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Old 07-23-2008 | 12:56 PM
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Default RE: Cheapest Fuel


ORIGINAL: hungryandbroke

Where can you buy the cheapest fuel by the Gallon or Case?
As mentioned above, contact local clubs and see where the members buy their fuel, you may at least find a LHS that gives club members a discount.

The other thing you could do, which would get the price down even more, is get several club members together and do a large fuel buy once a year. If you tell your LHS you want to order 10-20 cases of fuel, they might give you a much larger discount. If you live near a fuel manufacturer, contact them about buying it by the drum (55 gallons each). We are fortunate enough to be located near S&W Hobby, a fuel manufacturer, so my club typically buy 2-3 drums of 15% airplane fuel from them per year. Members bring their own containers and we distribute it on set days at the field. This year the club purchased the fuel for about $9 a gallon, and members paid $11 a gallon for it.