FUEL PRICE WTH

Road gas hit $5.15 on the way home today. Just nuts.
 
Still 4.30 here, water gas 4.40.
God must love Maryland; just now. Sum ting wrong about woo hooing about this price.
Our Fuel Pier is now open for the Spring.
Weekdays 9am-5pm. Weekends 9am-5pm.
Gas: $4.44 Diesel $4.88
 
It was asked why diesel is higher than gas. (Marina prices now may not be market depending on when they bought the fuel and if they raise only with new fuel.) Diesel used to be cheap in the states because it was produced with gas production and demand was nowhere near gas demand. But now, we are shipping everything all over the country, delivering to every house most days and all in diesel trucks.

Then who here has a diesel truck? A lot of you and probably soon me too. How many had a diesel in 2000? Not many. Who was mowing their lawn in 1990? Most. Now lawn crews are all over in diesel trucks hauling mowers to mow grass, heck some have diesel mowers. Demand is rivaling gas now.

And to top it off I heard the US was exporting diesel to Europe to offset the losses of oil from Russia and Ukraine.

Pilot and Loves truck stops are warning their customers they will likely not have fuel in a week or two. I saw the screenshots of the warning they pushed out.
 
royalpiper said:
There was a time I wished I had the larger engine instead of the 5.0 MPI.
No more.
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When we moved from the 350 to the 496 I was really concerned about fuel burn going way up. The 496 actually does better than the 350 did for normal cruising and tow sports because of the better torque. But, once you get above 3,200 RPMs the 496 is a hog. At WOT the 496 burn is about 31 gallons/hour. The 350 was more in the 23 GPH range, IIRC.
 
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Blueone said:
My friends suck….. not one has ever offered to pay for fuel.
But I have to tell you a couple friends never let me pay for lunch or dinner… I am good with that
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I do have non-boating friends offer to pay for fuel, but you can tell they are thinking it's like offering gas money for a car ride. I usually let their faces get ash white as the watch the gallons click over 80 and the price tag. Then I hand the guy at the fuel dock my credit card. The relief is palpable. I would be using the boat of they were there or not, so I prefer to pay. I don't refuse a free lunch or dinner though.
 
South side of Chiraq earlier today....

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techmitch said:
Chiraq. That's pretty good.
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I always told this the guy was from Iraq.


The coach had put together the perfect team for the Chicago Bears. The only thing that was missing was a good quarterback. He had scouted all the colleges and even the Canadian and European Leagues, but he couldn't find a ringer who could ensure a Super Bowl win.

Then one night while watching CNN he saw a war-zone scene in Afghanistan . In one corner of the background, he spotted a young Afghan Muslim soldier with a truly incredible arm. He threw a hand-grenade straight into a 15th story window 100 yards away.

KABOOM!

He threw another hand-grenade 75 yards away, right into a chimney.

KA-BLOOEY!

Then he threw another at a passing car going 90 mph.

BULLS-EYE!

"I've got to get this guy!" Coach said to himself. "He has the perfect arm!"

So, he brings him to the States and teaches him the great game of football. And the Bears go on to win the Super Bowl.

The young Afghan is hailed as the great hero of football, and when the coach asks him what he wants, all the young man wants is to call his mother.

"Mom," he says into the phone, "I just won the Super Bowl!"

"I don't want to talk to you, the old Muslim woman says."You are not my son!"

"I don't think you understand, Mother," the young man pleads. "I've won the greatest sporting event in the world. I'm here among thousands of my adoring fans."

"No! Let me tell you!" his mother retorts. "At this very moment, there are gunshots all around us. The neighborhood is a pile of rubble. Your two brothers were beaten within an inch of their lives last week, and I have to keep your sister in the house so she doesn't get raped!" The old lady pauses, and then tearfully says,

"I will never forgive you for making us move to Chicago!!!!"
 
Blueone said:
I am literally sitting here considering throwing one of my biggest customers out…. Mostly for being jerks and pushing back on price increases…. Face to face meeting at 4:30 today…. I am trying to stay business like but emotionally I am really pissed off…. Then I try to feel like a prostitute and say I will do it for the money….. I hate these situations
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Hope your meeting went well.
I've been doing this dance on a weekly basis with customers, contractors and distribution for about 2 years. It gets old. Now, the Feds just shoved $50b of taxpayer money into my industry, which is only going to make things worse. Better start planning for 2024 cuzz' that's how long it's going to take to get some of my stuff. :(
 
highslice said:
When we moved from the 350 to the 496 I was really concerned about fuel burn going way up. The 496 actually does better than the 350 did for normal cruising and tow sports because of the better torque. But, once you get above 3,200 RPMs the 496 is a hog. At WOT the 496 burn is about 21 gallons/hour. The 350 was more in the 13 GPH range, IIRC.
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I’m sorry, but your burning a lot more then 21gph on that 496 at wot!!
 
highslice said:
I do have non-boating friends offer to pay for fuel, but you can tell they are thinking it's like offering gas money for a car ride. I usually let their faces get ash white as the watch the gallons click over 80 and the price tag. Then I hand the guy at the fuel dock my credit card. The relief is palpable. I would be using the boat of they were there or not, so I prefer to pay. I don't refuse a free lunch or dinner though.
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My gps has a trip option that will shows fuel burned during trip. Maybe point out that value and they can watch it a choose how much of a chip in they are interested in.
 
Blueone said:
Here is a customer exchange this morning after our meeting last night….. I have been asking for dunnage since January….. we completely ran out of lids 3 weeks ago. Mike works for me…..As you can see with my response…. I suck at being a prostitute

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Yeah. This is an aside, but a story about stupid people at customers. I had a sales rep working for me who got his start selling metal tube. He's a young lad, just out of school and he gets an order from a customer who wants delivery of like 12 foot long tubes in a box car. He explains that the load needs to go on a flat bed, but the customer was having none if it, insisting that it had to go in a box car. So he asks his supervisor what to do. Supervisor takes him out to the yard and asks the guys to find the ugliest box car they can and a torch. They cut the end off the box car, load the tube, weld the end back on, and paint the box car. They send the load off for delivery. About a month later he gets a call from the customer -- "How the hell did you get the tube in the box car?" :) :)
 
Golfman25 said:
Yeah. This is an aside, but a story about stupid people at customers. I had a sales rep working for me who got his start selling metal tube. He's a young lad, just out of school and he gets an order from a customer who wants delivery of like 12 foot long tubes in a box car. He explains that the load needs to go on a flat bed, but the customer was having none if it, insisting that it had to go in a box car. So he asks his supervisor what to do. Supervisor takes him out to the yard and asks the guys to find the ugliest box car they can and a torch. They cut the end off the box car, load the tube, weld the end back on, and paint the box car. They send the load off for delivery. About a month later he gets a call from the customer -- "How the hell did you get the tube in the box car?" :) :)
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I want that supervisor :)
 
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