Driving to be effective today the costs at
Husky for diesel fuel were listed as $1.269 per litre. How are truckers
supposed to earn an income when 40 - 50% from the money they make goes
up in smoke? It’s the worst it’s held it's place in the memory of
truckers who have been driving in excess of 3 decades.
There are reasons, of course, like the costs of refining low sulfur diesel fuel to satisfy pollution laws and also the runaway demands for diesel overseas, but not all the components that go in to the cost of a litre of diesel fuel are at night charge of owner-operators as well as other small company truckers.
Sounds crazy? It’s not.
Sure the front-end constructed into the price in the refinery is determined by factors that can't be addressed: costs of crude; transportation; refining costs; taxes; more taxes; and, obviously, oil company profits. However, once it’s about the truck leaving the refinery those costs are much less influenced by fixed costs, as they are market conditions.
When purchasing in the pump, a trucker’sfuel cost is subject to many factors, including supply and demand - such factors are beyond an owner-operator’s influence.
The greater companies seem to be in a position to weather these market conditions better, can you explain that? One justification is because they buy in big amounts, or straight from the refinery and steer clear of paying of the retailers or cardlock operators’ markups. They become their particular distributors and save.
Inequality of purchasing power, that’s their competitive advantage; the owner-operator or small company do not want to buy in large quantities or buy enough to deal directly with all the refineries.They’re stuck, right? Wrong.
Let's say owner-operators or businesses could buy their fuel at 12 - 15¢ below the price in the pumps? Just how can they do this? They can join LifeLine Truckers where we've arranged for usage of 50 cardlock locations in Ontario where they are able to pay a price depending on the refinery end of things, not industry end of products. They can stand toe-to-toe with the big companies and get fuel at a price lower than would be possible without volume pricing and special arrangements.
Would you enjoy saving 12 - 15¢ per litre around the fuel you place into your truck(s)? In that case, join thousands of individuals that take good thing about discount pricing on fuel. Make the connection that can make the real difference.