fuel prices idea/suggestion

I would ask the forum administraters if they would be willing to start a section or subsection for tracking fuel prices. There's probably different ways to do it, but my idea would be to have a thread for each state and when people find a location with a good price they could post with cash/credit price and location in the subject, then put any relevent info about the place in the subject. (hours of service, perhaps a certain card gets a discount, parking and ammenities, directions from major highway, etc...)

This would be useful to me if I am heading across a state to glance and see what others are paying and perhaps stop where they did. I also could contribute, for example, I know some farm co-op card fuel spots in IL that are likely not listed on any truckstop finder apps that usually have great prices.

Thanks for considering this idea.

 

I can accept your decision, but I gotta make my case.

What I can't currently do, certainly not easily, is choose a state and see the best prices paid recently by peer review. Most fuel price sites will not even let me know with confidence if I can get an 18-wheeler in and out. I can't risk chasing 5 cent cheaper fuel unless I can get a review telling me it's a good place to stop and they have a card reader, or if they close at 8 pm, etc...

I would also point out that members who would use such a tool could easily save $1,000 or more per year. I really can't imagine what the forum could do to provide more real value to forum members than that.

Again, thanks for the consideration, and if it's determined to be not worthwhile at this time, I will accept that decision.

 

Stile, the EFS site is awesome ! But still would be curious what other prices may be available not in the EFS network and if those prices are just for EFS card, etc...

I've decided to work on it myself, will take me a bit to get organized and will only work if we can drum up enough support of people posting to make it work. Here's what I've got so far, gonna have to change a few things around before I start asking folks to join.

http://truckdiesel.boards.net/

wore out, I think local guys would be great because if you're like me you probably know a few off the beaten path stops with cheaper fuel. When I come to AR I want to know where they are at ! And I would also point out if someone else happens to post a stop a few cents cheaper on one of your regular routes that you were unaware of that could save you a bunch of money over the course of a year.