Average cruising range

When and where you fuel isn't a big deal. The only time you need to worry about that is if you hit the danger zone and since the fuel gauges on the fleet trucks work most of the time you have no reason to worry. If I were you I'd invest in a yard stick though. You will thank me for this one day when you have to take a truck the fuel gauge doesn't work in. Or you're really low on fuel and the gauge is reading E. Also I don't trust a fuel gauge in the trucks that work my yard stick is my best friend on the road

 

OMG LMAO

 

i can't even imagine someone telling me where to fuel...geez comp drivers catch #### don't they? Ugh

 

That's impossible to answer since trucks carry different types of fuel tanks and they never burn the same amount of fuel. Once you get going in the same truck find out what your fuel mileage is and figure from there.

 

the fuel programs work out well actually
at transam lease operators fuel where we want
but the fuel program allows us the biggest discount at some stations
all the pilots aren't the same each one is different
Effingham flying j is 36 off cash price
but the pilot 2 miles away is only 12 cents

 

well, this question is kinda like: how much wood could a wood chuck chuck if a wood chuck could chuck wood

I have 2 x 120 gal. tanks (that's 240 useable), on the flats, I can run about 1,400 miles avg. 74 mph. In the mountains, it depends on the load, the weather, etc., but 850 to 1,100 miles is norm.

 

I couldn't imagine that either. But when you save 40 cents per gallon or more on fuel I can see why they'd tell a company driver where to fuel. Oh well don't have to worry about only thing I have to worry about is acidently kicking thetank selector over to the drivers side and not realizing it. Bout cost me 20 minutes of jacking off the primer on my truck luckily I had 4" left in the passenger side and that got me to the reservation to fuel. I couldn't figure out why that fuel was $.20/gallon cheaper than Topeka till I read LOW SULFER DIESEL and started grinning from ear to ear #### that truck ran good the whole way home

 

about 200 gallons is average. used to be 300 gallons.

lately i've been seeing mega carriers with much smaller tanks.

about 900 - 1000 in the west. about 1200 or better in the east. 220 gallons useable out of 2 X 125.

 

just figure about 5 mpg.

that will leave you some room for error.

 

To break it down why companies tell you where to fuel and how much to get is based on who is offering the biggest discount off of pump price and the state with the best fuel tax. Example if company ABC negotiates with lets say Pilot, and lets say the pump price is 3.79/gal. Pilot may give company ABC a .30/gal discount. And when you re fueling over 10,000 trucks a day, every discount and penny saved helps your bottom line. In addition Pilot may tell company ABC if they buy 20,000 gallons worth of fuel, they will get a rebate for every gallon over that 20,000 gallon quota.

Example 1: 3.79/gal times 100 gallons=379.00 times 10,000 trucks equal $3,790,000 dollars in fuel per day

Example 2:3.49/gal times 100 gallons=349.00 times 10,000 trucks equal $3,490,000 dollars in fuel per day meaning a $300,000 a day in fuel savings