Trucking Mileage and Fuel Facts

Trucking Mileage and Fuel Facts From:   www.bouletfreightmanagement.com

•  Commercial, class 8 trucks logged 114.1 billion miles in 2003, the equivalent of making over 115,000 cross-country trips per day.

• The average class 8 unit (vehicles weighing over 33,001 lbs.) travels more than 43,000 miles per year, the equivalent of driving nearly two times around the world. 

• In 2003, commercial trucks consumed nearly 50 billion gallons of diesel and gasoline.