With fuel prices so high, it is worth considering anything that would reduce your fuel consumption and your fuel bill. Glynn Davies, director of Hanbury Davies, and one of the most successful people in the industry, made an excellent suggestion at the recent Motor Transport fuel efficiency debate, sponsored by Bunkercard. He has limited his trucks to travel at 52mh rather than 56%. This, he says, has made significant fuel saving. Yes it is true that drivers are not keen. “We had a bit of churn but people have got over it now,” he says. It is now company policy. He has also banned agecy drivers, instead using a pool of relief drivers and the cost of using them is considerable lower than using agencies. And not using agency drivers can also reduce fuel consumption as agency drivers are unlikely to bet the best out of your vehicles.
Yesterday I wrote about passing fuel prices onto customers and said that that is a better tactic than protesting. But I can quite understand the reader who came back and said pass on to customers and protest. The only problem is that protesting is not going to work. It is up to you to overcome the probelm of soaring fuel prices - Gordon is not going to help.