Fuel Price

luvrbus · March 21, 2026, 05:31:20 AM

I went to help a older couple with their MCI he changed the fuel filters on the side of the road outside Needles and it lost prime. I didn't have any fuel in my can so I went to Needles and paid $7.95 for gal of diesel fuel that is crazy. He was low on fuel and was trying to make it to F/J or Loves in Lake Havasu, I got him across the river and filled up for $4.59 a gal, his wife Jill was all smiles full of fuel and tucked in at Casino's parking lot for the night. Ca should put a stop to the fuel gouging prices in Needles

Gary Hatt - Publisher BCM · March 21, 2026, 07:54:05 AM

For those of us poor paupers, I will have to significantly restrict my travel until fuel prices come down to a range I can afford. Definitely going to fill up BEFORE driving into California. I am glad I have a 238-gallon fuel tank, so I can afford to buy fuel in cheaper states and drive through more expensive ones.

luvrbus · March 21, 2026, 09:11:47 AM

Oil is a global market, we produce enough oil in West Texas alone for our need, but the producers in West Texas are not going to sell their oil or products any cheaper than they sell it for in the global market, so life goes on with foreign countries owning refineries here even Israel owns a large refinery in West Texas .If you look back we are paying about the same price as we did in 2023 and 2024 when prices were starting to drop from 2022

dtcerrato · March 22, 2026, 04:55:57 PM

The 2022 FL-AK-FL round trip cost us $8400. For bus fuel

bobofthenorth · March 22, 2026, 06:49:27 PM

When we had the boat we used to fuel up in Seattle and then refuel in Ketchikan. You Americans don't know about fuel gouging until you come to Canada. Prices are even higher in Mexico.

luvrbus · March 23, 2026, 04:29:27 AM

Quote from: bobofthenorth on March 22, 2026, 06:49:27 PMWhen we had the boat we used to fuel up in Seattle and then refuel in Ketchikan. You Americans don't know about fuel gouging until you come to Canada. Prices are even higher in Mexico.

Nothing you can do about the price, it goes up faster than it comes down expect higher prices for April since oil is sold as a future commodity, folks will be taking shorter trips this summer. There is nothing in your daily life that petroleum doesn't have a connection too ,FWIW Sam's has the highest prices here for diesel and gasoline today, so the others will raise prices .I do feel bad for the people in CA ,we were overrun here with people from CA and NV filling up their boats Sunday along with hay haulers from CA

Dave5Cs · March 23, 2026, 12:48:52 PM

Gas here is at $2.99 and Diesel $4.33 was 4.09 just last week.

luvrbus · March 23, 2026, 02:08:30 PM

Gasoline, and diesel is always a good price in KS trucks and commercial vehicles pay by the mile with cab fuel permits not taxes. I liked crossing over to KS from OK to work, but I did not enjoy the paperwork for the cab permits or for buying off road fuel, and the toll roads suck

Dave5Cs · March 24, 2026, 10:12:15 AM

Don't do tolls. We stay on 70 to Topeka and 24 the rest of the places. We don;t go to KC and only Manhatten the other way..

luvrbus · March 24, 2026, 11:22:10 AM

Quote from: Dave5Cs on March 24, 2026, 10:12:15 AMDon't do tolls. We stay on 70 to Topeka and 24 the rest of the places. We don;t go to KC and only Manhatten the other way..

I have a long time friend he was my insurance agent in Tulas for over 20 years that has C stores all over Kansas he owns the Quick Trip chain, I hated the toll on !-35 going into Kansas that was a surprise paying to drive on a interstate

belfert · March 25, 2026, 08:45:56 AM

Quote from: Dave5Cs on March 24, 2026, 10:12:15 AMDon't do tolls. We stay on 70 to Topeka and 24 the rest of the places. We don;t go to KC and only Manhatten the other way..

I found that I-70 tends to have a lot fewer hills than two lane highways in Kansas. I suspect they did a lot more grading when building I-70 to get rid of a lot of the small hills. The last time I drove I-70 in a bus last fall I paid about $2.75 for the toll. I suspect I saved that much in fuel not going up and down all the hills.

belfert · March 25, 2026, 08:48:34 AM

The one time I took my bus into California I don't believe I bought any fuel in the state. Fuel prices in Western Nevada are just about as bad as California. We try to fuel up in the middle of Nevada to save money.

I believe it was last year when the most expensive diesel on my trip was in Minnesota! Usually Nevada is most expensive.

Dave5Cs · March 25, 2026, 12:08:45 PM

I read this morning that San Fransisco is expecting $10.00 a Gallon by end of the month. They get their Gas from China and only have a few refineries left in the state plus the taxws they put on fuel and claim it is to fix roads which they don;t lol

freds · March 25, 2026, 02:30:05 PM

Quote from: belfert on March 25, 2026, 08:48:34 AMThe one time I took my bus into California I don't believe I bought any fuel in the state. Fuel prices in Western Nevada are just about as bad as California. We try to fuel up in the middle of Nevada to save money.

I believe it was last year when the most expensive diesel on my trip was in Minnesota! Usually Nevada is most expensive.

I generally go from Seattle to Quartzsite (last three trips through California) in the winter so I make sure to top off in Medford OR and then wait to add fuel when I get to Arizona. I have 300 gallons in bunkerage..

dtcerrato · March 25, 2026, 02:39:03 PM

We're gritting our teeth hoping fuel prices drop by mid May when we start our round trip FL to AK. Besides having to call the trip off I guess we have the option to leave the bus there this next winter & fly back - maybe can save lots of $$$. Or just stay up in AK for the winter. 🥶