylinder walls. I would'nt use any other additive beside something liek Lucas to take the water out of the fuel and I have had 1 incindent with water in fuel in the iwnter and it was in WY in -12 weather. I parked overnight and my crossover froze. Ive run CO when it was -30 without prooblems.

 

Seems those who have posted positive things about this particular snake oil have only posted in this thread. Bored reps at the FPC sales office?

 

Sure seems like it doesn't it. No one has tried to explain the chemical makeup just saying "look we have all these testimonials".