59 CPM fuel cost..............
HOLY SHIT!!!! Mines under 40 CPM, well under. |
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if your getting only 5 MPG you won't last long - you need to get at least 6 to "break even" with the normal fuel surcharge. A decent tractor pulling a van should be 7+ .
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we're sitting at approx $.63/mile for fuel last time I checked. That's ~5.5mpg & $3.50/gallon. That will get worse in the winter. And then there's the idling....1 gallon per hour for 10 hours/day. This is 80,000lbs gross in eastern PA so it's kinda hilly.
Our trucks are older, but I've not seen a new truck that makes a difference yet. 1995 N14 410hp, 2001 C15 475hp, 1998 M11 370hp. We just bought an '08 ISX 485 hp this week so we'll soon see about tis mileage thing. When budgeting, I like to err on the side of caution. Use winter mileage of 5 mpg and add 10 gallons per day to idle if you don't have a bunk heater. |
No adevertising, just trying to get some real numbers. I too figured 5 mpg as a baseline. Better to have left over than to fall short. It's just when I was figuring it out 6k a month for fuel was a bit of a shock. I suppose if you haul light loads in a van you'd get some better mpg...I am looking at flatbed. The rates should be better to offset the heavier loads?? I'm not trying to sell anything, just looking for some good baseline numbers. Many thanks to those that replied with some useful info.
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he was referring to mandlon's post.
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