WHERE TO BUY FUEL???
 

CAN U GUYS TELL ME WHERE 2 BUY FUEL? I RUN FROM EAST TO MIDWEST. I HEARD PA IS GOOD COS' ITS HIGH TAX RATE. HOW DO U FIGURE THIS OUT?

THANX, G

I believe you can buy fuel at any place that sells it......

Go to the 2nd page of this O/O forum and look at the Fuel Tax Information that I had a question about. I was not sure about this as to where I was to buy fuel, but figured it out right, as after 3 months, I had $3.50 credit on my IFTA account.

I thought I understood it, but really didn't until I posted the question and got some great answers.

THANX A LOT PAPA RICK

www.etrucker.com click on fuel prices

you want the cheapest "base" price(no fuel tax).

Yes, generally the states with higher fuel taxes work out to be cheaper in the long run.

midwest to pa? Do you pass by the flying j in Gary, Indiana? I'm pretty sure that's one of the best places to get fuel.

Your Welcome. You will find that this forum is a great place to get info from. Most of my post have come from asking questions and getting great advice from several people.

I really am glad I found this forum, it is great for someone wanting to learn.

Bandits Cousin was getting it for $1 per gallon. Clean cash deal.

IIRC it "fell of the back of a truck" and was a very dark shade of gray intregity wise.

LMAO

hahahahaha

oh man thats good!

If you want to find out which state is cheaper, take the fuel tax out of the price. Buying in the higher tax states may or may not be the best way to go. It depends on where you run. In some instances, not all, I have found that buying in the cheaper pump price states my total fuel costs are less than if I purchased in the more expensive states. This can be true even if you have to pay some fuel taxes at the end of the quarter. You still may pay less money out than if you purchased in the higher tax states and had a credit or basically broke even. In these instances I pay more in fuel tax at the end of the quarter, but less money out over all. As I stated, it depends on where you run. If you are running the same route or states most of the time, it is easy to calculate. I have a friend who primarily runs Ohio, Pennsylvania, Maryland, New York and New Jersey. He buys most of his fuel in Pennsylvania. His reasoning that he nearly always shows a credit on his fuel taxes. Some people still buy enough fuel in each state that they run to offset any fuel taxes. That is no longer necessary with IFTA since if you over pay in one state you can get credit for those states in which you may not have made any fuel purchases. If you run the same states all or most of the time, and don't want to do all of the calculations, you could just alternate fuel purchases in the states where you run.