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How Much Fuel Are You Burning To Chain Up
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Number of Trucks in Fleet |
1 |
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Number of times chained per season |
20 |
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Cost per Gallon of Fuel |
$2.75 |
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Gallons per hour used idling |
.75 |
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Hours to chain up with Tool |
.5 |
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Hours to chain up without Tool |
1 |
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Hours driven before parking for storm |
5.5 |
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Cost of Fuel per season with Tool |
$20.63 |
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Cost of Fuel per season without Tool |
$41.25 |
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Cost of Fuel per season to park truck instead of Chaining Up |
$226.88 |
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Added fuel cost by using the tool |
$0.00 |
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Added fuel cost by not using the tool |
$20.62 |
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Added fuel cost by not chaining at all |
$206.25 |
Based on the previous example of 1 truck in the fleet, (Once again average fleet size for larger fleets) over one winter season that truck had to chain up 20 times. Based on $2.75 for a gallon of fuel and the truck burns ¾ of a gallon per hour. Once again we are using the example that it takes only half of the time to chain up with the tool as opposed to not using the tool. For the driver who decides to park the truck instead of chaining up for the storm we are using the example that he was able to drive half of that day before parking his truck. Times are based on the 11 hour driving rule and do not include times idling for regular off duty status.
Once again you can see that using the “Trucker’s Chain-
