First time for me...

Truck tank holds 26 gallons and I was driving on fumes.

Filled it completely and it took $100.21

Shoot. At least I don't fill it often. I really only drive about 40 miles a week for work, then with some weekend driving I usually hit about a tank every 5 weeks, sometimes more, sometimes less.

Jeekers, Shaggy- that's a lot of Scooby Snacks!

I know I'm not alone, especially when people are driving trucks with 35 gallon tanks and whatnot, but this was still my first time over $100.

You're in decent shape with your limited driving, and the fact that you use it for wood stuff.I don't think I ever put that much money in a tank, even with a rented truck (never ran it down that much).

What ticks me off is the people I know that have no real use for a truck other than commuting, and they complain about what they pay for gas.

I almost drive that one way! 38 miles from my driveway to where I park my car--A super sweet 1998 Ford escort zx2.....lol but it gets real close to 30mpg if I baby it.

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My first time cost me $100........

took longer than I thought. Also, thought it would be AP.

To be honest it has cost me a lot more than that, I just bought her a washer machine

I did $115 the other day, truck and 5 gallon can. I threw up a little afterward.

I work from home now, so I rarely make the 80 mile round trip commute to the office. I love driving my Silverado, but I'm glad I have the little 4 cylinder cavalier for a run around car.

-SF

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Filled up the truck & 4 - 5 gallon jugs 2 weeks ago @ $3.83
Pump shut off at $100.
Had to hang up & start over to get everything full.
Regular is $3.92 now.


Like "lukem", I felt pretty sick

My wife puts $60-70 into her SUV every week and a half or so... and she doesnt even work Lots of driving the kids around.

I commute 17 miles and still only fill up every 2 weeks about $40 of hi test. I once looked at the first few fillups log in the owners manual, i spent $15 a tank back then.... wow.

Buying fuel is getting more painful every time I do it...when its costing 20 bucks to just fill up a 5 gallon can its getting bad. Then there is the icing on the cake we get to have 10-15% ethanol put in there to mess up our small equipment and older cars...joy. I wont even go into filling my 500 gallon diesel tank...ouch!

I remember when gas shot 'way' up to $1.35 many years ago. I decided I'm not having it! I grabbed a honda CRX on the local classifieds for $400. Not too much later, picked up a cheap used honda Insight for the wife. I put over 100,000 miles on my car before finally giving it up cause I couldn't stand one more summer with no AC and I kept loosing things through the hole in the rusted floorboard...but I saved that $400 many times over as the price of gas just kept going up. Wife still has the Insight...now I have to hear her 'complain' about filling up once every 6 weeks/650 miles and that costing almost $40 for the 10 gallon tank now!. My only tease back to her is I set up my 'new' car to burn E85. So far, its holding steady at $3.29 vs $3.89 for her gas.

I about crap whenever I fill up and it cost over $40. Then I think about that motor home we sold several years ago and wonder if we'd have to mortgage the house to fill the tank! Same thing when I take a few 5 gallon cans to fill. Wow! I remember when we used to take a 5 gallon can and put a dollar's worth in it. Danged near a full can....

The F250 hasn't had more than 1/2 of a tank in a while.$4.03 is cheap gas here right now.

Taking a friend up on an offer of her 4 cylinder Sebring (circa 1998) with 100,000 miles on it (she takes care of her cars), for a player to be named at a later date. Minimum insurance, tied into the better coverage on the F250, to cover my butt, and away I go. 25 MPG is better than 10, for sure !

I feel for you guys I am grateful the city pays for most of my driving. And they say "you don't need a raise, there is no inflation".

My Husky 339XP gets 42 cuts 8 inches and under on an tank. The 385XP gets 30 cuts at 15 inches or better, you do the math. This sucks!! I try not to think about it, but it's black and white! SOB


KC

I have a 26 gallon tank in my ecoboost and I believe the cheapest fill up I've ever had was in Michigan at a little under $100. Here at home I pay between $120-$140 every week and a half to two weeks commuting 55km a day plus running around kids etc.

And since I'm shopping for a new used truck for myself, I'll go ahead and blame those people for driving up the price of trucks.
Glad I have my 38mpg commuter.

I'm thinking the price of trucks is one of the few things that's dropped recently, at least here. I paid 36K for mine brand new last year, would've paid that maybe more 5-6 years ago. People are avoiding them unless they really need them these days. The math was a no brained for me, buy a new van or get a truck that gets roughly the same mileage, can tow 11000 lbs and still comfortably carries me, the wife, two kids and two dogs for a comparable price.

MoFo's at the truck stop where my trucks fill up every other day had a "free coffee and dognut" program (min $200 fill) and dropped it awhile back. They now sell $5-10K less fuel a month.