MACKS Posted April 28, 2022 Share Posted April 28, 2022 Just paid 5.80 a gallon what the heck is going on,gas is not increasing but diesel is going up 20 to 30 cents a day,any body have a clue ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeH Posted April 29, 2022 Share Posted April 29, 2022 Paid 5.899 today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hans Remmers Posted April 29, 2022 Share Posted April 29, 2022 My company's fuel supplier was saying it will be over $6 real soon meanwhile the small stations are down in the low 5's. Gas is creeping up but not as fast as fuel it seems. There was a brief relief after Dementia Joe announced opening the reserves only to find out its going to Europe. NY made a big deal about suspending tax on gas but that doesn't even start til June. Its all a big mess with no solution in sight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skydawg Posted April 29, 2022 Share Posted April 29, 2022 Two days ago it could be had for $4.99/gal here in NNJ.Today it`s $5.76...WTF? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MACKS Posted April 29, 2022 Author Share Posted April 29, 2022 Right now it’s costing me over a thousand a week for fuel in my dump truck,anybody have a formula for a fuel surcharge,no way I can absorb this cost.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeH Posted April 29, 2022 Share Posted April 29, 2022 You have to figure what metric works for your business. For most it's by the mile. For me it's by the yard of concrete sold. Figure out your average MPG. Price per Gallon - amount per gallon you cover, ÷ MPG = surcharge/mile. Example: 5.89 - 3 = 2.89 ÷ 6 = $0.48/mile surcharge. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackdog2 Posted April 29, 2022 Share Posted April 29, 2022 Look up " Gas Buddy " tell you were the cheapest gas or diesel anywhere ? 1 Quote Ed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vladislav Posted April 29, 2022 Share Posted April 29, 2022 In Iran probably... 1 Quote Никогда не бывает слишком много грузовиков! leversole 11.2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark T Posted April 29, 2022 Share Posted April 29, 2022 I bet pete buttigieg knows how much fuel costs... and he's probably addressing the issue right now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjc transport Posted April 29, 2022 Share Posted April 29, 2022 petey buttplug is probably raising prices so he can become a millionaire like his mentor dopy joe. 1 Quote when you are up to your armpits in alligators, it is hard to remember you only came in to drain the swamp.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MACKS Posted April 29, 2022 Author Share Posted April 29, 2022 Cheapest diesel here on Long Island NY is now 6 bucks,some stations are up to 6.79 and I’m sure the rest will follow,how high can it go and why? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
70mackMB Posted April 29, 2022 Share Posted April 29, 2022 $6.45 at lrving in Bow Jct (NH near Concord) this afternoon. $5.99 here in town. 🖕 Brandon! .....Hippy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Joey Mack Posted April 29, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted April 29, 2022 What's going on, is the intentional destruction of the core of our great country!!! The lib news talks about the issues, product shortages, high rent, high food prices, high fuel prices, and all of of us white people are racist... And they love every minute of it.. They are fueling the fire that is burning us to the ground.. FJB, and K.H. and N.P. and Mayorkas , and so many more.... dammit, I get so pissed off !!... Jojo 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MACKS Posted April 30, 2022 Author Share Posted April 30, 2022 13 minutes ago, Joey Mack said: What's going on, is the intentional destruction of the core of our great country!!! The lib news talks about the issues, product shortages, high rent, high food prices, high fuel prices, and all of of us white people are racist... And they love every minute of it.. They are fueling the fire that is burning us to the ground.. FJB, and K.H. and N.P. and Mayorkas , and so many more.... dammit, I get so pissed off !!... Jojo Yup and not a peep on the news tonight about these incredible fuel prices.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onyx610 Posted April 30, 2022 Share Posted April 30, 2022 31 minutes ago, Joey Mack said: What's going on, is the intentional destruction of the core of our great country!!! The lib news talks about the issues, product shortages, high rent, high food prices, high fuel prices, and all of of us white people are racist... And they love every minute of it.. They are fueling the fire that is burning us to the ground.. FJB, and K.H. and N.P. and Mayorkas , and so many more.... dammit, I get so pissed off !!... Jojo 👏🏻 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark T Posted April 30, 2022 Share Posted April 30, 2022 The oil companies are like the proverbial woman scorned. They're just letting everyone know who's in charge. What kind of idiot (s) kick the legs right out from under a country trying to get back up to speed after being shut down ? Oil companies know these morons are to much of a bunch of assholes to stop them from having their way with prices. and yes.......FJB 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Binder Posted April 30, 2022 Share Posted April 30, 2022 Big money controls this country. Big money controls the politicians and there's not an honest one in Washington. I can't remember where I read it but what I read said that if it cost a dollar to refine a gallon of gas, it cost nineteen cents to refine a gallon of diesel. The oil companies are making a killing off of diesel. It's called price gouging but the politicians aren't going to do anything about it. An old trucker, now deceased, told me it was a way to drive all the independent truckers out of business. He told me he was getting fuel one day and a driver with one of the major hauling companies was fueling next to him. The old man said, in talking with the other driver, that he didn't see how the major haulers could make any money paying 4.89 a gallon. The other driver said that they only paid 1.59. The driver, who said his brother worked in the main office, said that at the end of the year that they submit their fuel cost to the govt and they get a rebate from the govt that brings their cost down to 1.59. May be BS but who knows when big money controls everything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtymilkman Posted April 30, 2022 Share Posted April 30, 2022 Yeah, that's total bullshit. You can try to contract fuel and play options. That will save you sometimes. I have a couple 10,000 gallon barrels I fill when it's cost prohibitive. But this will kill the country. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted April 30, 2022 Share Posted April 30, 2022 (edited) The whole thing sucks around here it’s up to her 585 in some spots discusting now dumb dumb wants to sends another 40 billion dollars to Ukraine how about taking care of us first the coward should just send all our airforce over there and end it instead of burning through all our tax money (IDIOTS) Edited April 30, 2022 by mowerman Misspelled Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Licensed to kill Posted April 30, 2022 Share Posted April 30, 2022 18 hours ago, MACKS said: Right now it’s costing me over a thousand a week for fuel in my dump truck,anybody have a formula for a fuel surcharge,no way I can absorb this cost.. I don't believe in fuel surcharges. First, you add a fuel surcharge and the customer will, expect you to lower it as soon as the price changes, second, high fuel prices raise the price of EVERYTHING including your cost of living. If you only raise your rate by the increase in fuel you are using you are going backwards. I set my rate at what I need which include the present price of fuel and all of the added cost of living and doing business associated. Just use the same formula you used to set your rate before just using your current costs and cost of living. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MACKS Posted April 30, 2022 Author Share Posted April 30, 2022 6 hours ago, Licensed to kill said: I don't believe in fuel surcharges. First, you add a fuel surcharge and the customer will, expect you to lower it as soon as the price changes, second, high fuel prices raise the price of EVERYTHING including your cost of living. If you only raise your rate by the increase in fuel you are using you are going backwards. I set my rate at what I need which include the present price of fuel and all of the added cost of living and doing business associated. Just use the same formula you used to set your rate before just using your current costs and cost of living. Agree will just keep upping my rates that’s what most companies are doing around here.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeH Posted April 30, 2022 Share Posted April 30, 2022 We added a fuel surcharge to our concrete for the first time in 55 years of selling concrete. It's a way to cover the absurdity of one particular major expense that can wildly fluctuate. "If" the price ever stabilizes back into a reasonable range of $3, we will drop the surcharge. It also forces the conversation about how messed up things are right now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Mack Posted April 30, 2022 Share Posted April 30, 2022 I'm just a 'Guppy' in the ocean called "business".. but these high costs have an instant impact on me. My service truck is a diesel, I get around 12 mpg. 30 gallon tank. Certainly nothing compared to my old Century class truck with 2 (95) gallon tanks. which I owned in 2005-06 when fuel was $5 bucks a gallon in the northeast region, where I ran the most.. My issue is that I dont have A large reserve of money, because I am so small and can only do so much work by myself, I dont pull in big buck's. I have 2 road calls to do this morning and I need to squirt some fuel. So I will probably buy $50.00 worth, to go out and gross $150-$200.00.. That isnt business owner earning's, thats employee earnings at Wal-Mart. then factor in that all of my products have gone up 50-100%.. IE: Brake cleaner/ Penetrating oil/ Grease tubes/ all forms of oils that I use/ D.O.T. brass/ ect: My cash rate is only $60/ hour, Now I have to raise my price to ALL of my customers. Anyway, I know I went out there a bit, but to me it's all the same issue... jojo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtymilkman Posted April 30, 2022 Share Posted April 30, 2022 Joey, you should move here to Minnesota. At 60 dollars an hour you'd be so busy you'd never have money problems. Mack dealer here is $150 hour for in shop labor. Independent guys are around $100. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Mack Posted April 30, 2022 Share Posted April 30, 2022 👍... $150/hr here too.. I know I'm cheap, but in my area, I'm competitive, a bit low though.. I would rather be in my shop building Mack E-Techs. I just cranked a John Deere 3179DF yesterday. I re-built it from a bare block. I also have an E-Tch and an E-6 2Valve in my shop. Almost done with the E-Tech. 1/2 way through the E-6. That one is for a restoration that is taking a fews years to get done. I'm about to un cover it and go at it.. Ok, gotta go.. 2 road calls today.. jojo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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