Millis OTR journal

No thats it in a basic way.companies. buy x number of gallons in each state

 

I know 30 years ago that's the way we did it but after being off the road for so long and coming back, I thought that was the whole premise behind IFTA,,,,,, no?

 

Well for as bad as yday sucked, today has made up for it. Delivered in Romeoville IL at 8 30 and completely expected some kind of Plano run without many miles....well weekend dispatch hooked me up lol. Got sent 142 empty miles to Hartford WI where Im currently waiting to be loaded. Then down to Richfield for the night, and off to Martinsburg WV tomorrow for Mon morn delivery. 780 loaded miles, so 922 mile load from weekend dispatch so even with Fridays cluster f Ill have my best week for miles since coming back...gladly take it since going home next weekend until day after labor day, and thats unpaid....but buying a house so need some time off to get things fixed, cleaned, and moved.

 

Annnndddd now I sit at the trucks only rest area on 80/90 with a nail in my trailer tire and the outside part of tire recap has came off.....is it Thursday yet?

 

Ya 4 hours later i was rolling finally. Didnt effect delivery so no big deal really. Just another day in the life of a trucker lol

 

If you want the true cost of fuel you need to subtract out the state fuel tax. IFTA does something to do with. Illinois has a high fuel tax and the higher pump price is misleading once you subtract out the fuel
Tax thefuel is lower. If you
Pay to much fuel tax in Illinois you will be credited with the overage and it applied to the other states tax.

 

But not all states give you 100% credit for your overpayment. When I was a BCO at Landstar, they provided us with a list of what states credited what percentage. That way you didn't over fuel in states that shorted you on your IFTA.

 

At least when I was keeping track of ifta, I'd fuel a lot in SC, TN, MO, and like states (low ifta, very low price), then counter with the occasional fill up in OH, MI, IL, PA, and such (high ifta, med-high price). I was always after the highest IFTA to price ratio. The most I ever paid was $70 for my straight truck. I was usually around $30 for the quarter, and occasionally got a small ($20 or so) credit for the next quarter. Surprisingly, the best state at the time was PA, followed by NJ and OH. That was 10 years ago, tho. I have no idea what it is today.

All I know is states like IN, KY, VA, and OR want their cake and eat it too; so I would try to avoid fuelling there. They'd charge some ifta at the pump, or not charge at all, then hit you with a nice surprise come filing time. KY and VA weren't too bad - .03-.07, or something like that. But I would rather do my business at the pump, thank you.