I will drive only when I really need to and then combine trips as much as possible. I;m not doing it to save money. I'm doing it bc its the right thing to do. I guess I'm saving so another gas hog can gobble it up. Still if many people save the end result will be less polution, better balance of trade, lower prices, and a feeling that we are doing something good.
What changes have you made since gas is over $3?
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Amen Al.
I'm moving, its closer to work so now I can just walk the .75 miles.
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I'm just using current "in tanks" inventory until the price rolls back just a bit. The demand region wide has been cut back. The labor day traffic was radically reduced according to the traffic reports I viewed ..which is kinda funny if you think of the amount of money any solvent family would be spending on a good resort weekend. Why quibble about another $50 in trans costs
This has to be doing something to global demand ..albeit minor. If we're going to be short on refining capacity ...and everyone else is already at 100% capcity ..there has to be a glut ..of sorts ..in the global oil market. The price of crude should drop.
What am I getting wrong here
This has to be doing something to global demand ..albeit minor. If we're going to be short on refining capacity ...and everyone else is already at 100% capcity ..there has to be a glut ..of sorts ..in the global oil market. The price of crude should drop.
What am I getting wrong here
You can't look at it that way, since many trucks are running around 1/4 or 1/2 loaded anyways. Some guys can't afford newer trucks and are stuck with an older mechanical diesel struggling to get 4mpg.
Owners of these trucks have to buy in the neighborhood of 200 gallons every day and a half per truck. When the price of diesel increases between $0.50 and $0.75 a gallon in a week, it hurts, and the price of what is transported in the trucks has to go up too.
The company I work for has about 40 trucks on the road. Fuel is a large concern for us. We have to buy fuel at high prices now. Today. Even if we raise our rates to compensate, that money can take weeks or even months to come in. Freight brokers are slow to pass higher rates along too. I was working to load a truck late last week from San Francisco CA to Nashua NH, and the guy wouldn't hear of over $1.20/mile. That's cheap freight. We were getting that 3 months ago.
Personally what am I doing? I'm trying to drive less, combine trips, and stay just under the speed limit.
At work, I refuse to idle the truck. If I'm stopped, the truck gets shut off. An idling 14L engine burns about a gallon an hour.
65 mph is fast enough. Keeping speed down in a big truck is a big fuel saver.
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At work, I refuse to idle the truck. If I'm stopped, the truck gets shut off. An idling 14L engine burns about a gallon an hour.
65 mph is fast enough. Keeping speed down in a big truck is a big fuel saver.
[ September 05, 2005, 10:02 AM: Message edited by: Julius Seizure ]
I'm still glad I sold my truck in 1978 trucking is a hard way to make money .Big trucks are still neat I was lucky to get into forklift repair the company has some 10 wheeler with rollback beds and a semi I could drive.
buster, how much higher would your monthly fuel cost be if you still had that Dodge truck (compared to your Honda)?
Its a tough nut to crack when you have almost a 50% increase in fuel prices in a few months. This is all going to whack us all in a few months. It takes time for the full effects to reveal themselves.
I believe there will be a positive spin on this somehow.
I believe there will be a positive spin on this somehow.
Drove the state of Il this Weekend and saw $3.30 to as high as $3.75 on the way south. Coming back today prices were back to $2.99 to $3.19.
Traffic was big time less than usual even on a non holiday weekend.
Saw at least 7 caravans with a total of 70 fire and ambulance vehicles heading south from Chicagoland to N.O. and several fire Depts on the overpasses sending them off.
Traffic was big time less than usual even on a non holiday weekend.
Buster, multiply your current fuel costs by 2.8.
Call me crazy but I just work an extra Hr a week to cover it. Everything gets more expensive eventually. This is just one of those things so I refuse to freak out. I refuse to participate in any inflation or recession. I will just earn more as things increase in cost. Its the way it is, has been, and always will be. rant rant rant!!!
It's nice to give yourself a raise.
It would be nice if we could cutback on our gas usage and send the amount saved to the RC, Salvation Army, Mennonite Disaster Relief, Catholic Charities, etc. Saving gas is good for the country and so is giving to relief efferts.
Beginning Friday, I haven't driven my pick-up at all. My motorcycle has become my primary transpotation. My fiancee is still driving her Moutaineer, but with the 302 V8 it gets better gas mileage than a standard Ford Explorer with the 4.0 V6.
One of the guys I work with owns a small trucking company with 4 trucks and 1 dump truck. He has parked two of his trucks, putting two drivers out of work, and his dump truck hasn't seen any work because he raised his rates to $65/hour. This put another driver out of work. He feels bad, but he said he can't afford to lose money just to keep his drivers at work.
He's been spending alot of time trying to figure out how to supplement his diesel fuel with 25% WVO. He said if he can do this he will be able to get all of his truck moving again.
One of the guys I work with owns a small trucking company with 4 trucks and 1 dump truck. He has parked two of his trucks, putting two drivers out of work, and his dump truck hasn't seen any work because he raised his rates to $65/hour. This put another driver out of work. He feels bad, but he said he can't afford to lose money just to keep his drivers at work.
He's been spending alot of time trying to figure out how to supplement his diesel fuel with 25% WVO. He said if he can do this he will be able to get all of his truck moving again.
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