Fuel surcharge question for the tanker dudes
 

I might just be able to stay put! I mean, there's a real appeal to incurring no changeover costs and having one less job change on my 10 year work history.

My question is this, what are you guys averaging for fsc/loaded mile, nowadays? I'm sure it's better than what I'll be getting, about 50cpm loaded and empty at today's fuel prices, but I'm wondering if I can find a way to justify the difference in staying put v. changing companies.

If the difference is too great, I may have to bite the bullet and completely change jobs. If I'm going to end up doing that eventually anyway, it may be best just to do it now. But, I've heard this affiliate I'm looking at is one of the better ones. It's decision time, at least in the next day or two or three.

Lowrange lives to fight another day! :lol:

I am not a tanker yanker but OOIDA has a fuel surcharge scale on their website you can use to compare what you are getting and what you should be getting. Just go to www.ooida.com and click on benefits. It is based upon your base rate (I use $1.10 gallon), your mpg and the national average cost for fuel. You plug in the numbers and it gives you the fsc.

This one isn't about 'ought to', Gman, the tanker dudes know what I'm talking about.

Some of them cats are flat making out! For them, it's not simply about adjusting for the fuel price, for these boys it's just good ol' revenue. :D

Over the last 5 weeks I avg. 85cpm FSC,if you add in 2 special trips I did that are not necessarily available to everyone I avg. .95cpm

edit:those are for loaded miles only

Thanks, Mike that helps a lot.

Let's see, if we use 30% deadhead, 50cpm loaded and empty is the same as 65cpm just loaded. Right there, that puts me 20 cents per loaded mile less than you, or 15cpm less for all miles.

Well, I can definitely go in and talk to them anyway. 15cpm is no small amount of revenue, though.

I don't know about Mike, but my deadhead is less than 20%.

30% +

With the FSC charge being different customer by customer...you went and made me drag out the calculater!

This week, I am at $1.262 per loaded mile, with 42% DH. I'll be at 2300 miles thursday, with 965 empty miles in there.

If I had pulled for a couple different customers this trip, my fsc would be closer to Mikes.

Well, I went and talked to them. I'm not too impressed. Boss guy- says only three guys quit over the change in surcharge. Outlying terminal manager, says about 13 guys quit over the change in surcharge. Getting kind of the run around too.

I just want this to be over. I want to get in a good system and shake the tree- before everyone else hires genius bean counters and you just can't make it anymore!

Wow OTG, you're close to the 50% of a dedicated driver. Are you getting up there around $3/mile all in?

Who are you talking about?