Diesel Fuel Efficiency Tips For Your Fleet

Here are some ways to increase the efficiency of your diesel fuel powered vehicles

If you are a business owner, there is a good chance that you are constantly looking for ways to help your business improve and operate more efficiently.

The good news is that for businesses that use fleets of freight trucks, delivery trucks, buses, or military vehicles that run on diesel fuel there is a list of things that you can do to increase the efficiency of these vehicles. And Jennings Oil & Propane is here to tell you what they are.

Improving Diesel Fuel Efficiency

Helping fleets that use diesel fuel run more efficiently involves a combination of increasing the miles your vehicle gets per gallon, decreasing expenses and increasing a vehicle’s sustainability.

Here are some specific diesel fuel efficiency tips for your fleet:

• Don’t overfill your fuel tank: Overfilling your tank actually means filling it to capacity. Since diesel expands as it heats up it is recommended to always leave a little room in your gas tank. Overfilling a tank can make a tank overflow, which ultimately means you are wasting fuel. Plus, extra fuel means extra weight and this can slow you down while you are on the road.
• Avoid traveling during high traffic times: Eliminating the constant stopping and starting traffic dance can help increase the miles your vehicle gets per gallon. Do some planning ahead of any driving so that you can avoid high traffic areas and driving during peak travel times.
• Don’t accelerate when your tires don’t have a good grip on the road: This is pretty much a guaranteed way to waste fuel. Also, accelerating slowly helps conserve your diesel fuel.
• Get rid of extra weight: Make sure you are not driving around more weight than necessary as extra weight can decrease a vehicle’s rig’s mpg by 1%. Unload any extra tools or materials that aren’t absolutely necessary for you to be driving around.
• Schedule regular maintenance: Maintaining your fleet on a regular basis with professional maintenance will help you avoid running into major and very expensive issues and will help keep your vehicles running efficiently.

Jennings Oil & Propane For Your Diesel Fuel

You can count on Jennings Oil & Propane for all your commercial fuel needs. Whether you need diesel fuel for delivery vans, construction vehicles or farm equipment, we can help keep your vehicle fleets up and running.

Jennings Oil & Propane’s diesel fuel inventory includes both on-road and off-road diesel fuel. We also provide on-site fueling in addition to bulk diesel delivery . The fuel management expertise that the professionals at Jennings Oil & Propane have will help your commercial business operate with top notch efficiency and will help save you money.

We have been providing outstanding customer service to business owners in parts of Fairfield, Litchfield and New Haven counties in Connecticut for more than 80 years and we are always ready to tell new potential customers what we are able to offer in regards to commercial diesel fuel.

So contact Jennings Oil & Propane today so we can tell you more about our commercial diesel fuel services throughout Connecticut.