good fuel price

[ejtrucker]

I was on hwy 84 Bainbridge GA truck stop, fuel was 3.73 cash
3.76 cr. Have a good amount of parking and a little diner. Looked like they served up some good bbq. Prices very reasonable and friendly staff. ( they washed my truck for free, LOL )

They take comdata and telcheck.

EJ

 

[dcalien]

Wow, good idea for a thread. I will start posting here when I find good fuel prices. I bought at a Speedway yesterday somewhere in Kentucky for 3.85 gallon when it was like 4 bucks everywhere around me.

Sorry I don't remember where it was. From now on I will pay more attention, now that I have a place to post it. Guess I could have started a thread myself, just been too busy running the last couple of days to even think.

 

[ejtrucker]

That is a good thing, being busy.
I had just come from Tampa area where it was 4.07/gal. I know it is higher there so I always go down with full tanks, I was not planning to get fuel I was 1/2 empty and had enough for my run but when I saw that price, shoot I wanted to call everyone I know and say, "come on down". As far as knowing or remembering the location, if you have a copy of your fuel reciept it usually gives local on it.
Be safe!! and most important have fun

 

[P51bombay]

Its a bit sad that they have us thinking it's a "deal" to get fuel under $4/gallon. LOL

 

[LDB]

Are you subject to IFTA? If so, that Kentucky fuel at $3.85 was no bargain at all. KY gives you 16.6 cents per gallon IFTA credit on your purchase. They collect 22.2 cents per gallon from your IFTA account on all gallons burned in the state. Let's say you run through KY and into IL. You buy 100 gal of fuel in KY at $3.859 and burn 50 in KY and 50 in IL. You get $16.60 put into your IFTA piggybank by KY when you buy that 100 gal. They turn around and take $11.10 out for the 50 gal. you burned in KY. That leaves $5.50 in the pig. Now you burn 50 in IL and they go to the pig to collect the $18.35 you owe them. OOPS, only $5.50 in the pig so they reach into your pocket and get the other $12.85 you owe them. Your bargain $3.859 fuel just went up to $3.9875 per gallon so your pocket is actually lighter by $398.75 and the pig is empty.

Now let's look at buying our 100 gal in nasty IL where it's $3.999 a gallon. EWE, we're already lighter by $399.90 so where's the bargain in that? Well, in IL they collect 36.7 cents per gallon burned in the state BUT they also put 36.7 cents per gallon purchased into the pig. When we spent that $400 they put $36.70 into our pig. Now KY dips in for their $11.10 leaving $25.60 and IL dips in for their $18.35 and OH, LOOK we still have $7.25 waiting in the pig for the next dipper. Now if we adjust our $3.999 by the difference it comes to $3.9265 net cost per gallon so by paying a higher price per gallon we created a lower cost per gallon.

If you have those pretty color stickers on the cab of the truck the price of the fuel on the sign and pump mean nothing and the cost of the fuel net of fuel taxes means everything.

 

[dcalien]

I assume you were talking to me when you asked if I am subject to IFTA, Leo.

No I am not, I drive a Sprinter.

 

[LDB]

Actually, I was talking to everyone who reads this thread and could be subject to IFTA. For a Sprinter the price and the cost are the same. For an IFTA regulated truck the price and the cost are different as shown in the example. For you (as in all vans and small trucks), the example means little. For the other folks (IFTA regulated), the example can mean several hundred dollars per year.

 

[CharlesD]

I just fueled at the J at exit 2 on I-65, the one near the Kentucky/Tennessee border, and I paid $3.77. I'm in a Sprinter, so I'm not concerned about IFTA.