Surprised at Prime Lease Purchase

Almost everywhere ......You can get Mercer or other big company fuel discounts. Check out different fuel cards.

 

NASTC and I've recently read RTS has significant discounts as well...

 

Yeah, I liked Mercer's fuel discount program too

 

Nastc is the most common. Not quite as good as you got when leased to Mercer but real close. Also if you are a preferred carrier with the big guys you can get their fuel discounts. Before I leased to Mercer and ran my own numbers I was set up with landstar and Mercer to pay on a comdata card and just leave the money there to cover fuel instead of having them mail or direct deposit a check. You can also get landstars national account pricing on tires through their lcapp program.

It's your money so spend it however you want but I stand by my statement that only the guys who can't get their act together and operate like a real business pay list price on fuel, tires and parts.

 

You can get your own EFS account without going through someone else. They have a card for 1-25 trucks.

 

Even if you don’t have a card you pay pump price and still save .20 to .30 cents a gallon by just using mom and pop places. Never fuel at the big boys

 

True. It doesn’t make much sense to fill up at a Loves and pay $0.30 more to save $0.10. Even the mid level chains save you money. QT around me is $0.25 less than the big boys & Circle K is $0.20 cheaper.

 

With a fuel account such as nastc you will get a much better price at the big boys than at mom and pops. Maybe not every single location, but by far the vast majority.

 

You can get QT's credit card - no cost if you pay it off every month - and save at least an additional $.03. Sometimes more when they run promos.