Logbook, Mileage or Fuel records keeper

[bpaikman]

i’m sure this has been discussed before, but I searched the forum and couldn’t find what I’m looking for. I seem to be unable to find a decent fuel records book for RV owners.
I basically want : date, odometer. fueling stop location (very important), gallons, price per, total, and space for notes (DEF, propane, whatever)
The main problem - none of them provide a column for noting where you bought the fuel. I don’t need a gazillion columns that just need a checkmark. I can make notes in a ‘etc’ column.
If we see an odd charge in our credit card statement, we have to trace back and figure out where that came from - it takes skills sometimes.
What do you all do?

 

[Rich W.]

I just log it all in a small blank notebook but an organized purpose designed log book would be nice.

 

[bpaikman]

I just log it all in a small blank notebook but an organized purpose designed log book would be nice.

yes that’s what we do, but we log differently and it gets sloppy

 

[Rich W.]

yes that’s what we do, but we log differently and it gets sloppy

Mine is atrocious but it works. Also allows me to figure MPG when I feel like it. BTW I get about 300 mpg on DEF - is that about what you get?

 

[Joe Hogan]

I use Fuelly an app. Works well for multiple vehicles. Does all calcs and tracks expenses. Use the free version.

 

[Diesel Pusher]

I use a spreadsheet on which I've created all the categories I want to track. The formulas for totals, averages etc are simple and straightforward. I use one sheet per year which feeds a summary page where I can view a comparison of year over year. Best of all, it's free!

 

[Russellvh]

Likewise I use a spreadsheet. When I get fuel I write the odometer miles on the back of the receipt and transfer to the spreadsheet next time on it. The receipt tells me where, gallons and price.

 

[LMHS]

I built my own spreadsheet from scratch. It was originally in OpenOffice but it's now in LibreOffice. I first looked at many of the free ones and tried editing a few. Editing taught me how to write my own formulas. I finally ended up building my own. Just so many things I didn't want to track and so many things that I did.

I not only track my fuel, mileage and all the "normal" auto things but I also track meals out, groceries, rental movies, site rent, LP purchases, electric charges, along with a lot of other things.

All the pages in the spreadsheet link to the first page. Since this is just for my own personal information, I use it to cover a wide range of stuff. It's more like a "where did the money go" spreadsheet.

 

[Kevin D Pem]

I built my own spreadsheet from scratch. It was originally in OpenOffice but it's now in LibreOffice. I first looked at many of the free ones and tried editing a few. Editing taught me how to write my own formulas. I finally ended up building my own. Just so many things I didn't want to track and so many things that I did.

I not only track my fuel, mileage and all the "normal" auto things but I also track meals out, groceries, rental movies, site rent, LP purchases, electric charges, along with a lot of other things.

All the pages in the spreadsheet link to the first page. Since this is just for my own personal information, I use it to cover a wide range of stuff. It's more like a "where did the money go" spreadsheet.

And you really want to open-source that spreadsheet on the resources right?

 

[RandyB]

Camping Journal App

Post #4

 

[jmltech]

I use an IOS app… Road Trip HD. Use it for all our vehicles.
Road Trip HD

 

[bpaikman]

I use Fuelly an app. Works well for multiple vehicles. Does all calcs and tracks expenses. Use the free version.

View attachment 21834

cool. I’ll check that one out. I’ve never heard of it.

 

[bpaikman]

I use an IOS app… Road Trip HD. Use it for all our vehicles.
Road Trip HD

i’ll check that out too

 

[bpaikman]

Camping Journal App

Post #4

that sounds interesting. I’ll check it out.