How much does it cost to transport a gallon of fuel to a retail gas station?

We average 125,000-150,000 in most trucks, a few will run closer to 200,000 a year. We get new trucks every 4 years, and trailers every 10-15. Truck I drive has 585k on it, and will be replaced late winter/early spring.

 

Avg miles per yr has many variables too. Most fuel haulers run 2 shifts per truck,each driver would avg 40-75k per yr. Some more some less. As far as rates go,short haul (1 -15 mile round trip )rates are much higher.You basically figure what time is involved in a load and the hourly rate required and that corresponds to the per gallon rate.

 

I hauled for Sun Oil in Tulsa and we spent a lot of time deadheading, more than we were loaded. Funny, when Propane-Anhydrous season started, you could'nt get a break. You had to drive 50 miles, then waid 2 hrs, load and go 100 miles, un;oad, drive back and do it over. We had $140K Propane tanks too.

 

The loss is just a tax write off. Does BP have franchises or are they all company stations? I can guarantee that BP won't loose money on their petroleum products. With BP controlling everything.. Transportation production, storage etc. they can shift money from here to there where ever their tax people tell them to.

 

And the taxes shouldn't be where they are. Do you realize just how much state taxes are ? California is 19 cents PLUS sales tax. So if your at 4 dollars a gallon at a county at 9% that's 19 cents plus 36 cents.. Just for state tax.and you want a reasonable transportation costs? Go out and buy a fuel truck and trailer 250,000 plus.. Insurance liability 5 million , state, county and city hazmat permits, state permits just for the tank and inspection of the tank, EPA permits. Funds for clean up. And now in California Carbon tax..then there is the storage fees, the pipeline fees, and that's just the surface .. And you want what? First go ##### to your local county and state politicians. Just like hotel , car rental, tobacco, and alcohol taxes that are just local .. Are a fat piggy bank for politicians. And you want a realistic price of gas? It would be easier to ask for that unicorn.

 

Think... 90% of the deliveries are less than 20 miles on the average.. You can get that kind of mileage running interstate, but not local. I bet most fuel trucks average 60-70 thousand a year. 100,000 a year is average of 274 miles a day 7 days a week..it is more like 50-100 miles a day average. Maybe 150 a day. And that's 55,000. That's one shift. So two shifts would be about 110,000 a year.

 

Now if you think you know everything about Gas? What is the difference that makes premium or mid grade over regular?

 

We would go to Sun, load and go to a drop, deadhead to Kansas and pickup a load and go to Tulsa then pickup another there and go to TX. We were'nt always loaded, kind of like hauling cattle. We ran between 110 and 120K a year by going to KS, TX etc but local haulers only run about 75K maybe and thats had to do with 1 driver. We would start a lot of times loaded, go dump and reload, then be able to run another 9 hrs on a long load. The old tanks we had would jerk your head off too.