What's your fuel cost you per mile?

Discussion in 'Ask An Owner Operator' started by Shotgun94, Oct 3, 2018.

  1. win-some-loose-less

    win-some-loose-less Medium Load Member

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    Now if we can only keep these “mpg chassers” and megas out the fast lane and out of middle lane in no Truck left lane zones we might could actually get somewhere while we blowing money out the stack lol
     
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  3. Rubber duck kw

    Rubber duck kw Road Train Member

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    Unless you're working cheap as #### mpg isn't that big of a deal as long as you're not spending more than 50 to 55cents a mile on fuel.
     
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  4. Shotgun94

    Shotgun94 Medium Load Member

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    41250/90,000 = .458 cpm, ok.
    So for example. I have a load going 750 loaded and 70 empty. Total 820 miles at 7 mpg and pay approx 2.77 gal. My fuel cost per mile is 324/820 = .39 cpm with this one load.
     
  5. againstthewind

    againstthewind Road Train Member

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    i hope its real low for prime trucks, i would hate to see them creating traffic clusters for nothin.
     
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  6. River9601

    River9601 Light Load Member

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    I’m at about $0.46-0.49 cents per mile on fuel. And that’s lugging heavy equipment around the majority of the time.
     
  7. Dave_in_AZ

    Dave_in_AZ Road Train Member

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    Old school drivers from the 70s had a real easy way to figure what freight costs to run. And I think it reigns true today.

    You should be hauling freight per mile for what a gallon of fuel costs.
     
  8. Rubber duck kw

    Rubber duck kw Road Train Member

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    Thats the way it used to be figured and still works today.
     
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  9. bryan21384

    bryan21384 Road Train Member

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    Let's see here, I'm averaging about 7 miles per gallon......fuel is starting to creep back up, I've been getting fuel at prices averaging $3.03-$3.15 so. Average cost has gone up to the ball park of $0.43-$0.45 per mile. That cost can decrease in Mississippi, Oklahoma, Missouri, but you'll make up for it in IFTA
     
  10. Ruthless

    Ruthless Road Train Member

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    8% of gross receipts last calendar year.
     
  11. Johny41

    Johny41 Road Train Member

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    Im getting aprox 8 mpg, i paid aprox 3$/ gal this week.
    3 divided by 8 =0.375 $/mile
     
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