Fuel Price

luvrbus · March 27, 2026, 04:32:03 PM

If oil holds at 70 to $75.00 a barrel like today it shouldn't be to bad, coming home from Scottsdale on I-40 I saw diesel bumping $6.00 today in AZ at the major truck stops it was $4.97 in Mohave Valley today

bobofthenorth · March 28, 2026, 07:34:56 AM

Diesel bumping 2 canuck-bux per litre here in the People's Republic of Canada (PRC). I just did the rough math and it converts to around 5-1/2 greenbacks per US gallon so not as bad as I would have expected. Mind you, it comes out of the ground right over there SE of us and we refine it a few hours down the road to the west. So there's that. Its all taxes now anyway. Exxon/Shell use WTI as an excuse to pump the price but ultimately it all goes to the PRC.

Dave5Cs · March 28, 2026, 07:58:06 AM

4.26 diesel here this morning up 15 cents overnight. Gas up too 3.51

luvrbus · March 28, 2026, 08:04:40 AM

Quote from: bobofthenorth on March 28, 2026, 07:34:56 AMDiesel bumping 2 canuck-bux per litre here in the People's Republic of Canada (PRC). I just did the rough math and it converts to around 5-1/2 greenbacks per US gallon so not as bad as I would have expected. Mind you, it comes out of the ground right over there SE of us and we refine it a few hours down the road to the west. So there's that. Its all taxes now anyway. Exxon/Shell use WTI as an excuse to pump the price but ultimately it all goes to the PRC.

The refined product gasoline and diesel is about 1/2 the cost at the gate, the rest goes for transportation, delivery, taxes and the mighty profits pumping fees,the pumping fees were 15 cents a gallon for years now with the price of electricity they are up to $.35 to .50 cents a gal. Az and NV are going to be hit with high prices 80% of the petroleum products came from the CA refineries. It's crazy Velro and Philips wrote of over a billion dollars just to leave CA.Az is getting their gasoline from Texas and New Mexico now through a 8 inch pipe line that won't keep up with Phoenix. A close friend owns 15 trucks and tankers his insurance rate is through the roof now and he is paying over 300k for new trucks and tankers he has to replace plus $35.00 a hour to keep drivers,he wants out of the mess his trucks and drivers can be tied up for 2 to 4 our waiting on fuel at a terminal ,because of Pilot, F/J ,Loves and others selling their excess products with delivery to independent owners

windtrader · March 30, 2026, 09:55:18 PM

I love the insane diesel prices. Makes the sellers have to bend over a lot more if they want to unload their coaches.

luvrbus · March 31, 2026, 05:39:03 AM

Quote from: windtrader on March 30, 2026, 09:55:18 PMI love the insane diesel prices. Makes the sellers have to bend over a lot more if they want to unload their coaches.

It is a buyers market

windtrader · March 31, 2026, 06:43:45 AM

no joke. not many crazy enough to be cruisn' around at 7+

luvrbus · March 31, 2026, 06:59:45 AM

Quote from: windtrader on March 31, 2026, 06:43:45 AMno joke. not many crazy enough to be cruisn' around at 7+

A buck a mile just for fuel and that is the cheap part of ownership, our diesel prices are about 2 dollars less than your prices ,I bought fuel for my tractor @5.09 yesterday

windtrader · March 31, 2026, 08:30:36 AM

yeah, I used to calculate a buck a mile to run the thing, all in including service, oil, insurance. at 5.5 mpg and 7 bucks, I just can't look anymore. lol

rancher · April 04, 2026, 09:52:38 AM

I am glad I bought all my gas, diesel and propane before the end of 2025 for 2026. Didn't think the prices were great then but we needed some tax deductions so we went ahead and pre bought. Glad we did. Sam's club in Lincoln Nebraska was the cheapest in out area and was $3.20 for gas and $4.70 for diesel yesterday.

Dave5Cs · April 04, 2026, 01:30:57 PM

Went to Topeka KS yesterday and fuel was 3.69 gas and 4.75 Diesel.
Here in Wamego KS it was #3.39 gas and diesel was 4.34.

windtrader · April 04, 2026, 04:42:24 PM

I really messed up. After fueling up at $3.50 in AZ on the way back home, then seeing $5.50 back in CA, I drove home on near fumes banking on prices not going much higher. Now I sit needing 150 gallons at $7.50 plus. Sure took the wrong side of that bet. lol

luvrbus · April 04, 2026, 06:29:05 PM

When we left home in 2008 or 07 fuel was around 2 bucks a gallon before we got home after a 4000 mile trip we were paying 5 bucks a gallon in todays world that would be over $7.00 a gal. I noticed in Strawberry AZ at a station I buy from they have the off-road fuel pumps shut down a clerk has to turn it on for the farmers and no filling tanks or drums in a pickup. My grandson in Texas told me they are not doing it there yet. Texas has a lot of stations and convenience stores in the small rural towns that sell off road fuel-the taxes. We don't have a shortage just high prices, time to buy Exxon if you have money left

freds · April 07, 2026, 03:12:10 PM

Quote from: windtrader on April 04, 2026, 04:42:24 PMI really messed up. After fueling up at $3.50 in AZ on the way back home, then seeing $5.50 back in CA, I drove home on near fumes banking on prices not going much higher. Now I sit needing 150 gallons at $7.50 plus. Sure took the wrong side of that bet. lol

I make it point to never buy fuel in California or heck as little as possible here in Washington State!!! So when going to Quartzsite in the winter I fuel up just before leaving Oregon and then again when I cross the boarder in Arizona. Or when I am east bound when I get to Idaho.

Turns out that truck drivers that operate in multiple states are under much different rules, if they load up in one state and then drive in multiple states they own fuels taxes in the different states. Pay high tax in one state and then burn it in another then you are owed a credit, etc.

Interesting video that covers this subject on YouTube:

luvrbus · April 07, 2026, 04:09:34 PM

I can remember before the IFTA driving a truck over a 2 ton you pulled into the weight station leaving Texas with their cheap taxes, they would gage the tank and you paid that states tax on fuel for gasoline or diesel fuel in the tank. You had to carry a receipt proving you purchased fuel in that state if you were ever stopped it is a lot easier now since the 90's