Originally published at: Same Lane, Same Miles, Different Fuel Bills: What's Really Separating Your MPG From Your Neighbor's - FreightWaves
The Gap Is Bigger Than You Think Picture two owner-operators, both running a regular Midwest corridor. Same general freight, similar weights, comparable miles per week. One of them is averaging somewhere around 7.5 to 7.8 miles per gallon. The other is pulling 6.1 to 6.3. On a week where each truck burns 400 gallons of…