How to Buy Fuel, with TTML’s Sandy Johnson

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Jim Park’s Truck Talk
Volume 1 Number 12

Fuel, at today’s prices, demands a cost-management strategy. We’re talking something beyond freezing half to death on a winter’s night or baking in the cab during the summer. The best answer may lie in how and where you buy the stuff.

The price you see posted on the sign outside the truckstop always includes the various taxes you’re required to pay, but some jurisdictions charge a higher rate than others. Knowing where to buy fuel based on the tax rates can save you a pile of money. Sandy Johnson of Calgary’s Total Trucking Management Limited, explains how road and fuel taxes impact the pump price, and how you can save money by buying fuel in the right jurisdictions, and avoiding buying in others.

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Jim Park was a CDL driver and owner-operator from 1978 until 1998, when he began his second career as a trucking journalist. During that career transition, he hosted an overnight radio show on a Hamilton, Ontario radio station and later went on to anchor the trucking news in SiriusXM's Road Dog Trucking channel. Jim is a regular contributor to Today's Trucking and Trucknews.com, and produces Focus On and On the Spot test drive videos.


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