Hauling gas

In addition to all the requirements of your state and the federal govt, you would also have to contact the loading rack about their requirements for you to be able to take your equipment and your driver onto their property and load. At a minimum you will have to have your tanker tested for vapor tightness every year, and you'll have to send in that paperwork plus your insurance paperwork to the rack annually. Also, your driver will have to undergo some training there before he is carded (allowed to load by himself).

Also, they might have a minimum number of gallons you have to purchase every month in order to maintain an account with them.

If all of that is not economically feasible for you, you might could negotiate a deal to form a co-op with some of your nearby competitors. And to cut down on transportation cost you could always have the hauler deliver a full load and split it betweem your locations, if you're not already doing that.

 

Insurance and compliance costs alone are probably going to make this a no-go for you. That is in addition to buying and maintaining a truck and paying a driver. Seriously give a few insurance companies a call and ask them what it's going to take to insure a new entrant operating authority that specializes in hauling hazmat. Make sure you're sitting down first, though. It's going to be a mind-blowing number.

 

I see straight trucks hauling fuel for local gas stations. However, all of those trucks belong to a business that sells bulk fuel. So the owner has a few stations of their own, has trucks do their stations and also other small stations. So they are acting as a supplier to other small businesses. They also do a lot of farms.
You also need to have someone who will work on gas truck. A lot of shops will not service them due to the vapors and possible fire risk.

 

How many gallons of fuel do you sell in a year?

Assuming 400,000 gallons a year and 15- 20 cents per gallon transportation costs, you're looking at $60,000 to $80,000 of potential savings by bringing it in house.

Assuming 2 days of labor a week at $25 an hour (decent cdl w/hazmat rate), you're looking at $24,000. Add in $12,000 a year for insurance, and another $27,000 In truck aquistion/upkeep a year (holy cow tank trucks are pricey).

That's $63,000 in back of the napkin costs.

So it could work out, but will also cause you some major headaches.

 

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