I was leaving the office the other day (in Omaha, NE) and came across a Gas Station that was selling Diesel fuel for $4.85 per gallon. Wow! As most of you know, the fuel costs are out of control and its affecting our business in a negative way. Fortunately, we have great people that are helping offset the addition fuel costs.
I am writing because we talked a driver the other day that filled up a tank in the Chicago area for $5.00 a gallon. I know that there are places in the US that have Diesel prices that are $5.00 and higher and sometime we cannot avoid those prices but I wanted to encourage each driver to be proactive where he/she fills up the motorcoach. There are many websites that give you the average fuels costs for wherever you are going. A good site that I look at on a regular basis is http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/oog/info/gdu/gasdiesel.asp. By being proactive at finding the low price for fuel in whatever location you are in can help save the company a lot of money in the long run. For example, I know that in Illinois, the average cost for diesel is 4.85-4.90. If we would have filled up at the station for 4.85 instead of 5.00 we would have saved .15 cents per gallon. A motorcoach will hold around 230 gallon which would be a savings of around $35.00. I know that does not seem like much but in the long run that number really adds up. Also, if we run our motorcoaches on the top half of the tank, the more options we have to fill up at cheaper stations.
I will be back with more fuel saving ideas in the near future.
Luke B.
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