Leased on to carrier that lets me use their fuel card questions...

A friend of mine told me one time if you use their fuel card, that if they go broke at least you have your fuel paid for and you havnt used your own money.

 

I paid my own plate too. Owner of company asked me why. I said if you piss me off I can just drive away..........

He didn't know what to say.

I use my own card becaue I get a discount that is better than the company's discounts. I guess I can see the point if your planing on them locking there doors but I would already be gone if I felt that way.

 

I stopped doing that a while ago. The carrier I had leased to was messing up the settlements and charging back the fees for each transaction which to me was a bad thing because it wasn't in the contract so we terminated it and move to another company.

I refused to have any carrier pay for or get me my plates, I am a contractor, not an employee and if they want to pay me for them, they can put it into the settlement as a unnamed reimbursement.

 

Some fleets get better fuel pricing than you can. I have my own card but its only good around my regional area. If l had to go otr l'd either have to get another card or use the carriers card or cash whichever would be cheaper for me.

 

They pay all your fuel costs that's odd

 

I went through a similar situation with my the carrier I am with. I was using his fuel fuel card. I got the cash discount, but he was not passing along the total discount from the fuel card to me. He was keeping that for himself. I ended up getting my own fuel card and the savings is substantial.

Personally,.. the more you are in control of and the less you depend on the carrier/broker to supply you with the better. What happens if their fuel card gets shut off? Or there becomes a dependency with how much fuel you used. You dont need those kinds of problems. There are many fuel card out there that will save you $0.20 - $0.30 off the pump price.

Hurst

 

Yes
Easier for the carrier...
The carrier should be passing along all discounts. A decent fuel card will offer a sum of amount purchased per state for the quarter which then can be added to the ifta report. I can see a carrier squabbling over an owner operator submitting a stack of receipts, that would be a pain to add up and deal with.