Stop Blaming the Pump. Reduce Empty Miles at the Dispatch Desk.
Diesel is up $2.51 a gallon, and empty miles are burning it. Deadhead gets decided at dispatch, not on the road. See how growing fleets cut it with fleet-wide planning and PCS TMS. Get the guide.
Nov. 12, 2026
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You can’t negotiate with the pump. Diesel is up $2.51 a gallon from a year ago. A 100-truck fleet running 16.5% deadhead is paying about $640,000 more to burn the same empty miles.
Most fleets call that a fuel problem. It’s a planning problem. Every dispatcher finds the best load for their truck. Nobody’s finding the best plan for the fleet. That gap is where the fuel margin goes. One point of deadhead is worth about $95,000 a year at today’s prices.
In this guide, you’ll learn:
Why fuel waste grows with your fleet, and why the best load for one truck is rarely the best plan for all of them
Five levers to cut fuel cost at fleet scale, from measuring the right miles to buying fuel with real leverage
Why chasing the fewest empty miles is the wrong goal, and what to chase instead
An 8-question self-assessment to find your biggest gaps, plus how PCS TMS with Cortex AI plans fleet-wide so dispatchers don’t have to guess
