The fuel-surcharge gap — what the standard FSC schedule leaves on the driver
The industry-standard fuel-surcharge schedule pays (DOE diesel price − $1.20 base) ÷ 6.0 MPG per loaded mile, pegged to the PRIOR week's government diesel number. Every week diesel rises, the driver buys fuel at this week's price while being reimbursed at last week's — a structural gap HaulProfit measures weekly from public U.S. EIA data. The report publishes the dollars absorbed per 1,000 loaded miles by that one-week repricing lag over the trailing year, the current national diesel price, and the current standard-schedule FSC per mile, with full methodology.
How is the fuel-surcharge gap calculated?
Standard-schedule FSC per loaded mile = (DOE diesel price − $1.20 base) ÷ 6.0 peg MPG. The repricing-lag gap = (this week's price − last week's price) ÷ 6.0 × 1,000 loaded miles. Positive weeks are absorbed by the driver because schedules reimburse at last week's price. The source is the U.S. Energy Information Administration weekly on-highway diesel price, national average series. No user data is used.
What are HaulProfit's data-bulletin publication gates?
Any user-derived figure on a HaulProfit bulletin must clear server-side gates before publication: at least 5 distinct contributing fleets per cell, corridor-level geography only, rounded figures, a 14-day publication lag, and a strict provenance allow-list (confirmed taken loads and offered-load asks only — passive board sightings are never publishable at any scale). Bulletins never include per-board breakdowns or load-level rows.
Frequently asked questions
Does the fuel-surcharge gap report use HaulProfit user data?
No. The day-one report is computed entirely from public U.S. EIA weekly diesel prices. User-derived sections (lane rates, broker payment distributions) appear only once they clear the publication gates.
Why do fuel-surcharge tables underpay when diesel rises?
Most schedules reprice once a week off the DOE Monday number, so during rising weeks the truck buys fuel at the new price while the surcharge still pays the old one. The gap compounds over a year of rising weeks.