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I'm interested in____________________________________________________ Telephone________________________________ Convenient time________________________ Fax Number _____________________________ E-mail: ________________________________ Name __________________________________________________________________________ Name of Business/Organization_____________________________________________________ Address_________________________________________________________________________ City________________________________ State ______________ Zip _____________________ Ask the Fuel Expert Ten ways to reduce your fuel costs BY JACK LEE, PRESIDENT AND CEO, 4REFUEL INC. While gas prices have leveled off somewhat recently, they still are sharply higher than in the past, and destined to resume their climb in the future. It seems the price at the pump increases with demand and for gas-re- liant companies this can be as painful as a sunburn. So be prepared. And to help here are 10 ways to help cut those high fuel costs for your company: • Train and educate your drivers: It starts with the people who have their foot on the gas pedal. Your drivers can control fuel consumption each time they fire up their engines, and proper training can improve fuel efficiency, economy and emissions. Hard acceleration, speeding and idling are the biggest causes of fuel waste. Initiate a training course for drivers and reward participation. • Decrease idling: Be aware of the time engines idle. We can't leave ma- chinery and equipment running all day long. Stop your engines! Excessive idling adds to your fuel costs by as much as 50% and can shorten the life of engine oil by 75%, adding more costs. Initiate a campaign to reduce idling time and reward participants. Allowing an engine to idle more than three minutes causes expensive dam- age which harms efficiency, shortens engine life and increases maintenance costs. It all adds up. • Start off slower: This is another lesson your drivers must be taught. Jackrabbit starts waste fuel and save less than three minutes per hour driv- ing, but can result in using 40% more fuel and increase toxic emissions by 400%! What's the rush? Ease up on the gas pedal and your efficiencies will improve. • Slow down: Speeding is danger- ous, and it wastes fuel and creates higher levels of toxic emissions. Speeds over 62 mph drastically impact fuel efficiencies – cars travel- ling at 75 mph use 20% more fuel. Trucks travelling at 75 mph use 50% more fuel and they also emit 100% more carbon monoxide, 50% more hy- drocarbons and 31% more nitrogen oxides. • Lose weight: Excess weight places unnecessary strain on your ve- hicle's engine and greatly affects its fuel efficiency. By removing as little as 100 pounds you can significantly improve your gas mileage. Check each vehicle and pitch out that unnecessary weight! • Use a fuel management system: This is the most powerful way to lower fuel costs and increase productivity. Available systems range from basic onsite refuelling (which saves up to 20 minutes in wasted time and fuel each fill, per vehicle) to automated fuel tracking (which details every gallon pumped into every vehicle by date, time, quantity and fuel type) to telem- atics (which measures overall fuel ef- ficiency, vehicle performance, tracks fuel waste due to idling, speeding, etc. and identifies critical areas to improve efficiency and reduce fuel costs and emissions.) The technology exists so you can become a fuel manager and stay on top of your fuel consumption, one vehicle at a time. It can work for you. • Upgrade your fleet: Whenever possible, invest in modern, fuel-effi- cient vehicles. Modern diesel engines are far more fuel-efficient and perform better with modern diesel fuels such as ultra low sulphur diesel and biodiesel. Though it may seem expensive, new diesel vehicles can save thousands of dollars in maintenance, fuel and productivity per vehicle. Measure each piece of equipment for fuel efficiency and get rid of the bad ones! Replace and upgrade your equip- ment regularly. It may hurt now but it will pay you back. • Tune-up vehicles regularly: Do you have a stringent, well-managed maintenance policy? Many companies "fix it when it breaks." This attitude costs too much in wasted fuel. A well maintained vehicle per- forms better, improves fuel efficiency, reduces toxic emissions and, in the long run, will cost less to maintain. • Pump it up: Proper tire inflation improves gas mileage. At 4Refuel our statistics show improperly inflated tires can cost up to two weeks worth of fuel per year! How big is your fleet? Two weeks per year per vehicle adds up to thou- sands of dollars in lost profits! In ad- dition, proper inflation results in improved vehicle and braking per- formance, and increases tire life. • Implement total fuel manage- ment technology: Wow, that's a mouthful! You can measure and man- age your fleet better when you have the right information. Tracking miles traveled, average speed and engine efficiency is critical Look f o r the K-D label at y our local supplier! contin ued on pa g e 90