Every so often, fuel usage is the term that gets along with the trucking industry. Be an owner or driver, your business is nothing without the fuel. So there is no possibility of avoiding fuel usage and its cost. But still there are ways to minimize and optimize the fuel costs and let's discuss it here.
5 Things You Should Avoid For Saving Fuel-Cost
1. Excessive acceleration and frequent breaking while driving.
2. Overfilling of your vehicle's fuel tank which is dangerous to other people on road. Moreover it wastes your fuel cost too.
3. Idling your truck more than two-three minutes.
4. Using the same fuel-filter for long days.
5. Carrying unnecessary weights. For every 20 Kilogram of load you carry, one more percent of fuel is being wasted.
Some of the Many That You Can Do To Save Fuel Costs
Slow down your speed: As a typical rule, a gallon of fuel may last till you drive the distance ten miles approx. If you slow down your truck speed about 60-70 miles per hour, you can drive a mile further with same amount of fuel.
Maintain proper tire inflation: Maintain tire pressure of your trucks. Apart from blowing out the tires, underinflated tires also reduce the efficiency of fuel management. Usage of single-wide tires puts up the gas mileage up till 4-8 percent. It is because those tires are designed very lightly to meet low-resistance. This eventually leads to less maintenance and repairing costs too.
Fuel-consumption display: Fix an electronic fuel-consumption display in your truck with which you can note the fuel consumed from time to time. The IFTA Fuel Tax
you pay every year is worthy only when you make the most of it.
Equip Aerodynamic Systems: Nowadays many of the trucks are equipped with Aerodynamicssystems. It can increase the gas mileage up to 5-7% by cutting out the air resistance. You can adapt the system as an add-on to your truck or trailers
Choose perfect oil: When the oil thickens, it consumes fuel in worse level. Try running your truck with synthetic oils, which are less affected by temperature.
Check your truck engine: Maintain your engine's condition well at regular intervals, which is basic to evaluate the fuel leakages.
Imply Idle reduction techniques: When you park your truck with turned-on-engine, more fuel is consumed. Recent stats reveal that idling a truck for an hour consumes a gallon of fuel. In order to reduce this, Idle reduction technologies have come. By adapting those techniques in your truck you can enjoy the radio, air-conditioner or cooler even after turning off your truck's engine.
Cruise control: Cruise control helps to optimize engine performance. It puts up 6% of the fuel economy. It suits better in hilly places.
Plan your Route: Analyze the shortest but safest routes. Planning your route and merging it accordingly keeps up the fuel economy. The less you drive, the more you save.
Every facet of your truck plays a vital role in coping with the fuel economy. As you know drops make up an ocean, the gain from each tip may be small but gives a goody gain in long run.
5 Things You Should Avoid For Saving Fuel-Cost
1. Excessive acceleration and frequent breaking while driving.
2. Overfilling of your vehicle's fuel tank which is dangerous to other people on road. Moreover it wastes your fuel cost too.
3. Idling your truck more than two-three minutes.
4. Using the same fuel-filter for long days.
5. Carrying unnecessary weights. For every 20 Kilogram of load you carry, one more percent of fuel is being wasted.
Some of the Many That You Can Do To Save Fuel Costs
Slow down your speed: As a typical rule, a gallon of fuel may last till you drive the distance ten miles approx. If you slow down your truck speed about 60-70 miles per hour, you can drive a mile further with same amount of fuel.
Maintain proper tire inflation: Maintain tire pressure of your trucks. Apart from blowing out the tires, underinflated tires also reduce the efficiency of fuel management. Usage of single-wide tires puts up the gas mileage up till 4-8 percent. It is because those tires are designed very lightly to meet low-resistance. This eventually leads to less maintenance and repairing costs too.
Fuel-consumption display: Fix an electronic fuel-consumption display in your truck with which you can note the fuel consumed from time to time. The IFTA Fuel Tax
you pay every year is worthy only when you make the most of it.
Equip Aerodynamic Systems: Nowadays many of the trucks are equipped with Aerodynamicssystems. It can increase the gas mileage up to 5-7% by cutting out the air resistance. You can adapt the system as an add-on to your truck or trailers
Choose perfect oil: When the oil thickens, it consumes fuel in worse level. Try running your truck with synthetic oils, which are less affected by temperature.
Check your truck engine: Maintain your engine's condition well at regular intervals, which is basic to evaluate the fuel leakages.
Imply Idle reduction techniques: When you park your truck with turned-on-engine, more fuel is consumed. Recent stats reveal that idling a truck for an hour consumes a gallon of fuel. In order to reduce this, Idle reduction technologies have come. By adapting those techniques in your truck you can enjoy the radio, air-conditioner or cooler even after turning off your truck's engine.
Cruise control: Cruise control helps to optimize engine performance. It puts up 6% of the fuel economy. It suits better in hilly places.
Plan your Route: Analyze the shortest but safest routes. Planning your route and merging it accordingly keeps up the fuel economy. The less you drive, the more you save.
Every facet of your truck plays a vital role in coping with the fuel economy. As you know drops make up an ocean, the gain from each tip may be small but gives a goody gain in long run.