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Graymist
Joined: 13 Jan 2007
Posts: 327
Location: Edmonton AB & Pittsburgh PA
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| Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2008 8:08 pm Post subject: Fuel caps |
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| Are there any companies in the US, that offer capped fuel rates to their owner / ops ? |
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TK THE TRUCKER
Joined: 11 Jul 2004
Posts: 894
Location: NEAR ROCHESTER, NY
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| Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2008 8:36 pm Post subject: |
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| I was expecting a question about fuel tank caps :D As far as I know, which I'm not 100% sure about here at Marten the fuel surcharge for contractors is a penny per mile for every 6 cents over $1.25 per gallon the national average price of fuel is for each week. I haven't thought about it that much but I guess if your truck is getting 6 mpg than you would be paying about $1.25 depending on where you got fuel. I might be figuring it wrong though ? It's been a long day 8) 8) |
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jokerpop
Joined: 20 May 2007
Posts: 57
Location: NJ
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| Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 5:38 am Post subject: Re: Fuel caps |
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Graymist wrote: Are there any companies in the US, that offer capped fuel rates to their owner / ops ?
I have been looking at alot of companys and the one's that do allways have a down side and you pay more for other things. I want to put my truck on the road but it has to make me money. So you have to get the rate you need to run your truck. I figure .95 cpm to run my truck and will not and can not run her for less then 1.95 cpm and 100% FSC to the truck. At this time hooking up with a company is the best way for me to go. You have to look at every thing.. The rate your getting, FSC,Tolls and if you run a load say from De to Ct and pay $100 in tolls,you don't want to dead head back,will the company let you find your own laod back? or did the 3.00 cpm trip become 1.50cpm ? I may not know my A$$ from a hole in the ground,But if my truck can't make me money then maybe I should sell the truck and buy a sailboat. |
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GMAN
Joined: 13 Feb 2005
Posts: 9882
Location: Tennessee
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| Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 9:32 am Post subject: |
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| Most carriers have a fuel surcharge which should keep fuel costs at a fixed amount. The better carriers should have a surcharge which changes weekly to reflect current fuel prices, depending on their contracts with shippers. Some only change monthly. If you are leased to a carrier that only adjusts their fsc monthly, you could be caught short if fuel takes an abrupt and high spike. I would make sure that any carrier to whom you lease passes all of the fsc on to their owner operators. |
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