Maximizing Fuel Mileage
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Earlier this year I did a series on the importance of good recordkeeping and also a series on tracking your cost per mile. If you want to review those recordings you can listen to them at Master the Journey dot com. I told you that I was working on a software program that would handle both of those tasks for you and be extremely easy to use. Well the wait is over, my new software program “Gauges” is finished, I have been reviewing bookkeeping software for owner operators for years and I just haven’t been very impressed with any of it. Most programs were too difficult to use and required you to enter too much information that you would never need again. Gauges is the result of everything I’ve learned in the last 20 years of keeping records for my own trucks and 15 years of keeping records for thousands of other owner operators. I stripped out everything that didn’t need to be there and made the data entry as easy and fast as possible. You can enter a months worth of data in less than an hour. Even though the data entry is easy don’t be fooled, the program is powerful. The main report is laid out so that you see all of your important information in one page. The program tracks income per mile, cost per mile and percentage of income for all expense categories and compares each month to your year to date average so you can see trends immediately. It tracks your fuel mileage at every fill up and compares that to your running average and also has a fuel surcharge calculator that allows you to see what your effective fuel price really is or helps you calculate what your surcharge needs to be. Tracking your numbers is the key to improving your profit and really succeeding in business. Owner operators who know their numbers make ten to fifteen thousand dollars more every year than those who don’t. If you want to see how easy and powerful this program really is you can download a free trial copy HERE or call my office at 888-262-8585 remember be safe be profitable and master the journey
