Guides for bulk fuel and heavy-haul fueling
These articles explain the drop, the fuel, and the quote. Rank distributors for a ZIP when you are ready to ask one company.
One quote goes to one distributor
Why Bulk Fueling sends each bulk fuel request to a single company, and how to ask a second company.
Mobile fueling skips the retail island
What mobile fueling means for a fleet or a jobsite, and how it differs from a gas station run.
The first fuel order at a new jobsite
How to set up the first bulk fuel order when a jobsite is new and the tank may not be in place yet.
Port gates and yard windows decide the fuel stop
How to request bulk fuel at a port, a mill, or a fenced yard when the gate hour matters more than the miles.
How to read a bulk fuel distributor profile
What the fuels, radius, verified mark, and quote form on a Bulk Fueling profile actually mean.
How a distributor claims a Bulk Fueling listing
How a fuel distributor claims a listing, what stays pending, and what they can edit after approval.
Bulk gasoline for a fleet that still runs both
When a fleet should order bulk gasoline beside diesel, and how to keep the tanks separate.
Off-road diesel for farms, pits, and plants
How farms, quarries, and plants order dyed diesel for off-road equipment without using the office ZIP.
Why the nearest fuel distributor is not always number one
How Bulk Fueling combines distance and listing quality, and why a featured label cannot set number one.
Cardlock or a delivered drop
When a fleet should use a cardlock and when it should order a bulk fuel drop instead.
Ask about winter blend before the yard tank gels
What to ask a bulk diesel distributor about winter blend, gelling, and fuel that sits in a yard tank.
A construction site fuel truck needs the gate, not the bid office
How contractors line up a fuel truck for a construction site, from the first tank to wet-hose days.
Fuel a heavy-haul load where the truck is
How dispatchers request fuel for a permitted heavy-haul load, including night windows and wet hose.
The minimum drop decides more quotes than the mile count
Why bulk fuel distributors set a minimum drop, and how to quote a gallon number they can accept.
After-hours fuel delivery is a capability, not a wish
How to request night and weekend bulk fuel, and which listings say they work those hours.
Wet hosing is for equipment that has no tank to fill
When jobsite equipment needs wet-hose fueling instead of a drop into a bulk tank.
Put DEF on the diesel delivery when the fleet needs both
How fleets add DEF to a bulk diesel stop, and what to ask about totes, heat, and cold.
Dyed diesel and clear ULSD are not the same order
How to tell dyed off-road diesel from clear ULSD, and which one to request for trucks versus jobsite iron.
What to put in a bulk fuel quote
The gallons, fuel, ZIP, window, and site notes a distributor needs before answering a bulk delivery request.
Tank wagon or transport load: which truck fits the drop
When a bulk fuel order needs a tank wagon, and when it needs a full transport load to a yard tank.