How much is a tanker of gas worth

How much money would we save if we bought a tanker truck of gas. What do the stores pay for this volume and how many people would it take to buy this much fuel and not brake the bank. How many gallons is a tanker full.

Im in....................

If a gas truck can hold the same as a vacum type truck it would be around 130 bbls (1bbl= 42 gal) so about 5460 gal say wholesale gas is 2.20 a gallon because most stores make about 10-15 cents per gallon. So I would say a truck would cost around 12,000 bucks thats a lot of money!!!!

Being a tackle rep and selling to numerous marina's I have discovered in speaking with the owners, that a lot of them don't raise the price of their fuel from the price they pay. They have it as a convienence to you. They hope to make their money off of the bait, beer, food and tackle. A lot of small marina's have 3000 gallon tanks and the price break is at 5000 gallons. I know of at least 11 marina's from Bolivar to Rockport that do this in order to keep their customers coming.

Well, this is rough, but it should get you close. Sept ULR futures are $2/gallon, taxes are about $0.42/gallon, and freight is about $0.05/gallon. That's $2.47/gallon. Gas station pump prices are about $2.49 and the marina fuel is $2.69 in Matty as of Friday. So, compared to marina gas, you'd probably save around $0.20/gallon, but you'd have to spend over $20k to do it, becuase I think a typical tank truck holds around 10k gallons. There are probably other fees you'd have to pay too.

Jason

When I had my store we made $.05 of reg unleaded... $.10 on mid grade and $.15 on super ... we sold on average 70,000 gallons a month. The inside sales were the profit and the gas sales paid the bills.

a dumb Q? but where are you gonna store 5K+ gallons of fuel until everyone that chipped in comes to pick it up?

A fuel tanker holds 8,000 gallons...You can do the math now.

Store it at my place, I'll take good care of it. LOL

but whats being forgotten is that
2.40*8000=19200
2.90*8000=23200
looks like if gas keeps going at this rate (.09$ per day) you could make 4000$ in about a week....

is it worth it? i doubt it....
sheesh i wish gas was 2.00$$ a gal
looks like social engineering is working!

Speckle-catcher dumb is as dumb thinks.
It was just a thought. And if I wanted to hold that amount of fuel I could so before you call me dumb know what im capable of.

Easy anxious angler. I dont think anyone called YOU dumb. Please re-read the reply by Speck catcher.

Sorry for the sharp remark. My mother in law is here moving our house around and I dont like it. Because im not in cooperation my wife is on my ars. This is my house no mother in laws allowed.:headknock

Mothers-in-law

Ever see the movie, Apocalypse Now ?

The cook was right.

Never get off the boat.

go around behind her when she leaves for the store(they always leave for the store) and change it all back. That is what I do.

The real risk here is that the summer gasoline demand season just ended and crude and gasoline prices are at record highs. By the time you got your truck delivered, you might be at break-even economics or worse.

Jason

Txjeep,

I wish you were right!

The whole gas problem is supply and demand. China is buying every gallon of fuel and pound of steel they can get shipped to them and are paying over top dollar to get it. China has joined the world now and is pulling it's self out of the third world catagory. They have 6 major auto manufacturers now and plan to go world wide with their brands very soon. Also there are many(more then 20) smaller auto manufacturers trying to become a major manufacturer. They have 5 billion people ready to become buyers in their country alone. They just need the financial backing for loans and to build the 5 billion cars.

The US has used fuel at a low price for 20 years. Now China needs all the oil, fuel, and steel for their production(5 times more then we use daily as a nation). If you think that we use alot and pay to much... hold on to your boot straps. For every one person in America they have 5. You will see $3.00 per gallon by Christmas and $3.75 by next summer. Long term reports are saying that we will never see fuel or gas below $3.00 a gallon after next summer. We will be competing aginst China for oil, and that means it will go to the highest bidder and the only winner is the oil companies.

If you think the US needs to pump more oil... thats not going to help. The EPA standards on oil refinerys are so tough that no one has built a refinery in the US since the 1970's. The refinerys we have now are breaking down and are held together on a prayer. Even if we tap into Alaska we can not and do not have the facilities to refine the crude. No company can afford to or will put out the money to build a refinery in the US. Some companies are looking to buy islands around the US borders to build refinerys on that wont come under US EPA standards.

There is a big picture here and hoping that gas will drop again is folly. There was a $.30 a gallon jump from Friday to Saturday in Dallas Ft.Worth. I paid $2.70 a gallon for regular unleaded, it cost me $62.00 to fill up my truck yesterday. Thats an $11.00 total difference from Friday.

Now on to the buying a tanker of fuel.

Not only will you have to fork out a ton of money to buy the fuel, you will have to get a permit to have a storage tank on your property, and pay the rental fee on the tanker as long as you keep it. It will cost you more in the long run then will save you, unless your buying gas for $1.00 a gallon.

Good luck guys.... If you think the gas crunch is going to end..... go look around the parking lots of sporting good stores and the out edge of the lot has big 4x4 3/4 ton trucks for sale all weekend long. Pople are getting out of their trucks while they can.

I was a t the auto auction yesterday and 1998-2000 gmc and chevy 3/4 ton trucks were goin for $600.00 to $3400.00 each depending on what condition they were in. No one was buying them really. Some were in great shape and I furgured they wuld go fast, no one made bids and they didnt sell.

Go figure.

I would venture a guess that a first time buyer buying that much gasoline would raise an eyebrow or three with the homeland security folks. It's been on the news several times lately they are on the lookout for terrorists to come along and use a tanker truck in their next visit to Allah.

unless you lived way out on a farm, I don't think LEA's or Fire Depts would allow it. If it was in the city (any major city) you would need to keep armed guards out there 24hrs to keep it from walking off.

By the time you made your storage EPA friendly you would lose big time ....

Gas and 1.00 soda six packs are sucker items ... hoping you buy the 12.00 steak and 24.00 case of cold beer!!!!!! and 3.00 plus smokes

John

Fuel

We buy a lot of diesel and some gas on our farming operation. There is no doubt that it is cheaper to buy in bulk, but it really is not that much cheaper. We get a dyed diesel for our tractors and reefer units that is not taxed. We also have a clear diesel that we have to run in our 18 wheeler and bobtails that is taxed. The best thing that you can do is get your tax back on your fuel. Save your receipts and send them in. There is a post with a website on this forum somewhere that takes you right to the correct form you need. This is not a secret and everyone should take advantage of it. It seems like my receipts for the boat always get put away and never found again. Most of the gas stations use thermal fax paper which does not last long in your wallet.