Audit your fuel system before the next fill-up.
The Fuel Cost Survival Kit puts Fuel-Cost Snapshot, Surcharge Recovery, Card Economics, Route Fit, and IFTA Reserve + Seven-Day Action Plan on one practical two-page worksheet.
Fuel Decision Path
Supports Stage 1: Use this printable kit to organize the operating evidence before moving deeper into prices, cards, or providers.
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What the kit helps you verify
The worksheet is built to expose the gap between a cheap gallon and a profitable fuel system.
Measure MPG and fuel cost per total mile.
Use total operating miles, gallons purchased, pump price, and observed MPG instead of relying on a dashboard average or loaded miles alone.
Check the written formula.
Compare the current diesel price, contract base fuel price, observed MPG, and broker quote to see whether the truck is absorbing the gap.
Calculate true net savings.
Subtract monthly fees, transaction charges, out-of-network costs, and detour fuel before treating an advertised discount as operating savings.
Verify that the network matches the lanes.
Compare discounted locations with the routes actually run, then account for detour miles, fallback stops, and accepted-only locations.
Fund the reserve and assign the next action.
Identify whether the quarter is funded, underfunded, or unknown, then turn the findings into a practical seven-day fuel action plan.
Use the worksheet, then verify the live numbers.
The kit organizes the decision. The tracker supplies the current diesel evidence and surcharge calculation.
Open the Fuel Price Tracker.
Use current national and regional diesel prices to complete the worksheet and calculate fair surcharge recovery.
Open Live Prices + Calculator →Educational disclosure
This printable resource provides educational decision support, not financial, tax, accounting, legal, fuel-purchasing, or contract advice. Fuel prices, surcharge formulas, provider terms, fees, discounts, route conditions, and IFTA obligations can change. Verify current written terms and consult qualified professionals when necessary.