What are you doing to reduce fuel costs?
October 7th, 2008 by Rebecca Wasieleski. Posted in Concrete ContractorI was reading about the recently announced Doosan Fuel Duel, in which Doosan will give eligible contractors $2,000 for tracking and submitting fuel data. It got me thinking about fuel savings and the things people can do to conserve fuel. I work from home when I can, which at today’s current gas prices saves me roughly $7 each day I avoid my commute into the office. I have a good number of friends in my neighborhood, and we make an effort to pick restaurants within walking distance for our get togethers.
Several months ago I started asking contractors what they do to conserve fuel. Many of them mention carpooling to jobsites, or even choosing more energy efficient vehicles for their fleets. Others carefully plan travel routes or use GPS systems to monitor their work vehicles. What are you doing within your company to save fuel? Comment back to this post with your ideas for cutting fuel costs with your commuting or towing vehicles and your work site equipment.
November 8th, 2008 at 12:20 pm
It’s seems fleet owners in Ukraine (where i’m from) don’t think about fuel economy at all! They simlpy increase their prices. It’s very good in other countries people think about aconomy.
November 26th, 2008 at 10:50 pm
I think the cost of fuel going up and the economy taking a turn south made the decision for many contractors… Lay people of and reduce the amount of work. many raised prices, in time, but consumers decided to wait.I think there is a lot of waiting going on, and that is ok. Everything works out. Strategizing on efficience and tightening up the belt makes good times even better.
January 13th, 2009 at 6:37 am
I work from home too, so don’t have to wory about the comute. If public transport was up to scratch in the UK, I think more people would be willing to use alternative methods.