[Deep Clean Newcastle Gateshead]

Cost of fuel is going bananas this is one of the most expensive costs to running my company.

Got an email from the Fuel protest people, they have launched a petition yet again with the government, if it will do any thing or not (Probably Not), i dont know but the link is http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/reducefuelduty click on it to protest about the fuel costs

[Ian Rochester]

My fuel account cost for last month topped £1000 for the first time!

Probably not the last!!!

Prices have gone up by between 5-10% in the past two months.

We always increase our prices in the New Year and always get the odd complaint or comment, however the justification this year will be quite easy t quantify.

[stevegunn]

You will be spending even more when you get your t/m fitted

[Ian Rochester]

Steve it is fitted and IT IS costing me more!!

I would reckon on about £20-25/week in unleaded, it's especially high when you're cleaning upholstery as it runs none stop for the whole time.

We'll see if we're still operating to the same profit margin by the end of December.  Hopefully turnover will have increased so that should offset the additional running costs.

Got 7 holiday cottages to clean tomorrow up in the sticks, so I'll be taking a spare 20ltr jerry can with me then!! 

Don't know what to do after lunchtime though!!!

[stevegunn]

Ian I was on about Aiden

[Shaun_Ashmore]

£25 a week I'll trade you! I spend £15 a day easy sometimes £20, but it works twice as fast as a porti (not twice as good )

One thing to consider is that fuel prices have gone crazy ever since the no smoking ban has come in, perhaps the nation is beginning to stop smoking and the revenue has to be gotten from somewhere else??

Shaun

[Ian Rochester]

Steve,

Well you didn't say that!!!!

Aiden what are you getting?

[gwrightson]

It beggers believe that people are worried about spending £25 week on t/m fuel !!!

next to nothing , on the money you are taking per week I would imagine .

 

geoff

[Mike Halliday]

I spend £150 a week on fuel.  that's van, car, & T/M.

[Shaun_Ashmore]

usually at this time of year £150 a week for van and TM.

Shaun

[davep]

Fill up lads as boycots start sat 

[Susan Dean (1stclean)]

well if you lot werent driveing such posh vans you could run on cooking oil like me and get it for 55p a ltr  now thats cleaning eco friendly

[mark_roberts]

Worked out my TM drinks £5 a machine hour in fuel.

Looking at a gas conversion next year.

Mark

[Shaun_Ashmore]

My lpg garage is 60p a litre, I've heard that you save about 40% which works out at 66p a litre based on £1.10 unleaded I bet I'd save £1k on the year and at £600 plus vat to install.

Shaun

[Ian Rochester]

£5/Hr!!!!!!

Ran my Prowler today for about 3 hours and used near enough a tank full of fuel, 6.5 ltrs when full.

Works out at about £7.00 or £2.33/hr, then again I may be way off the mark.

[PaulKing]

£5/Hr!!!!!!

Ran my Prowler today for about 3 hours and used near enough a tank full of fuel, 6.5 ltrs when full.

Works out at about £7.00 or £2.33/hr, then again I may be way off the mark.

thanks for working that out for me!

looking at a gas conversion again on one of mine just to see how long a bottle lasts, ie if it does a week on a bottle and can switch back to petrol when it runs out it might be handy! less time refilling as well

Plus if these transaction numpty backed %$^£%£@%$'s  start another blockade on saturday at least it another option, so far we have all vans full of diesel and 150 litres of petrol stashed away  so we should be good for the last week. at least.

[*paul_moss]

Diesel £108 a litre by me.
Robbing ba****ds.
Believe tax is about 76%.

[Shaun_Ashmore]

£5/Hr!!!!!!

Ran my Prowler today for about 3 hours and used near enough a tank full of fuel, 6.5 ltrs when full.

Works out at about £7.00 or £2.33/hr, then again I may be way off the mark.

I thought they ran at a litre an hour?

Shaun

[Graeme@Access]

Hi,

I remember this was discussed a while back, but why dont you run a diesel TM on red?

Its perfectly legal and miles cheaper.  Better than chipfat or kerosene i would imagine  :.

Graeme
Access Cleaning Solutions

[Shaun_Ashmore]

How many places sell red? the nearest to me is miles away and not in a place a pass regularly either.

Shaun