Diesel Prices Are Going Up Really Fast

[sheridany]

I subscribe to daily forecast and weather conditions on FB and starting to see postings of no fuel in OR and AZ at specific truck stop locations. Hopefully, these are isolated locations.

Loves Kingman Az no fuel
Petro Phoenix, OR no fuel

 

[Neal]

People need to start not only planning fuel stops by finding locations on the map but calling/verifying they have fuel before you leave. The question is how best to do this? If anyone has tips to share please do. I can't imagine desk clerks at these locations answering 1,000 phone calls a day.

 

[MemoriesByTheMile]

People need to start not only planning fuel stops by finding locations on the map but calling/verifying they have fuel before you leave. The question is how best to do this? If anyone has tips to share please do. I can't imagine desk clerks at these locations answering 1,000 phone calls a day.

And even if you call, be sure scheduled fuel stops are don’t long before you NEED fuel, so you have plenty of miles remaining to carry you to option B and option C.
Be prepared!

 

[jagpot]

Based on diesel prices and housing I'm going to launch a new RV roommates forum. "RV room for rent, spacious 25 sqft"

Nice try. I see what your doing there! LOL

 

[Fish]

A guy told me and my wife that his brother called him. His brother is an otr truck driver. Guy said he was stranded out west for 2 days waiting on fuel.

Can't prove it, just repeating what we were told.

 

[Rich W.]

I also found that Loves, Pilot, TA, etc are all about .35 to .50 higher than surrounding smaller and independent fuel stops. I guess they figure they can gouge expense-account/company drivers but it must be rough on owner/operators. Im boycotting them. In Austin now and diesel is around $5.50 but I saw it as low as $5.09 in West Texas on the way here from Carlsbad. No sings of any shortages/outages between Northern Ca and here.

 

[Neal]

I also found that Loves, Pilot, TA, etc are all about .35 to .50 higher than surrounding smaller and independent fuel stops.

My understanding is this is due to a tax for highway stops, in city stations don't have this tax. Not verified but I asked this long ago always seeing city stations cheaper than truck stops.

 

[Fish]

My understanding is this is due to a tax for highway stops, in city stations don't have this tax. Not verified but I asked this long ago always seeing city stations cheaper than truck stops.

Also I can't get a 43 ft pusher pulling an extra cab silverado into anything but a truck stop.

When I had a fifth wheel and dually I'd unhook and go into town and get the cheap diesel. Also had a 60 gallon aux tank.

 

[Rich W.]

Also I can't get a 43 ft pusher pulling an extra cab silverado into anything but a truck stop.

When I had a fifth wheel and dually I'd unhook and go into town and get the cheap diesel. Also had a 60 gallon aux tank.

In the areas Ive traveled on this trip Ive found Velero, Maverick, and other independent truck stops (Stripes in San Angelo for instance) advertising fuel prices at .30+ cheaper than the big chains. I‘m hoping to continue seeing the trend as I work my way up to New England over the next month. I can fit into some gas stations with 35’ towing a jeep, but it usually isn’t fun.

 

[bpaikman]

Glad I live in the Southeast. Overall the cost of living is good down here. Good enough that people are pouring out of the Northeast (especially NY) and moving to the Southeast at an alarming rate! This is causing the cost of living to rise. When all the house buyers are showing up with $700K to $900K cash from selling their overpriced homes up North.................it causes the $300K to $500K houses around here to go up in price very quickly!

We are seeing the same thing in our little hometown. The good thing is our house is worth more, but so? We'd like to downsize, but wouldn't save anything. plus we'd have closing costs, etc.